Creating Scala scl files for rank two temperaments: Difference between revisions

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Another starting point, of course, is this wiki. In an article on the temperament, find the POTE generator listing; you may use that. You also can look at [[EDO|edo]] tunings; in N-edo you may find g\N as a generator tuning, meaning g steps of N-edo, or the g/N fraction of an octave.

Now take the two numbers you obtained from the temperament finder, and start [[Scala|Scala]]. In the box at the bottom of the screen, type in "lineartemp". It will ask for a size; enter the number of steps you want in your scale, divided by n, the number of periods in an octave. For instance if you want ten steps, and are using the pajara generators we obtained, put in 5. ~~Then~~ it says "enter formal octave (2/1)". Put in the period, making sure to include the decimal point. That is, put in 598.859 if you want to use octave compression; otherwise put in 600.0. Now it will say "enter fifth degree, 0 for monotonic scale [0]" and you hit return. Then it will say "enter formal fifth [$0]", and you enter the correct generator. For instance, if before you had entered 600.0, now you enter 107.48 to go with it. Then it says "enter count downwards" and again you can just hit return, or you might try putting in a positive integer and seeing where that gets you. If you have an edo tuning in the form g\N, you can enter 2^g\N (with no parentheses around "g\N") as the ~~formal fifth~~.

Now take the two numbers you obtained from the temperament finder, and start [[Scala|Scala]]. In the box at the bottom of the screen, type in "lineartemp". It will ask for a size; enter the number of steps you want in your scale, divided by n, the number of periods in an octave. For instance if you want ten steps, and are using the pajara generators we obtained, put in 5. Note that Scala idiosyncratically uses "formal octave" for period and "formal fifth" for generator. Thus, it then says "enter formal octave (2/1)". Put in the period, making sure to include the decimal point. That is, put in 598.859 if you want to use octave compression; otherwise put in 600.0. Now it will say "enter fifth degree, 0 for monotonic scale [0]" and you hit return. Then it will say "enter formal fifth [$0]", and you enter the correct generator. For instance, if before you had entered 600.0, now you enter 107.48 to go with it. Then it says "enter count downwards" and again you can just hit return, or you might try putting in a positive integer and seeing where that gets you. If you have an edo tuning in the form g\N, you can enter 2^g\N (with no parentheses around "g\N") as the generator.

Next, if the number of periods in an octave "n" was greater than 1, type in "extend m" at the bottom, where m is however many steps you want in an octave; it should be n times the number you entered when it asked for size. In this case, we entered 5 for size and n=2, so we type in "extend 10".

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[[Category:Scala]]

[[Category:Regular temperament theory]]

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 Another starting point, of course, is this wiki. In an article on the temperament, find the POTE generator listing; you may use that. You also can look at [[EDO|edo]] tunings; in N-edo you may find g\N as a generator tuning, meaning g steps of N-edo, or the g/N fraction of an octave.
-Now take the two numbers you obtained from the temperament finder, and start [[Scala|Scala]]. In the box at the bottom of the screen, type in "lineartemp". It will ask for a size; enter the number of steps you want in your scale, divided by n, the number of periods in an octave. For instance if you want ten steps, and are using the pajara generators we obtained, put in 5. Then it says "enter formal octave (2/1)". Put in the period, making sure to include the decimal point. That is, put in 598.859 if you want to use octave compression; otherwise put in 600.0. Now it will say "enter fifth degree, 0 for monotonic scale [0]" and you hit return. Then it will say "enter formal fifth [$0]", and you enter the correct generator. For instance, if before you had entered 600.0, now you enter 107.48 to go with it. Then it says "enter count downwards" and again you can just hit return, or you might try putting in a positive integer and seeing where that gets you. If you have an edo tuning in the form g\N, you can enter 2^g\N (with no parentheses around "g\N") as the formal fifth.
+Now take the two numbers you obtained from the temperament finder, and start [[Scala|Scala]]. In the box at the bottom of the screen, type in "lineartemp". It will ask for a size; enter the number of steps you want in your scale, divided by n, the number of periods in an octave. For instance if you want ten steps, and are using the pajara generators we obtained, put in 5. Note that Scala idiosyncratically uses "formal octave" for period and "formal fifth" for generator. Thus, it then says "enter formal octave (2/1)". Put in the period, making sure to include the decimal point. That is, put in 598.859 if you want to use octave compression; otherwise put in 600.0. Now it will say "enter fifth degree, 0 for monotonic scale [0]" and you hit return. Then it will say "enter formal fifth [$0]", and you enter the correct generator. For instance, if before you had entered 600.0, now you enter 107.48 to go with it. Then it says "enter count downwards" and again you can just hit return, or you might try putting in a positive integer and seeing where that gets you. If you have an edo tuning in the form g\N, you can enter 2^g\N (with no parentheses around "g\N") as the generator.
 Next, if the number of periods in an octave "n" was greater than 1, type in "extend m" at the bottom, where m is however many steps you want in an octave; it should be n times the number you entered when it asked for size. In this case, we entered 5 for size and n=2, so we type in "extend 10".
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 [[Category:Scala]]
 [[Category:Regular temperament theory]]
-[[Category:tools]]
 [[Category:Guides]]