Hey all,<br><br>First off can I say a very big thank you for everyone who&#39;s contributed so far.  Some really excellent input which has helped to clarify my thinking no end.<br><br>Let&#39;s clear a few things up first:<br>
<br>It is a ratio problem I believe. The initial problem stems from trying to shoehorn the original ratios/partials from the analysis of my 5 chimes, into equal temperament.  There are a couple of reasons for this;  I&#39;ve been playing around on the piano after assigning each partial to its nearest midi/equal temperament note, and was liking the results that ensued whilst listening to them on the piano. Obviously the tones generated on the piano are much richer than individual sines. The original wind chime has been sat over my desk for the last 18 months,  so I&#39;m also very attuned to the original sounds. I would also like to have the various partials to be as modular as
possible with the idea that I can &#39;mix&#39;n&#39;match&#39; the various frequencies
of the chimes to create new sonorities.  <br><br>When I listen to the results of using equal temperament within my patch my ears don&#39;t like the results in comparison to the original frequencies, which has led to the current predicament.  As I previously stated my maths is rubbish (I&#39;m more of a musician/composer background than computing), so when faced with the logarithmic aspect of frequency and pitch, my mind went into meltdown.  But it is much clearer now (I believe).<br>
<br>Perhaps I should state what it is that I wish to do:<br><br>I started with the midinote idea as a hopefully simple way to be able to introduce some controlled randomness into the frequencies of the chimes whilst preserving the ratios.  What I want to do is be able to assign any ratio from my analysis into any of the 5 chimes - so say have a chime consisting of the 1st partial from chime1, 2nd partial from chime2 etc.... and then any possible combination therein.<br>
<br>So my thinking has been to have some sort of central control which would then send the necessary value to the 5 &#39;osc~&#39; that make up each chime.  I&#39;m trying to conceptualise/clarify the simplest method.<br>
<br>I think what will make things clearer is if I forward the patch as it currently stands....<br><br>Gonna do that now<br><br>Big props peeps,<br><br>Jbz<br><br>