Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ukma!dftsrv!mimsy!leviathan.cs.umd.edu!ogata From: ogata@leviathan.cs.umd.edu (Jefferson Ogata) Newsgroups: comp.music Subject: Re: Guitar Sounds (Guitarists read this...) Message-ID: <35494@mimsy.umd.edu> Date: 12 Jun 91 06:03:11 GMT References: <1991Jun4.104901.1@dev0d.mdcbbs.com> <1991Jun6.142520.23126@uservx.afwl.af.mil> <109034@sgi.sgi.com> <1991Jun10.091019.23198@uservx.afwl.af.mil> Sender: news@mimsy.umd.edu Reply-To: ogata@leviathan.cs.umd.edu (Jefferson Ogata) Lines: 27 In article <1991Jun10.091019.23198@uservx.afwl.af.mil>, galetti@uservx.afwl.af.mil writes: |> 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. |> |> Maybe so, but just try it! I'm telling you, it makes a world of difference! Also, you can tune many synths to a Just intonation if this becomes an issue. Or if you have polyphonic aftertouch you can learn how to fix it with your fingertips. -- Jefferson Ogata University of Maryland Computer Science Department "Animals without backbones hid from each other or fell down. Clamasaurs and oysterettes appeared as appetizers. Then came the sponges, which sucked up about ten percent of all life."