Antares auto-tune 4 Manual Do Utilizador
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ETHNIC TUNINGS:
• Indian: This 22 tone scale is used in India to perform ragas.
• Slendro: This five-tone Indonesian scale is played by ensembles
called gamelans.
• Pelog: This seven-tone Indonesian scale is more interesting than
Slendro and is now the primary scale in Balinese music.
• Arabic 1: This 17 tone scale is the original Arabic scale adopted from
the Pythagorean scale.
• Arabic 2 (chromatic): This twelve-tone scale is the modern version of
the Arabic scale popular in Arabic music today.
CONTEMPORARY TUNINGS:
Equal tempered scales with a large number of tones are typically used
to play common tonal harmony with greater purity of intervals and
chords. The typical approach is to analyze a passage (or less) of music
and select tones from a scale that will best approximate the desired
pure intervals.
to play common tonal harmony with greater purity of intervals and
chords. The typical approach is to analyze a passage (or less) of music
and select tones from a scale that will best approximate the desired
pure intervals.
• 19 Tone: This scale has greater purity of minor thirds and major
thirds (and conversely, minor and major sixths) than twelve-tone
equal temperament. A disadvantage is that perfect fifths are
narrower than those found in twelve-tone equal temperament.
equal temperament. A disadvantage is that perfect fifths are
narrower than those found in twelve-tone equal temperament.
• 24 Tone: Also know as the quarter tone scale, this scale is used for
variety but has no advantage in terms of ratios that better approxi-
mate pure intervals.
mate pure intervals.
• 31 Tone: In addition to intervals that better approximate pure
intervals, this scale also contains good approximations to Indonesian
pelog and slendro scales.
pelog and slendro scales.
• 53 Tone: Related mathematically to the cycle of fifths, the 53-tone
scale has very pure major and minor thirds, and fifths and fourths.
• Partch: Harry Partch is considered the father of modern
microtonality. This scale was devised by him and used in instrument
building and performances.
building and performances.
• Carlos Alpha: Wendy Carlos performed extensive computer analysis
to devise a number of equal tempered scales with good approxima-
tions for the primary harmonic intervals and their inversions. This
scale is good at approximating the primary intervals including 7/4.
This scale divides the octave into 15.385 steps forming intervals of
78.0 cents.
tions for the primary harmonic intervals and their inversions. This
scale is good at approximating the primary intervals including 7/4.
This scale divides the octave into 15.385 steps forming intervals of
78.0 cents.
• Carlos Beta: This scale divides the octave into 18.809 steps forming
intervals of 63.8 cents.