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432-TUNING: INDEX The information in the blog articles contains mathematical, scientific and philosophical concepts, historical references and most important the practical implementation in relationship to music for listening and dancing,...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

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 ....

WHY USING A LOWER PITCH THEN THE STANDARD OF A4=440HZ? There would be various subjective reasons I could give, like that it sounds and feels better to me, but that might just be a matter of taste ... I could also quote various authors that...

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 )...

LIGHT & SOUND, COLOUR & MUSIC LIGHT & SOUND, COLOUR & MUSIC Is there a relationship between sound and light? You would not be the first to ask this question, in fact, this question was put "on the table" by some of great composers...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

MOST HARMONIC NUMBERS (MHN) CONCEPT, BETTER KNOWN AS THE "PYTHAGOREAN TEMPERAMENT" The list of frequencies in this document form the Pythagorean Temperament , and have also been shared online as "Most Harmonic Numbers" . MHN RELATIVE...

⚠ 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 cla...

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",...

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 4...

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,...

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 ...

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...

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:...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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 ).  ...