Hi Robin,

It would be great to have various options to display pitch notations, in addition to cents deviation. I would use HEJI, personally.

(It's great that you keep developing your software! I still use it on a daily basis when composing.)

Best,

Hey, here is an example of a score for a performance we had with Microtub at Kunstneres Hus in Oslo. The score is made with screenshots from the Tuning Vine and sine waves from the Tuning Vine was playing from sculptures by the norwegian artist Lene Ørmen throughout the performance. Looking forward to the update!

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Peder


  AAXXX11 Microtub Pitch Pool.pdf (Size: 380.95 KB / Downloads: 1)

Memory Chords presentation and concert with M.O. Abbott and Robin Hayward, KM28 Berlin,  September 15th 2022.

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I find it a little cumbersome to shift the vine to access ratios that are combinations of 5 and another prime limit higher than 3. I've seen the discussion here about rotating the lattice in multidimensional space, but to me a more helpful function would be the option to include at least one more degree of 5th harmonic above and below each main node on the 2-3 lattice. The icons on the top left display could include a square on either side of the 3 that can be clicked on and hidden just like the main one -- or a small "show/hide 5-limit ratios" on each main 2-3 lattice node. Obviously making even just one red line and new node point with its associated grapes or flowers could get crowded, so the columns of grapes could be grouped closer teach other to made this happen (this could be good anyway, it can be hard to tell where the otonal group ends and the utonal group an octave and a fifth above it starts).

Canon project at KW Berlin. Includes improvisation with tuning vine and premiere of Meantone Canon, which was composed with the tuning vine.

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Zinc & Copper play collective composition 'Well Tuned Brass' at KM28 on November 9th 2021. 'Well Tuned Brass' uses a backing track played live on the Hayward Tuning Vine.

Here are two recordings from my project Minor Tom, using the Tuning Vine as a basis!

https://silentrecords.bandcamp.com/track/inner-day

https://soundcloud.com/minortom/minor-tom

Hi Robin,

I just ran in to Philipp Moser and he sent me a link to your app. I am now playing with the demo version and I find it very interesting!  I have been experimenting with micro tunings on various synthesizers recently, but your app offers a far more intuitive interface than a retuned piano keyboard.


However, as it stands it would be of limited use to me because I don't have any other way of sounding notes other than turning them on or off with mouseclicks. I read some posts about adding MIDI here but these seem to be about adding MIDI output. Are you considering adding MIDI input as well? I would be very interested in purchasing this app if I could somehow map a (grid based) midi controller to the nodes on screen. Even just mapping a midi piano keyboard would be very interesting, since the app gives so much visual feedback. This could make it very promising as a software instrument, even with the limited sound sources now available. Especially if you could add a simple ADSR type envelope.

About MIDI out: are you familiar with the Madrona Labs soft synths, Aalto and Kaivo? These are very nice synths with a lot of sound shaping potential and they already have the option to load custom scales, so this might facilitate integration?

All best,

Chiel

From 2017 and on, all my music found on my YouTube channel has been composed using the Vine (featuring Zinc and Copper and Ensemble Musikfabrik):

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF-_BVu...IrRR819iQA

Here is my conference ''Numbers-based musical harmony'' (in French with English subtitles), using the Tuning Vine : 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zWF5TWO...TuningVine

(Original video https://youtu.be/r8GSg4U5hBw)

And here is my treatise in English:

https://projectionsliberantes.ca/en/treatise/