X_System

Andrew J. Milne, William A. Sethares, James Plamondon

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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 languageEnglish
Place of PublicationBusselton, W.A.
PublisherThumtronics
Number of pages61
Publication statusPublished - 2006

Keywords

  • music
  • composition (music)
  • computer music

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