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> the pads can be retuned to different scales suggesting a complete break from any kind of equal temperament octaves. I was kind of curious about this since in
by lewispollard 2y ago
> the pads can be retuned to different scales suggesting a complete break from any kind of equal temperament octaves.
I was kind of curious about this since in the medieval era, equal temperament wasn't used very much. But it just allows retuning to major/minor and modes in equal temperament, as far as I can tell. Would be an excellent device for medieval music if it could be tuned to meantone, Pythagorean and so on!
- gorgoiler 2y agoThe version I have, the KO II EP-133, has the following scales: - Equal Temperament - Major (Ionian) - Minor (Aeolian) - Dorian - Phrygian - Lydian - Mixolydian - Locrian - Major Pentatonic - Minor Pentatonic https://teenage.engineering/guides/ep-133/how-to#12.2-change-the-scale-in-keys-mode https://teenage.engineering/guides/ep-133/how-to#12.2-change...
- lewispollard 2y agoYes, exactly - minor/major and modes in 12TET (as well as pentatonic but that's just major/minor with fewer notes). What would be interesting with this synth (something other synths, like my Korg Monologue, can do) is being able to tune to different temperaments, i.e. not 12 TET - for this synth especially, since 12 TET was rarely used in the medieval period in favour of pythagorean or meantone tuning.
- gorgoiler 2y agoThanks for elaborating. I should have been clearer that I was just quoting the docs and have no idea what I’m talking about. Your comments have given me some interesting things to read (listen?) up on, later :)
- lewispollard 2y agoIf you like synths/electronic music, and you're interested in listening to music in other temperaments/tunings, check out the artist Sevish. He also designed a web app for creating alternate tunings: https://sevish.com/scaleworkshop https://sevish.com/scaleworkshop