[PD] making scales from frequency values

Derek Holzer derek at umatic.nl
Tue Jul 21 01:13:48 CEST 2009


Ha ha, yes it's late. Of course I meant "minor third" in my example. 
Don't stand me against the wall for it.

D.

Derek Holzer wrote:

 >>  > 4, 6:5-minor_third;
>>  > 5, 5:4-major_third;

>>  > I.e. major third = 6:5, and 6 divided by 5 is 1.2, so to transpose 
>> up a
>>  > major third, multiply original frequency by 1.2.
>>  >
>>  > Or, 5 divided by 6 is 0.83333333, so multiply by that to transpose 
>> down
>>  > a major third. Or cook up something with [expr] that does the job more
>>  > precisely, like [expr f$1 * (5/6)] etc etc...

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