Modartt user forum - Request: 432Hz tuning - the magical Concert Pitch

Re: Request: 432Hz tuning - the magical Concert Pitch

2013-02-20T21:20:42Z

I'm a little confused. I've scanned this post and maybe someone has made this point, forgive me if I've misunderstood this thread , but I thought you could adjust the pitch anywhere from 220Hz up to 880 Hz via the Tuning Section/ Diapason/ choose 'Other', type the value 432Hz, press enter, then save your new piano. Maybe the ability to save the new pitch as a preset could be a feature request.

Re: Request: 432Hz tuning - the magical Concert Pitch

2013-02-20T20:25:35Z

nutela wrote:

Is pitch bend per note or global?

Pitch bend is global, I believe. But Pianoteq also supports polyphonic aftertouch, which might work for you. (Sounds like a lot of work, though.)

Re: Request: 432Hz tuning - the magical Concert Pitch

2013-02-20T16:58:59Z

Haha nice! I was just looking for the tibetan ceremonial scala which oh wauw sounds sooo good at 432Hz but all these scales are in Logic Pro which doesn't comunicate them to non-Logic intruments it seems, could this be made with pitch bend? Is pitch bend per note or global?

Re: Request: 432Hz tuning - the magical Concert Pitch

2008-12-05T10:24:20Z

Ted Perlman wrote:

do you really want to give piano players the option

I like options! They let me choose-and the "save" 440 Hz is just one mousclick away!

Re: Request: 432Hz tuning - the magical Concert Pitch

2008-12-05T09:18:33Z

henrico wrote:

I want to request a 432Hz setting in the Pianoteq software.
The instruments on which Mozart and Verdi composed their master works were tuned to a=432Hz

Oh God, please help us...no.

It was bad enough touring Europe some years back with all the pianos tuned to 444. In NY, they only tuned them up a step to 441. Nowadays, with most live acoustic piano sounds coming from modules like Pianoteq, do you really want to give piano players the option of using some God-forsaken pitch that nobody can ever be in tune with?

Those guys you mentioned are all dead. Have some mercy for those of us still on this side of the ground :-)

Ted Perlman

Re: Request: 432Hz tuning - the magical Concert Pitch

2008-09-23T22:03:16Z

Dude, I play with guitarists and analogue synths and rickety old uprights with drooped tuning all the time, we're often not a concert pitch, I've yet to listen back to a rehearsal tape and find it resonating my chakras though.
Now behave or I may vent my spleen meridian in your direction........

Re: Request: 432Hz tuning - the magical Concert Pitch

2008-09-22T17:39:10Z

feline1 wrote:

here hang on a minute -
432Hz isn't even as much as a semitone flatter than A440!

U HAVE A TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: Request: 432Hz tuning - the magical Concert Pitch

2008-09-22T16:08:33Z

here hang on a minute -
432Hz isn't even as much as a semitone flatter than A440!

Re: Request: 432Hz tuning - the magical Concert Pitch

2008-09-22T15:11:50Z

henrico wrote:

Just make two recordings of your own music. One at 432Hz and one at 440Hz. Listen every day to the 432Hz version for one week to get used to the new sound. Now compare it to the 440Hz recording. The result may surprise you.

The 440Hz one will be a bit higher in pitch!

But that will not be a surprise... so I guess it must be something else...

Re: Request: 432Hz tuning - the magical Concert Pitch

2008-09-22T02:19:32Z

Henrico: Could you post two mp3's in the Files section here to show us what you mean? I hate to sound lazy, but I may be a little lazy--I'd much rather be convinced by hearing your examples than by creating the new tuning, etc.

Thanks if you can. Looking forward to hearing what you're hearing.

Re: Request: 432Hz tuning - the magical Concert Pitch

2008-09-22T00:20:46Z

To all the sceptics, if you only want to invest your time in making funny remarks, that's okay, perhaps you can become a stand up comedian ;-)

But for those who enjoy listening to music instead, try this:

Just make two recordings of your own music. One at 432Hz and one at 440Hz. Listen every day to the 432Hz version for one week to get used to the new sound. Now compare it to the 440Hz recording. The result may surprise you.

Let me know!

Re: Request: 432Hz tuning - the magical Concert Pitch

2008-09-20T16:54:30Z

feline1 wrote:

of course I'm right - I know all the facts in the world!

only the world knows all the facts in the world

our mission (if we choose to accept it) is to take an eensy weensy tiny subset of those facts and mold them into something we believe to be wisdom

I think

Re: Request: 432Hz tuning - the magical Concert Pitch

2008-09-20T14:04:49Z

of course I'm right - I know all the facts in the world!

Re: Request: 432Hz tuning - the magical Concert Pitch

2008-09-19T20:35:54Z

feline1 wrote:

(Well, actually it is more complicated than that

You are right! I'm off....

Re: Request: 432Hz tuning - the magical Concert Pitch

2008-09-19T10:24:46Z

well... looking at your photo... I think the angle of your nose is the same as the angle of that pyramid.... I haven't figured out what the ratio to 432 is yet..