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For info on microtonality, I've found a good source in the Just Intonation Network. If you browse around, you'll find a link to a site which summarizes the microtonal features of the various synths. That link is: http://www.dnai.com/~jinetwk/ Regards, Jim Lanpheer Jim Coker wrote: > I haven't specifically done this with guitar (though > I do use an axon regularly), but have with synthesizers. > The main problem I've run into is that there are few > synths that support alternative tunings, and most of those > don't offer terribly accurate or flexible tuning options. > I think most Yamaha FM synths can do ok, and Wendy Carlos > uses her K2000 for such. If you can find her web page, > I think some of here tunings were listed there. > > Harry Parch came up with a 43-tone-per-octave scale that > had all sorts of funky properties. It is described in his > almost-unreadable book _Genesis Of A Music_. This is the > sort of scale that requires very high tuning resolution: > 0.1 cents. Though it does contain several sub-scales that > could be done on a synth w/ 1 cent tuning resolution. > > Kriist@aol.com wrote: > > > > any loopers out there using midi guitar rigs to get into microtonality > > i was in a guitar store the other day and started fiddling with the vg8 > > i could care less about all the amp/guitar/speaker simulations > > i like all of the modeling stuff its capable of doing > > in a matter of minutes i was getting sounds that were out of hand > > and thats not even understanding the os(which seems to be a pain in >the arse) > > my guitar teacher is selling me his gk2a for cheap and im thinking of >getting > > into midi guitar(i play piano/keyboards so i never went for the >guitar/midi > > thing before) > > i just want to know if its possible to get into the tuning tables of >the > > guitar/midi gear like in keyboard gear > > anybody doing that kind of thing? > > thoughts? suggestions? > > > > rodrigo