Music Technology
Microtonal Tuning From Zero: Cents, Ratios, and Why 12 Notes Is a Compromise
Twelve-tone equal temperament is a deliberate approximation that makes every key equally slightly wrong. Understanding what it approximates — small whole-number frequency ratios — is the entire foundation of microtonality. This covers cents, the harmonic series, Scala files, MTS-ESP, and which synths will actually do it.