Phi-Music Microtone/Brainwave Generator

Phi-Music™ Microtone/Brainwave Generator v3.1

is now available!

"I see Phi-Music being used to great advantage by experimental composers, electronic instrument performers, and music theory teachers around the world. In creating Phi-Music, Wayne Kirby has unlocked one of the most potentially valuable resources of contemporary music technology."

Bob Moog, Electronic Music Pioneer.

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Phi-Music™ comes with over 40 different tunings ranging from Phi (the "Golden Ratio")—to ancient Greece—to Bali—to the sound of the atomic elements of the periodic table. Now it is possible to hear not only the sound of hydrogen and carbon, but also the resonance of the Earth and 128 of our planet’s natural harmonics. Phi-Music™ also allows users to create an unlimited number of scales of their own creation.

One of the most unique features of the new software is the capacity to alter human brain waves. As users play their electronic keyboards connected to their computer, Phi-Music™ sends out slightly different frequencies to each ear over stereo earphones. These tones create a slight pulsing effect in the head that researchers indicate changes the listener’s state of "awareness."

"The tunings created by Phi-Music make possible the creation of an entirely new musical language. This software system lets us experience complex tuning structures easily and intuitively. In Phi-Music, Dr. Wayne Kirby brings the world to a close encounter with the future."

Roy "FutureMan" Wooten, Three-time Grammy Award-Winning Musician & Composer for Bela Fleck and the Flecktones

Phi-Music Tunings

System Requirements

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How Phi-Music works:
Phi-Music uses pitch bend to create microtonal tuning. A proprietary "dynamic channel allocation" algorithm allows sixteen note microtonal polyphony. You will need a sound card or sound module that can play over all sixteen channels (most synthesizer, sample players and PC sound cards are capable of this). The resolution of the standard Pitch Bend method utilized in Phi-Music is very high at 4,096 units per semitone. Phi-Music 3.1 fully implements the Bulk Tuning Dump standard, with a possible tuning resolution is 16,384 units per semitone, depending on the capabilities of your sound module. Phi-Music's Pitch Bend method still tunes at a higher resolution than any sound module that currently supports the Bulk Tuning Dump Standard!

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