Slide the frets around! The FretMorpher pitch-shifts the notes as though the instrument you are playing has the fretboard you see on the screen. Curious about EDO tunings? Enter the number of divisions per octave you want in the graphing pane (as circled below).
Now you can play in 17 EDO! Not quite right? Try out 19 EDO by changing that number!
You can drag the frets individually to adjust them on their own. You can place up to 24 frets anywhere you want on the neck (ratios read out above each fret for you fraction lovers).
Tune the strings any way you want them and save the tunings. Or link a string's tuning to a specific fret on the next lower string (like 5th fret -mostly- on the guitar) so the instrument stays in tune "relative to itself". After all, it seems absurd to have frets that are so free and then insist that the strings be 5 standard semitones apart exactly!
Finally, the FretMorpher can operate "Bi-directionally" with both ends as a sound bridge. The use of two sound bridges has been a curiosity for many experimental musicians but also a frustration because of the complex nature of the oppositely overlaid logarithms associated with an ascending scale from each end. But there ARE possibilities, and the FretMorpher can easily explore them; there's even an option to "subtract out" the part of the string that would be between the two frets (or the string can be divided at one single fret). The setup below shows 4 EDO going to the right and 3 EDO going to the left (green frets).
That's it! Simple and intuitive to use, but with limitless possibilities for both performance and exploration. We will be working to schedule performances and demonstrations of this novel instrument in the coming months. I will also be posting videos featuring my musical collaborators. I welcome any questions, thank you for your interest!
