Inspiration came from this busted-up piano seen on the side of the road. Figured it would be fun to create a virtual piano that sounds as horrible as possible in its honor.
Method:
I googled, “What are the worst EDOs?” and was given the following summary sourced from r/microtonal Reddit: “Based on community discussions, the “worst” or most “cursed” microtonal EDOs (Equal Divisions of the Octave) are those that sound highly dissonant, harsh, or lack useful, consonant chords, often cited as 8-EDO, 11-EDO, 13-EDO, and 18-EDO. These systems, sometimes called “cursed” or “horrific,” produce intervals far from standard harmonic ratios.“
So I mapped my midi keyboard to four instances of Kontakt in each of the above EDOs to play ‘in them’ simultaneously.
For added fun, I set the 8-EDO channel to reverb only, and the 13-EDO to delay only.
I then experimented a bit and recorded this live video demo.
DAW: Cubase Pro by Steinberg
VST: Kontakt by Native Instruments
