Abstract
The X_System makes the playing, writing, and learning of music – even when using unconventional tunings – more intuitive, more logical, more expressive, and better sounding. The X_System allows for: different temperaments to be chosen at the flick of a switch; tunings to be dynamically altered at the push of a lever; the use of a special hexagonal button-field that allows for any given interval or chord always to have the same shape on that button-field; consonant chords to have their consonance maximised, whatever the tuning actually chosen; radical changes to be made to the timbral character of tones using a minimal number of controls; a choice of keyboard mappings, which enable for the balance between number of intervals and octaves to be altered.
Original language | English |
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Place of Publication | Busselton, W.A. |
Publisher | Thumtronics |
Number of pages | 61 |
Publication status | Published - 2006 |
Keywords
- music
- composition (music)
- computer music