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PhattRaid ·
In what forms does SynthMaker support microtuning?
I'd like to be able to use a .tun or .scl/.kbm file at runtime to support a given synth's intonation.
Ideally this is done once, and the implementation can be used on any synth.
As well, the pitch wheel should be enabled and set to 2 semitones as a default for microtuning friendly synths.
jorge ·
Hi PhattRaid
I wasnt aware of microtuning, just googled about it, it was easy to find enough information about it including some source code. It should be easy to implement, how important do you think it is?
lalo ·
very important for me....i like improvise with microtuned stuff...as you probably guess jorge 🙂 lalo
PhattRaid ·
The microtuning is a feature that will attract more attention to the product (and the synths it creates) than you can imagine. It is very important.
I prefer the .scl/.kbm file combination, although I have the opinion that a .tun file is better than a .scl file with no .kbm file.
The ZynAddSubFx is open source with a .scl/.kbm implementation. Overall the synth currently has some stability issues as a vsti, yet the microtuning implementation is excellent.
If you become aware of other sources, post them here in this thread.
Ideally SynthMaker will support both .tun and .scl/.kbm files. A developer of a given synth can decide which microtuning file format to include in the target vsti.
Scala is a shareware program with a massive tuning library. The web site has links to all kinds of microtonal compatible hardware and software synths.
As the harmonic structures of 12TET have been largely exploited and are overly exhausted, the world will turn more and more to other tuning systems that provide fresh intervalic sonorities.
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