E-Mu B-3, Operation Manual

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Keyboard Tuning
Keyboard Tuning
In addition to the standard equally divided octave tuning, B-3 contains
twelve factory programmed tunings and 12 user-definable tunings. The
Keyboard Tuning parameter selects which tuning is used by the current
preset. The User Tuning tables are defined in the Master
menu .
The factory Keyboard Tuning tables are described in the following table.
Refer to “User Key Tuning” on page 51 in the Master Menu chapter for
instructions on how to define your own Keyboard Tunings.
Tuning Tables Description
Equal Temperament Standard Western tuning
(12 equally spaced notes per octave)
Just C Just intonation. (Based on small interval ratios. Sweet
and pure, non-beating intervals.)
Vallotti Valotti & Young non-equal temperament. (Similar to 12
tone equal temperament. Each key has a different
character for a given scale.)
19-Tone 19 tone equal temperament. (19 notes per octave.
Difficult to play, but works well with a sequencer.)
Gamelan 5 tone Slendro and 7 tone Pelog. (Javanese. Pelog are
white keys, Slendro are black keys. Exotic tunings of
Gamelan flavor.
Just C2 Allows you to play the following chords in the key of C:
C, E, F, G, A, B, C#m, D#m, Em, F#m, G#m, Am, Bm
Just C-minor Allows you to play the following chords in the key of C:
C, E, F, G, A, B, Em, Am, Bm, C#m, D#m, G#m
Just C3 Allows you to play the following chords in the key of C:
C, D, F, Bb, C#m, Dm, Em, F#m, G#m, Am
Werkmeister III A “well” temperament developed in the 17th century.
Although you can play in all keys, each key sounds
slightly different.
Kirnberger Another well temperament developed by Johann
Philipp Kirnberger where no pitch is more than 12
cents off from equal temperament.
Scarlatti A variant of Meantone tuning which was used from the
15th to 18th centuries.
Repeating Octave Middle C octave is repeated up and down the keyboard.
Link with a preset in equal temperament to form
unusual inversion up and down the keyboard.
User 1-12 Define your own tuning tables (Master menu).