Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!unmvax!uservx.afwl.af.mil!galetti From: galetti@uservx.afwl.af.mil Newsgroups: comp.music Subject: Re: Guitar Sounds (Guitarists read this...) Message-ID: <1991Jun10.091019.23198@uservx.afwl.af.mil> Date: 10 Jun 91 09:10:19 GMT References: <1991Jun4.104901.1@dev0d.mdcbbs.com> <1991Jun6.142520.23126@uservx.afwl.af.mil> <109034@sgi.sgi.com> Organization: Phillips Laboratory - Kirtland AFB Lines: 23 In article <109034@sgi.sgi.com>, daveh@xtenk.asd.sgi.com (David Higgen) writes: > In article <1991Jun6.142520.23126@uservx.afwl.af.mil>, galetti@uservx.afwl.af.mil writes: >> >> One of the most important ingredients, from my experience, is the intonation >> you are using! For leads, this is not an issue, but when you try to play >> chords on a keyboard and you run these chords through a distortion device, >> even the slightest disonance becomes evident. The intonation of a standard >> keyboard is tempered, and is quite different than on a guitar. > > Not so. Think about it. The frets on a guitar are straight, remember: > ignoring such complications as string tension & end-effects (and assuming the > fret spacing is correct), the guitar *is* an equal-temprement instrument. > > > Dave Higgen (daveh@xtenk.asd.sgi.com) Maybe so, but just try it! I'm telling you, it makes a world of difference! -- ___________________________________________________________________________ / Ralph Galetti Internet: galetti@uservx.afwl.af.mil \ | PL/ARCB Interests: computers, music, computers | | Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-6008 and music, golf, sleep. | \______________"I hate cliches--I avoid them like the plague"_______________/