6808 · living tuning · cycle 2

Spectrascale

The scale is not assumed — it is grown from the timbre. Sweep a copy of the instrument’s own spectrum across an octave, and the valleys of the sensory-dissonance curve become the consonant pitches. Reshape the partials and watch the whole set of playable notes re-lay-out.

Sensory-dissonance curve · unison → octave
6 valleys = 8 degrees
1/1 · 0¢thin grid = 12-TET semitones2/1 · 1200¢
Drawbars · partial amplitudes
Octave stretch2.000
2.000 = harmonic
Inharmonicity0.000
bends upper partials sharp (metallic)
Preset
Derived scale degrees · press keys or tap
The dream lab — Karel Barnoski