Fwd: [cec-c] Microtonal rendering with MIDI

[David Hirst]

From Warren Burt…

cheers,

David

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From: Warren Burt <w.b...@boxhill.edu.au>

Subject: RE: [cec-c] Microtonal rendering with MIDI

Date: 28 April 2015 1:16:44 pm AEST

To: David Hirst <dhi...@gmail.com>, "cec-con...@googlegroups.com" <cec-con...@googlegroups.com>

Cc: Warren Burt <wab...@melbourne.dialix.com.au>

Hi All:

 

Best way to do  microtonality – use a softsynth that takes Scala files. Then you can send unadorned MIDI note numbers to the softsynth, and the softsynth handles the tuning for you.

 

http://www.huygens-fokker.org/scala/

 

is the source for Scala.  Scala also comes with an archive of over 4000 microtonal tuning files.

 

Here are some softsynths that currently can handle Scala files:

 

• Alphakanal Automat
• Big Tick Angelina, Rainbow and Rhino softsynths
• Bitheadz Unity softsynth
• Cakewalk Dimension Pro
• Cakewalk Rapture
• Cakewalk Z3ta+ softsynth
• Camel Audio Alchemy and Cameleon5000 softsynths
• Celemony Melodyne 2
• ChucK
• crusherX-Mac!
• DashSignature EVE one (not two)
• Devine Machine OTR88
• E-mu Morpheus
• E-mu Proteus series
• Ensoniq EPS/EPS16/ASR10
• Ensoniq TS-10/TS-12
• Fluidsynth (iiwusynth) software synthesizer
• HERCs series, Abakos Pro softsynths
• H-Pi Instruments microsynth and Xentone
• Image-Line Harmor
• Kemper Digital Virus
• Korg M1, M1R octave tuning dump
• Korg X5DR octave tuning dump
• Korg OASYS PCI soundcard (and softsynths supporting its .tun tuning textfile)
• LinPlug Albino 2, Alpha 2, CronoX, MorphoX, Octopus, Organ 3, SaxLab and Spectral softsynths
• Manytone ManyStation, ManyGuitar, ManyOne softsynths
• Marion MSR-2
• Mark Henning AnaMark softsynth
• Max/MSP
• Max Magic Microtuner for Max/MSP and Pluggo softsynths
• MIDI Tuning Standard (both bulk tuning dump and single-note tuning change, 3 byte), supported in Timidity and Audio Compositor, E-mu: Proteus 3, UltraProteus, Audity/Proteus 1000 and 2000 series, Virtuoso 2000, Proteus FX, Orbit, Planet Phatt, B3, Carnaval, Ensoniq: ASR-X, MR Rack, MR-61, MR-76, ZR-76, Turtle Beach: Multisound, Monterey, Maui, Tropez, Rio
• MIDI Tuning Standard 2-byte octave tuning dump
• MIDI Tuning Standard 1-byte octave tuning dump
• MIDI to CSound
• Modartt Pianoteq 4
• MOTU Ethno 2 and Digital Performer
• Mutagene Mukoco, Macomate 88
• Omringen Oblivion
• OpenMPT ModPlug Tracker
• Native Instruments Absynth 2 (via .gly file)
• Native Instruments FM7 and Pro-52/Pro-53
• Native Instruments Kontakt 2 (via script file)
• Native Instruments Reaktor (via semitones file, frequency file or NTF file)
• Plaka Physical Modeling softsynth
• Pure Data
• Robin Schmidt's Straightliner softsynth
• Roland GS & JV/XP families
• Roland Fantom-X6/X7/X8
• Roland V-Synth Version 2.0
• Roland Virtual Sound Canvas, SC-8850
• Smart Electronix Foorius
• Spectrasonics Omnisphere softsynth
• Synapse Audio Orion Pro softsynth
• Synthesis Technology MOTM-650
• Synthogy Ivory
• Timidity and Audio Compositor MIDI to audio renderers
• Tobybear Helios softsynth and MicroTuner VST plugin
• U-he Zebra, ACE and DIVA
• VAZ Plus, 2001 and Modular softsynths VirSyn Cube, Cantor, Poseidon and TERA 2 softsynths
• Wusik Station, Wusik 8000 and Ravernator
• Xponaut Voice Tweaker
• Yamaha DX7II/TX802
• Yamaha SY77/TG77/SY99/VL-1/VL-7
• Yamaha TX81Z/DX11/DX27/DX100/V50 (both octave and full keyboard bulk data)
• Yamaha XG family
• Yamaha VL70m
• Wallander Instruments WIVI Standard and Professional
• WayOutWare TimewARP 2600
• Wusik Wusikstation v2
• Xen-Arts IVOR, XenFont and Xenharmonic FMTS
• Xenharmonic FMTS VSTi
• Xponaut Voice Tweaker
• Zebra 2.0 softsynth

As well, on the iPad, the sampler program Thumbjam handles Scala files very well.  Also on the iPad, there are the apps ScaleGen and Wilsonic that will make microtonal scale patterns for you and you can export the output of these programs as Scala files as well.

 

Cheers,

 

Warren

 

 

From: David Hirst [mailto:dhi...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, 28 April 2015 1:04 PM
To: cec-con...@googlegroups.com
Cc: Warren Burt; Warren Burt
Subject: Re: [cec-c] Microtonal rendering with MIDI

 

I seem to recall that the old Yamaha TX 81Z had micro tuning capabilities, but I don’t recall how that was achieved. There must be a manual for the module on the web.

 

Warren Burt would surely know all about alternate tunings and MIDI.

 

cheers,

David

 

 

On 28 Apr 2015, at 5:43 am, David Mooney <dmoon...@gmail.com> wrote:

 

My solution was to de-MIDI-fy my setup completely and enter precise frequency values as needed (Csound and Kyma).

--David Mooney

 

On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 4:26 PM, Kevin Austin <kevin....@videotron.ca> wrote:

 

The cite says:

 

− precise polyphonic playback of microtonal music with Kontakt and Max/MSP, without the requirement for pitch bends (the standard playback system of Sibelius is limited to monodies, and its use of pitch bends entails undesired pitch glitches in the rendering)

 

Would you know how microtonal intervals are achieved with MIDI note numbers without the use of pitchbend?

 

Kevin

 

 

 

On 2015, Apr 26, at 1:24 PM, Michael Palumbo <emailmich...@gmail.com> wrote:

 

Hi Josh,

 

I just came across this library for Kontakt, Sibelius, and Max last week: http://sourceforge.net/projects/microtones/ I haven’t used it yet, though. 

 

Cheers,

 

Michael

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www.palumbomichael.com

 

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