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Surge XT also provides a button "Tune" under the label "Status" along the top of its window. If a custom tuning has not yet been added during the current session, clicking the button will reveal the same list of options as Menu > Tuning. If a custom tuning has been loaded, the Tune button will be lit (bright not dark), and clicking it will turn that tuning off (back to the default) or on.

Scala does not support Anamark (.tun) tuning files, which some other synths do support.

Scala does not support Anamark format (.tun) tuning files, which some other synths do support. However, if you have only a .tun file for your tuning, there are several tools that can seamlessly use that file to generate a tuning file in Scala format along with a keyboard mapping file if the .tun file included the needed mapping data. [Do .tun files always include keyboard mapping data?] [Name some good converters and provide links here and below in External links.]

=== Control Surge XT's tuning with a tuning plugin ===

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=== Control Surge XT's tuning using MTS-ESP without a tuning plugin ===

Briefly: Add an MTS-ESP tuning source plugin on one track, and Surge XT on another. Load a tuning file into the MTS-ESP source plugin. Set Surge XT to listen to MTS-ESP.

[Briefly: Add an MTS-ESP tuning source plugin on one track, and Surge XT on another. Load a tuning file into the MTS-ESP source plugin. Set Surge XT to listen to MTS-ESP.]

== How to test the tuning ==

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== See Also ==

[[User:Mousemambo/Tuning methods|Tuning methods]]~~. An~~ in~~-depth introduction to all the common methods for setting hardware and software electronic instruments to use non-standard tunings.~~

* [[User:Mousemambo/Tuning methods|Tuning methods]]

* [[DAWs#Approaches%20to%20Microtonal%20Composition%20in%20a%20DAW|DAWs § Approaches to Microtonal Composition in a DAW]]

== External Links ==

~~Reaper. A low-cost, powerful and popular DAW with excellent support for microtuning and other xenharmonic tunings.~~

~~[https://www.huygens-fokker.org/scala/ Scala]. The Swiss army knife of alternative tunings, Scala is a powerful tool but with a steep learning curve. Scala can be used to create custom tuning files.~~

[https://sevish.com/scaleworkshop/ Scale Workshop]. A very effective tool for creating and analyzing tunings, and creating tuning files for them, Scale Workshop is much simpler to learn and use than Scala. [That doesn't make it intuitively obvious to use, though! I guess there needs to be a page, "How to make a note-frequency chart" of your tuning, for confirming your musical instrument's correctness.]

Surge XT. A soft synth with outstanding support for non-standard tunings, supporting a variety of tuning methods.

* Reaper. A low-cost, powerful and popular DAW with excellent support for microtuning and other xenharmonic tunings.

* [https://www.huygens-fokker.org/scala/ Scala]. The Swiss army knife of alternative tunings, Scala is a powerful tool but with a steep learning curve. Scala can be used to create custom tuning files.

* [https://sevish.com/scaleworkshop/ Scale Workshop]. A very effective tool for creating and analyzing tunings, and creating tuning files for them, Scale Workshop is much simpler to learn and use than Scala. [That doesn't make it intuitively obvious to use, though! I guess there needs to be a page, "How to make a note-frequency chart" of your tuning, for confirming your musical instrument's correctness.]

* Surge XT. A soft synth with outstanding support for non-standard tunings, supporting a variety of tuning methods.

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 Surge XT also provides a button "Tune" under the label "Status" along the top of its window. If a custom tuning has not yet been added during the current session, clicking the button will reveal the same list of options as Menu > Tuning. If a custom tuning has been loaded, the Tune button will be lit (bright not dark), and clicking it will turn that tuning off (back to the default) or on.
-Scala does not support Anamark (.tun) tuning files, which some other synths do support.
+Scala does not support Anamark format (.tun) tuning files, which some other synths do support. However, if you have only a .tun file for your tuning, there are several tools that can seamlessly use that file to generate a tuning file in Scala format along with a keyboard mapping file if the .tun file included the needed mapping data. [Do .tun files always include keyboard mapping data?] [Name some good converters and provide links here and below in External links.]
 === Control Surge XT's tuning with a tuning plugin ===
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 === Control Surge XT's tuning using MTS-ESP without a tuning plugin ===
-Briefly: Add an MTS-ESP tuning source plugin on one track, and Surge XT on another. Load a tuning file into the MTS-ESP source plugin. Set Surge XT to listen to MTS-ESP.
+[Briefly: Add an MTS-ESP tuning source plugin on one track, and Surge XT on another. Load a tuning file into the MTS-ESP source plugin. Set Surge XT to listen to MTS-ESP.]
 == How to test the tuning ==
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 == See Also ==
-[[User:Mousemambo/Tuning methods|Tuning methods]]. An in-depth introduction to all the common methods for setting hardware and software electronic instruments to use non-standard tunings.
+* [[User:Mousemambo/Tuning methods|Tuning methods]]
+* [[DAWs#Approaches%20to%20Microtonal%20Composition%20in%20a%20DAW|DAWs § Approaches to Microtonal Composition in a DAW]]
 == External Links ==
-Reaper. A low-cost, powerful and popular DAW with excellent support for microtuning and other xenharmonic tunings.
-[https://www.huygens-fokker.org/scala/ Scala]. The Swiss army knife of alternative tunings, Scala is a powerful tool but with a steep learning curve. Scala can be used to create custom tuning files.
-[https://sevish.com/scaleworkshop/ Scale Workshop]. A very effective tool for creating and analyzing tunings, and creating tuning files for them, Scale Workshop is much simpler to learn and use than Scala. [That doesn't make it intuitively obvious to use, though! I guess there needs to be a page, "How to make a note-frequency chart" of your tuning, for confirming your musical instrument's correctness.]
-Surge XT. A soft synth with outstanding support for non-standard tunings, supporting a variety of tuning methods.
+* Reaper. A low-cost, powerful and popular DAW with excellent support for microtuning and other xenharmonic tunings.
+* [https://www.huygens-fokker.org/scala/ Scala]. The Swiss army knife of alternative tunings, Scala is a powerful tool but with a steep learning curve. Scala can be used to create custom tuning files.
+* [https://sevish.com/scaleworkshop/ Scale Workshop]. A very effective tool for creating and analyzing tunings, and creating tuning files for them, Scale Workshop is much simpler to learn and use than Scala. [That doesn't make it intuitively obvious to use, though! I guess there needs to be a page, "How to make a note-frequency chart" of your tuning, for confirming your musical instrument's correctness.]
+* Surge XT. A soft synth with outstanding support for non-standard tunings, supporting a variety of tuning methods.