A two-oscillator synth tuned in just intonation, with a live oscilloscope at its centre. Pure intervals draw figures that stand still; tempered ones slowly turn. The picture is the tuning.
The idea
Feed an oscilloscope two tones and the figure only stands still when their frequencies are in a small-integer ratio. An equal-tempered fifth is not quite 3:2, so it draws a figure that slowly writhes. Just intonation is what makes the picture calm down, and that is why Oscillo is tuned the way it is.
So the second oscillator is not a second note: it is an interval. Set it to +7 semitones and it sits at exactly 3:2 above whatever you play, on every key; +4 is 5:4 and +12 is 2:1. Switch System to equal temperament to hear, and watch, what tempering changes.




