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As per Live 11, MPE is supported, but channels get re-assigned arbitrarily.<ref>https://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php?p=1789950</ref>

Ableton Live 12 has some features for tuning systems: [https://youtu.be/5-ZldZ5WhSM?feature=shared video]

==FL Studio (until 2003 known as FruityLoops)==

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'''How to automate these pitch fine tunings in FL Studio plugins'''

If you want to modify your piano roll such that it supports microtonal sampling, the way to do it is to Patcherize with Patcher the plugins ~~mentionned~~ at the paragraph above, isolating each 12 midi notes with instances of a VFX Key Mapper plugin, then have each of them be followed by an instance of a VFX Level Scaler. In the VFX level scaler, you can go to the Pitch tab, and apply a pitch fine tune change for each of these isolated notes so that your piano roll maps to these. However one caveat is that the VFX Key Mapper works on only two octaves (4 and 5), therefore to get keys outside this range, you may need to use a VFX Keyboard Splitter. The following YouTube video demonstrate how this can work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLET8HARsmo

If you want to modify your piano roll such that it supports microtonal sampling, the way to do it is to Patcherize with Patcher the plugins mentioned at the paragraph above, isolating each 12 midi notes with instances of a VFX Key Mapper plugin, then have each of them be followed by an instance of a VFX Level Scaler. In the VFX level scaler, you can go to the Pitch tab, and apply a pitch fine tune change for each of these isolated notes so that your piano roll maps to these. However one caveat is that the VFX Key Mapper works on only two octaves (4 and 5), therefore to get keys outside this range, you may need to use a VFX Keyboard Splitter. The following YouTube video demonstrate how this can work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLET8HARsmo

The following limitations of FL Studio and Patcher makes this hard to setup for each scale you want to use, although there are tedious workarounds:

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To use full-keyboard microtuning of VSTs via Scala files or MTS-ESP, there is a way to customize piano roll background using dummy tracks: [https://youtu.be/wdVMQnwzxH0 video] by [[User:Sevish]].

== Helio ==

https://helio.fm/

== Beat DJ by Soniare ==

- Beat DJ is a colorful microtonal music program tailored for live improvisation and daily use as a digital audio workstation (DAW), with a focus on electronic dance music. It is like a hybrid between DJing and producing.

- It features a command-line interface that allows users to create scales using a `scale` command, supporting equal divisions of the octave (EDO), just intonation (JI), and custom scales. The tonic of the scale is always tuned to the BPM which is often preferable for dance music. These scales can be exported as .scl or .kbm files for use in other software.

- Visually it looks like livecoding software like Tidal Cycles but is much simpler. It heavily uses samples and comes with a large database of free sounds but you can also use your own. It comes with a large collection of synthesized sounds called Generators. You can also write your own C# scripts to generate sounds and visuals.

=Approaches to Microtonal Composition in a DAW=

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 As per Live 11, MPE is supported, but channels get re-assigned arbitrarily.<ref>https://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php?p=1789950</ref>
+Ableton Live 12 has some features for tuning systems: [https://youtu.be/5-ZldZ5WhSM?feature=shared video]
 ==FL Studio (until 2003 known as FruityLoops)==
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 '''How to automate these pitch fine tunings in FL Studio plugins'''
-If you want to modify your piano roll such that it supports microtonal sampling, the way to do it is to Patcherize with Patcher the plugins mentionned at the paragraph above, isolating each 12 midi notes with instances of a VFX Key Mapper plugin, then have each of them be followed by an instance of a VFX Level Scaler. In the VFX level scaler, you can go to the Pitch tab, and apply a pitch fine tune change for each of these isolated notes so that your piano roll maps to these. However one caveat is that the VFX Key Mapper works on only two octaves (4 and 5), therefore to get keys outside this range, you may need to use a VFX Keyboard Splitter. The following YouTube video demonstrate how this can work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLET8HARsmo
+If you want to modify your piano roll such that it supports microtonal sampling, the way to do it is to Patcherize with Patcher the plugins mentioned at the paragraph above, isolating each 12 midi notes with instances of a VFX Key Mapper plugin, then have each of them be followed by an instance of a VFX Level Scaler. In the VFX level scaler, you can go to the Pitch tab, and apply a pitch fine tune change for each of these isolated notes so that your piano roll maps to these. However one caveat is that the VFX Key Mapper works on only two octaves (4 and 5), therefore to get keys outside this range, you may need to use a VFX Keyboard Splitter. The following YouTube video demonstrate how this can work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLET8HARsmo
 The following limitations of FL Studio and Patcher makes this hard to setup for each scale you want to use, although there are tedious workarounds:
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 To use full-keyboard microtuning of VSTs via Scala files or MTS-ESP, there is a way to customize piano roll background using dummy tracks: [https://youtu.be/wdVMQnwzxH0 video] by [[User:Sevish]].
+== Helio ==
+https://helio.fm/
+== Beat DJ by Soniare ==
+- Beat DJ is a colorful microtonal music program tailored for live improvisation and daily use as a digital audio workstation (DAW), with a focus on electronic dance music. It is like a hybrid between DJing and producing.
+- It features a command-line interface that allows users to create scales using a `scale` command, supporting equal divisions of the octave (EDO), just intonation (JI), and custom scales. The tonic of the scale is always tuned to the BPM which is often preferable for dance music. These scales can be exported as .scl or .kbm files for use in other software.
+- Visually it looks like livecoding software like Tidal Cycles but is much simpler. It heavily uses samples and comes with a large database of free sounds but you can also use your own. It comes with a large collection of synthesized sounds called Generators. You can also write your own C# scripts to generate sounds and visuals.
 =Approaches to Microtonal Composition in a DAW=