TONAL PLEXUS - part 3

This is a short improvisation played on the H-Pi Tonal Plexus TPX4s 844 key microtonal keyboard synthesizer http://www.h-pi.com/TPX28intro.html The sound used is from the internal synth and is the piano patch with a modified envelope and EQ (on-board controls allow ADSR and EQ modification). I used the audio LINE OUT from the keyboard this time, so it should sound cleaner than the first 2 videos. The material here revolves around extended harmonics up to the 13-Limit on Bb, F, #+Eb, and #+Ab. There is some editing to remove most of the musically weak moments, but it's far from perfect. I hope you find it enjoyable. Check out more at http://www.h-pi.com

Category:

Music

Tags:

• microtonal
• microtones
• quartertones
• harmonics
• partch
• chromatone
• axis-64
• microzone
• keyboard
• synthesizer
• TBX1

[ESMbass]

Wow, this sound makes me smile !!! It makes me feel so free !!

It is not "out of tune" ! - what is that trying to say ?

To me it only means : to be limited to a simple system - who likes that ? Man I love your work !!!

Did you ever checked the planetmusic concept of Hans Cousto ?

That will fit perfect to your work , I think.

[AaronAndrewHunt]

@ESMbass : D It appears Hans Cousto was carrying forth the polymath tradition after Athanasius Kircher et al. ... all fun things to think about. Thank you!

[Xoltoath]

Was this the way Ben Johnston tuned his piano for his Suite for Microtonal Piano? I'm hearing similarities to the "Alarum", I think it is the use of the 11th harmonic.

[AaronAndrewHunt]

@Xoltoath the tuning Johnston used in that piece was an "overtone scale", so, in a way, yes this is the same, but since I'm modulating around, there are more than 12 pitches, so it's not exactly the same. The Tonal Plexus master tuning allows playing in unlimited transposable Just Intonation, with very small amounts of tempering.

[LudwigVan13]

It sounds "out of tune" because he's playing pitches that aren't in common 12-tone equal temperament tuning. The pitches you hear are in the overtone series, and the 7th, 11th and 13th overtones do not fit the 12-tone mode at all.

Read about overtone scales, microtonal scales, just intonation, meantone, Arabic music, gamelan and xenharmonic music.

[fishwithoutwings]

Lol looks like it's made of legos. Cool though

[kratanuva725]

@EwaldK People in the west listen to microtonal music all the time, in horror films.,

[kosmasolarius]

What a great great instrument!

I would love to have this and play around all day.

This is a real cosmical instrument man!

[JLMoriart]

Love it, you use both the available consonance and dissonance well. =)

[outled]

oh yes! loves that sound, might have to have a play with this :D

[Welavish]

This thing looks to be very nice ! I loved it !

[vivvpprof]

Well, contrary to some individuals, I do not use sources like Wikipedia for gaining knowledge. And I don't actually care if having more than you to say on a particular topic pisses you off or not; it's a pity that the only retort you can think of is a purely personal one, insulting, yet containing no relevant information on the subject...

Plus, I really cannot work out, what is it in my reply that you found so 'intelligent', beyond your comprehension - pig, knit, fire or a drum??