ok, thanks for the explanation Nick.
anyway, the a160-2 will be able to offer some prime number divisions.
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--- On Wed, 2/17/10, Nick <nick_blackburn@...> wrote:
From: Nick <nick_blackburn@...>
Subject: 1 Re: A160-2 poll
To: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 11:53 AM
--- In Doepfer_a100@ yahoogroups. com, Bakis Sirros <synth_freak_ 2000@...> wrote:
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> prime divisions
> please, refresh my maths a bit...
>
hi Bakis
Sorry to drag the conversation back to this, but you did ask.
The reason this idea came to mind was a recent piece in The Times referring to a lecture by Marcus du Sautoy at the Royal Society available here: http://royalsociety .org/Video- Library/#
Entitled The secret mathematicians, it concerned the use of maths in art and starts with a piece by Messiaen, Quartet for the End of Time. It uses rhythms of 17 and 29 beats - as these are prime numbers, a sequence would not repeat (at least until you get to 17*29).
I think La Monte Young used primes too.
The lecture also refers to the Fibonacci series which I think is mentioned in a later post but I haven't got there yet.
Anyway, as I play with long automated noises, I thought prime-based rhythms would be fun.
A prime number is only divisible by one and itself (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17 etc).
Cheers, Nick
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