Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Pleiades Equal Temperament in MTS, scala.scl or TUN .tun



Could somebody who knows create the Pleiades equal temperament in these formats so that anyone can enjoy it?


The Pleiades equal temperament is an attmpt to extend the standard equal temperament so that octaves sound correct to our brain.


For example the double octave of 500Hz is not 2000Hz as it sounds flat, a shrinked double octave. Some other value such as 2030Hz may sound correct to our brain. It can be lower or higher than 2030Hz but you get the idea. Pitch (our brain sensation) and frequency (the objective measurment) are related but they are not the same. Pitch also,depends on intensity.


This Pleiades tuning was first developed for the DX7ii and then for the Korg Triton synthesizers. The photos of the numbers that show the deviation from equal temperament can be found on the relevant euroelectron posts. The Korg Triton matrix is in cents deviation from equal temperament.


The Pleiades Equal Temperament is open source, public domain or free for anyone to use and enjoy.


References: the books of S.S. Stevens on Hearing.


Octave Stretch - Ernst Terhard


Pleiades tuning for DX7ii or Korg Triton - euroelectron blogspot

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