tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909459762367220480.post4974483541797650985..comments2024-02-14T03:40:47.584-08:00Comments on Stuff and Nonsense: The poor mans Harmonic Keyboardhotchk155http://www.blogger.com/profile/13452320361660792114noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909459762367220480.post-34429708662326711252019-04-20T02:01:55.286-07:002019-04-20T02:01:55.286-07:00hi...
One doubt I always had in my mind, when goin...hi...<br />One doubt I always had in my mind, when going through these alternative layouts, is concerning the harmonic layout was: how do you adapt this layout to a continuum keyboard (like Haken or Seaboard), if in future one wants to? In fact it doesn't seem possible with the above presented one either. <br /><br />But worth saying, it appears possible with Janko as well as Terpstra layouts. And by the way I’m no promoter of Janko or Terpstra. And I haven't any experience playing any continuum instrument. These is just my observation. More of other hexa-layouts, you find at many places in the net, eg., this is one:<br /><br />http://www.altkeyboards.com/instruments/isomorphic-keyboards Rahul Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10159313939977824449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909459762367220480.post-31752185237037371592016-10-11T20:33:06.701-07:002016-10-11T20:33:06.701-07:00Oh, and your Harmonic arrangement of notes transla...Oh, and your Harmonic arrangement of notes translates out to this, Jason:<br /><br /> {1,10,2,11,3,0,4,1},<br /> {6,3,7,4,8,5,9,6},<br /> {11,8,0,9,1,10,2,11},<br /> {4,1,5,2,6,3,7,4},<br /> {9,6,10,7,11,8,0,9},<br /> {2,11,3,0,4,1,5,2},<br /> {7,4,8,5,9,6,10,7},<br /> {0,9,1,10,2,11,3,0},<br />tomcat23https://www.blogger.com/profile/03528705087534207912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909459762367220480.post-51000574126400296222016-10-11T20:31:05.896-07:002016-10-11T20:31:05.896-07:00I've been working on a codec for the Launchpad...I've been working on a codec for the Launchpad Pro and Reason. I'd come up with a few better arrangements. One of mine was very close to yours here. I'm actually thinking about porting mine into a firmware. Of the three grid note arrangements I'd made (based on hex layouts as you've done too,) this one is my favorite. I'm just pasting it in, but 0=C. (And I'm not including the octave grid.)<br /><br /> {1,3,5,7,9,11,1,3},<br /> {6,8,10,0,2,4,6,8},<br /> {11,1,3,5,7,9,11,1},<br /> {4,6,8,10,0,2,4,6},<br /> {9,11,1,3,5,7,9,11},<br /> {2,4,6,8,10,0,2,4},<br /> {7,9,11,1,3,5,7,9},<br /> {0,2,4,6,8,10,0,2},<br />tomcat23https://www.blogger.com/profile/03528705087534207912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909459762367220480.post-79336991537949741212012-03-12T07:14:28.554-07:002012-03-12T07:14:28.554-07:00man, midijoke does not exist anymore, hope to be a...man, midijoke does not exist anymore, hope to be available again soon, i realy want to try it...ale ceverinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15856002966599720252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909459762367220480.post-71615159931465904252011-06-15T05:44:26.846-07:002011-06-15T05:44:26.846-07:00Darn. I meant:
major third=(0,1)
minor third=(-1,0...Darn. I meant:<br />major third=(0,1)<br />minor third=(-1,0)<br /><br />By turning the square grid 45 degrees clockwise, that gives you the original honeycomb. Otherwise, it's a mirror image.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909459762367220480.post-10987985488954019692011-06-15T05:38:10.283-07:002011-06-15T05:38:10.283-07:00Because you "rectified" the honeycomb to...Because you "rectified" the honeycomb to a square grid, you have an "irregular vector" that goes up and down, alternatively. Your "straight up" (0,1) vector is a perfect fifth, but your "straight right" vector (1,0) is an upward major third half the time and a downward minor third the other half.<br /><br />For example, the C-major triad (CEG) in the bottom-left corner goes right+up then left, whereas in the middle, it goes right then left+up.<br /><br />Now if you want (0,1) to be your fifth, you could for example assign the major third to (1,0). Then you minor third becomes (-1,1) and your semitone becomes (2,-1) and so on. Or you could go:<br />fifth=(0,1), major third (1,1), minor third=(-1,0), semitone=(2,1).<br />It's all a question of choosing two vectors for you basis and sticking to it.<br /><br />My personal favorite is still major third=(0,1) and minor third=(1,0). Fifth and semitones are on the diagonals. That's probably the "45 degrees" layout you tried, now that I think of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909459762367220480.post-36456494524556521482011-06-14T01:05:02.316-07:002011-06-14T01:05:02.316-07:00Well, it was just a bit of fun rather than a usefu...Well, it was just a bit of fun rather than a useful application :)<br /><br />However, I did just copy the Axis keyboard layout (albeit without their honeycomb staggered layout) so it is true that chord shapes do stay the same across my layout too. Unless I made some dumb mistake mapping the notes... which is very possiblehotchk155https://www.blogger.com/profile/13452320361660792114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909459762367220480.post-85613768846715032102011-06-14T00:51:23.932-07:002011-06-14T00:51:23.932-07:00The main interest of the harmonic table layout is ...The main interest of the harmonic table layout is that it is isomorphic: every chord always has the same shape, no matter what not it starts on.<br /><br />Considering that, your layout isn't very useful. It would be better to assign minor thirds vertically and major thirds horizontally, for example.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com