I use a high contrast, white on black, theme. I'm done with staring at a light. I'll never understand why people continue to do that. My monitor does have that ability as I've noticed the brightness changes. It has several presets as well. I use a dimmer preset for the internet and if I watch movies, either online or DVD, I use a brighter. I'll check out flux though.

Grem
Thanks for that Bob. Been a long time since I heard some Bruford.

Grems - I worked up that version of Sample and Hold a year or two back, but cannot find local musicians to play that kind of stuff out.  It is quite frustrating.  I'd like to play out Karn Evil Nine as well - all three impressions - I am like a surfer in the middle of the musical Sahara.
 
Bob Bone
 

I cannot help but comment this - I am glad this thread gave folks the opportunity to "geek out" (gave me a bigger chuckle when Chic's "Le Freak (Freak Out)" popped into my head).
 
@Noel - Thank you for the file. A question came to mind for me in that the constraint of "cannot have 2 or more consecutive semi-tones" alone adds serious constraints to a "permutation;" so much so that I would have simply attacked it with a piano keyboard at first. The wording of the question did not make sense till I saw the pdf, and I was curious if that approach was ever considered? Ironically I am often intrigued by the interactions between pure mathematicians (theory) and engineers (application); I guess this is why I chose physics as my undergrad.

*dupe*

sharke
Years ago I took an old book home from the library called "Basic harmony & basic harmonical mode of thinking" by a German jazz guitarist called Werner Pohlert.

Abebooks has a used copy for 47$US...
 
 

Probably not a hard one. How many fully diminished, diminished chord with a diminished 7th, chords are there?

Paul P

sharke
Years ago I took an old book home from the library called "Basic harmony & basic harmonical mode of thinking" by a German jazz guitarist called Werner Pohlert.

Abebooks has a used copy for 47$US...
 
 

Wow that's not a bad deal at all...

mettelus
A question came to mind for me in that the constraint of "cannot have 2 or more consecutive semi-tones" alone adds serious constraints to a "permutation;" so much so that I would have simply attacked it with a piano keyboard at first. 

 
Unless you have a highly organized way of doing it most musicians would not arrive at the answer that easily. The 7 tone scale problem is the easiest. Try doing it with hexatonics or pentatonics where the number of choices is huge :) 
Also the constraint is not arbitrary. Building harmony from scales that have consecutive half steps is problematic so they are relatively less frequently used.

robert_e_bone

Grems - I worked up that version of Sample and Hold a year or two back, but cannot find local musicians to play that kind of stuff out.  It is quite frustrating.  I'd like to play out Karn Evil Nine as well - all three impressions - I am like a surfer in the middle of the musical Sahara.
 
Bob Bone
 

I must have listen to his stuff for a couple of hours today. A lot of the second version of Earthworks. Sounded great.
 
Keep looking. Somebody will pop up!!

Thanks - got to talk on the phone with Mr Bruford once, way back in the early 90's. and saw Earthworks live once.  (seen him play with Yes and UK as well).
 
Sorry for interrupting the thread - the diminished arpeggio discussion led me to a Bruford fan, and I got all happy and had to post.  :)
 
Bob Bone