
Proteus 2000 Operation Manual Addendum
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Proteus 2000 Manual Addendum
Factory Tuning Tables
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Note that these tuning
were designed for the key of C.
The E-mu-Ensoniq website
provides a full set of user tuning
tables for all keys which can be
downloaded into your User
Tuning locations.
But if you're determined to hear your music in just intonation, you can
now do so with clever use of program changes and real time controllers.
Just C
Play these chords:
C, E, F, G, A, C
m
, C#
m
, E
m
, F#
m
,
G
m
, A
m
Just C2
Play these chords:
C, E, F, G, A, B, C#
m
, D#
m
, E
m
, G#
m
,
A
m
, B
m
Just C2 minor
Play these chords:
C, D
b
, D, E
b
, G, A
b
, C
m
, E
m
, F
m
, G
m
Just C3
Play these chords:
C, D, F, B
b
, C#
m
, D
m
, E
m
, F#
m
, G#
m
, A
m
Factory Tuning
Tables
The factory Keyboard Tuning tables are described in the following table.
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)
.