Originally Posted by
Lazors
I believe that just pitches it in tone intervals, but i'm not sure.
The regular scale is an octave divided into 12 notes. A microtonal scale could for example divide an octave into 24 or 32 notes (but they don't have to have the same intervals).
right, then my though was correct i believe (i actually meant to say pitch, not sure why i mentioned detuning)
ive always thought of it as something you would get by fine pitching synths, atleast thats why i always tried to do to get a more emotional sound from them. i believe i got the idea from listening to boards of canada, in specific Twoism and Music Has The Right To Children