Comments on: Circle of fifths and roots of two http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/09/30/perfect-fifths-equal-temperament/ The blog of John D. Cook Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:02:57 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bruce http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/09/30/perfect-fifths-equal-temperament/comment-page-1/#comment-25345 Bruce Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:35:15 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=3236#comment-25345 Thanks to J.S. Bach for making the case for equal temperament! Thanks to J.S. Bach for making the case for equal temperament!

]]> By: Daniel Black http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/09/30/perfect-fifths-equal-temperament/comment-page-1/#comment-25344 Daniel Black Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:14:40 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=3236#comment-25344 Great timing, too. A relatively recent Nova ScienceNow podcast covered musical autotuning, being put to great (ab)use in the last decade not only to ameliorate poor talent, but to hide it completely behind trendy distortion patterns. Of course, the story's not too deep, but I have to imagine that in addition to some FFT or such, this sort of math has to come into play. I'm happy to be disabused of this notion, say, by a post on The Endeavor? +) Great timing, too. A relatively recent Nova ScienceNow podcast covered musical autotuning, being put to great (ab)use in the last decade not only to ameliorate poor talent, but to hide it completely behind trendy distortion patterns. Of course, the story’s not too deep, but I have to imagine that in addition to some FFT or such, this sort of math has to come into play.

I’m happy to be disabused of this notion, say, by a post on The Endeavor? +)

]]> By: Will Fitzgerald http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/09/30/perfect-fifths-equal-temperament/comment-page-1/#comment-25329 Will Fitzgerald Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:58:12 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=3236#comment-25329 John, This is the cleanest description of the difference between Pythagorean tuning and equal temperament I've read, from a mathematical perspective, in any case. Will John,

This is the cleanest description of the difference between Pythagorean tuning and equal temperament I’ve read, from a mathematical perspective, in any case.

Will

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