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432Hz & THE SCHUMANN RESONANCE ⚠ AN IMPRACTICABLE "CIRCUMSTANTIAL" THEORY On various sites that provide information about 432-tuning (Concert Pitch A4=432Hz  or C4=256Hz  + Pythagorean Temperament ), the “...

432 & THE "FACTOR 9" The Factor 9 concept is mentioned in the video called "Sonic Geometry: The Language of Frequency and Form " (by Eric Rankin and Alanna Luna ). In this article we will take a closer look at the Factor 9 "formula",...

⚠ MYTH: MOZART, JIMI HENDRIX, BOB MARLEY, PRINCE … 432-ARTISTS? From time to time stories about various known artist and composers such as Bach, Mozart, Verdi, and more recent Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix and others pop up, with claims tha...

432-TUNING: INDEX The information in the blog articles contains mathematical, scientific and philosophical concepts, historical references and most important the practical implementation in relationship to music for listening and dancing,...

432HZ OR 444Hz/528Hz… "SPECIAL" FREQUENCIES? In this article I will share my OPINION  about this matter. It is how I see it ... you may agree or you may disagree, or perhaps you have a completely different idea about it all. In case y...

432 & CYMATICS Cymatics is the study of visible sound and vibration. Typically the surface of a plate, diaphragm, or membrane is vibrated, and regions of maximum and minimum displacement are made visible in a thin coating of particles,...

432HZ AS INTERNATIONAL CONCERT PITCH? ONLY IF … One aspect in the whole “432Hz tuning debate” is generally overlooked, but – in my opinion – of the utmost importance. If we want to implement a change in Concert Pitch - from 440Hz to 432Hz - t...

432HZ: DAWs, VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS, PLUGINS, SOFTWARE TOOLS In this blog article I will place various information about 432Hz virtual (software) instruments, plugins, packages and more, for various DAWs, as well as useful software tools. SCALA...

432HZ MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS At present time there are only a relatively small number of instruments specially designed for Concert Pitch 432Hz. In this article I will share little bits of info and links about them. ! IMPORTANT NOTE : I do not...

432HZ SAXOPHONE REDESIGN LOBBY I started this 432Hz Saxophone Redesign Lobby in December 2011, without much success. All companies I wrote e-mails and letters to did not seem to be interested. But In December 2014 - 3 years later - the 432Hz...

432Hz TUNING BASICS - INTRODUCTION When you browse the internet for information about “432 Tuning”, you come across various interpretations and rumors on this topic. But, is the argumentation used correct? If might be useful to read a bit...

CONCERT PITCH vs TUNING SYSTEM (A COMMON MISUNDERSTANDING) A common misunderstanding when it comes to 432-Tuning is that many people do not understand the difference between "concert pitch" and "tuning system". If you do not know the difference,...

EVO 432 MUSIC SERVER An acquaintance of mine is involved in the development and production of the music server "EVO 432 ". This device might be the answer for some of you 432-enthusiasts (as well as for some radio shows) with large (440Hz)...

FIBONACCI 432Hz TEMPERAMENT This is the 432Hz related abstract of the blog article "Fibonacci & Tuning ". For more information and alternative temperaments do read the full article ! 8-FIBONACCI (TEMPERAMENT) Ratios made with the...

GIUSEPPE VERDI … 435Hz, 432Hz, 256Hz One of the more often expressed reasons why Giuseppe Verdi is seen as "432-composer" is because Verdi is said to have supported the "Scientific" or "Philosophic" Pitch concept (C4=256Hz ).  When w...

HOW TO: CHANGING THE CONCERT PITCH (POST PROD.) A blog about using software and/or plugins to change the Concert Pitch. There are various applications (sound/wave editors) and plugins that can be used for changing the Concert Pitch. I am not...

HOW TO: CHANGING THE CONCERT PITCH + TEMPERAMENT (POST PROD.) USING SOFTWARE TO CORRECT TEMPERAMENT Antares Auto-tune  / Melodyne Editor  / Waves Tune When you have the separate instrument tracks of a song, then...

MOST HARMONIC NUMBERS (MHN) a.k.a. "Pythagorean Temperament" The list of frequencies in this document form the Pythagorean Temperament , and have also been shared online as "Most Harmonic Numbers" by Jamie Buturff :  MHN RELATIVE...

MYTH ⚠ 432Hz & THE SPEED OF LIGHT “432 IS THE SQUARE ROOT (√) OF THE “SPEED OF LIGHT”. (PSEUDOSCIENCE ) Some people like to suggest that 432Hz is the most natural concert pitch due to a presumed relation to the speed of light:   “...

MYTH ⚠ 432Hz WAS THE STANDARD BEFORE 440Hz (HISTORICALLY INCORRECT,  PSEUDOSCIENCE) Some online sources state that 440Hz replaced 432Hz as Standard. That is incorrect . 432Hz has NEVER  been a National or International standard ....

HARMONICS / OVERTONES OF 432HZ VS 440HZ ⚠ RUMOR:  “432Hz TUNED MUSIC HAS MORE OVERTONES THEN 440Hz TUNED MUSIC.” There are several articles available online about overtones and Concert Pitch 432Hz vs 440Hz. Some of these articles sugge...

REAL-TIME 432 AUTO-PITCHING MUSIC PLAYERS (For: Windows , Mac OS X , Linux , iPhone , Android )  GENERAL INFORMATION: For all who have some difficulties working with sound editors, maybe a music player with real-time pitch control...

WATCHING VIDEOS (AND AUDIO) REAL-TIME PITCHED-DOWN TO A4=432HZ One of the questions that I receive from visiters of my blog is about videos and if there is a way to watch/listen to the videos pitched-down to 432Hz. The short answer to this question...

RENOLD-I TEMPERAMENT ("THE SCALE OF FIFTHS") I came across the "Twelve True-Fifths Tuning " concept (by Maria Renold ) through a facebook friend, Brain T. Collins , who mentioned this tuning concept on his web site, the Omega432.com . Brian T....

RENOLD-II TEMPERAMENT ("THE SCALE OF FIFTHS") (by Maria Renold, revised by Peter Stevens & Paul Davis) In an earlier article on this blog I have written about and explained the "Renold-I" temperament , the first version of the...

432HZ & TUNING … WHAT IS RELATED AND WHAT IS NOT? On many web sites and blogs about 432-Tuning various presumed relationships between musical tuning and the presence of number 432 in other fields are shared to validate 432-Tuning ....