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* Live performance, when you don't want the | * Live performance, when you don't want the complexity or CPU overhead of alternative methods. | ||
* Causal playing, when you want to begin quickly. | * Causal playing, when you want to begin quickly. | ||
* Playing a soft synth with built-in retuning support in standalone mode (i.e. not inside a DAW). | * Playing a soft synth with built-in retuning support in standalone mode (i.e. not inside a DAW). | ||
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* No additional components, so less complexity. | * No additional components, so less complexity. | ||
* Can be quick and easy to set up for simple tunings that you're very familiar with. | * Can be quick and easy to set up for simple tunings that you're very familiar with. | ||
* May sometimes include a [[User:Mousemambo/Document draft#Scale design software|scale designer]] | * May sometimes include a [[User:Mousemambo/Document draft#Scale design software|scale designer]] for exploring new scales or tunings. | ||
'''Disadvantages''' | '''Disadvantages''' | ||
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[Briefly: SOME OF THE FOLLOWING GOES IN AN INTRO IN THIS SPACE, SOME IN THE NOTES, SOME ELSEWHERE UNDER METHOD 2, SOME IN THE APPENDIX. A Scala scale file is used to establish a tuning's [[period]] (octave or [[equave]]), its interval relationships, and other properties. A Scala keyboard mapping file is used to set the tuning's base note or tonic, tuning center, and keyboard map. The Scala format scale files and keyboard mapping files together work to .... If you omit using a keyboard mapping file the consequences may be.... For more about Scala scale and keyboard mapping files, see the [[User:Mousemambo/Tuning methods#Tuning files|Tuning methods]] article. Ultimately, there should be articles that are companions to the existing "[[Anamark tuning file format]]" page (which almost certainly should be renamed "Anamark tuning file"; the existing page title should redirect to a section of the new page), named "[[User:Mousemambo/Scala tuning system#Scala scale file|Scala scale file]]" and "[[User:Mousemambo/Scala tuning system#Scala keyboard mapping file|Scala keyboard mapping file]]" or a single "[[User:Mousemambo/Scala tuning system|Scala tuning system]]" article might incorporate both those as sections at least initially.] | [Briefly: SOME OF THE FOLLOWING GOES IN AN INTRO IN THIS SPACE, SOME IN THE NOTES, SOME ELSEWHERE UNDER METHOD 2, SOME IN THE APPENDIX. A Scala scale file is used to establish a tuning's [[period]] (octave or [[equave]]), its interval relationships, and other properties. A Scala keyboard mapping file is used to set the tuning's base note or tonic, tuning center, and keyboard map. The Scala format scale files and keyboard mapping files together work to .... If you omit using a keyboard mapping file the consequences may be.... For more about Scala scale and keyboard mapping files, see the [[User:Mousemambo/Tuning methods#Tuning files|Tuning methods]] article. Ultimately, there should be articles that are companions to the existing "[[Anamark tuning file format]]" page (which almost certainly should be renamed "Anamark tuning file"; the existing page title should redirect to a section of the new page), named "[[User:Mousemambo/Scala tuning system#Scala scale file|Scala scale file]]" and "[[User:Mousemambo/Scala tuning system#Scala keyboard mapping file|Scala keyboard mapping file]]" or a single "[[User:Mousemambo/Scala tuning system|Scala tuning system]]" article might incorporate both those as sections at least initially.] | ||
Probably the most common | Probably the most common method people choose to retune a synth in a DAW is with a Scala scale file and keyboard mapping file, if the synth supports the [[User:Mousemambo/Scala tuning system|Scala tuning system]]. Very briefly, the scale file sets the intervals of the scale and the keyboard mapping file places the tuning base of the scale file on a specific MIDI note, sets the tuning reference note and pitch, and maps the notes to a keyboard or other controller. See the sections "Scala scale file" and "Scala keyboard mapping file" below for more about these tuning files. | ||
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* Requires finding a Scala scale file and keyboard mapping file for your desired tuning, else... | * Requires finding a Scala scale file and keyboard mapping file for your desired tuning, else... | ||
* Requires development of a Scala scale file and keyboard mapping file(s), and learning how to prepare them. | * Requires development of a Scala scale file and keyboard mapping file(s), and learning how to prepare them. | ||
* Generally doesn't include | * Generally doesn't include [[User:Mousemambo/Document draft#Scale design software|scale design software]]. | ||
'''Instructions''' | '''Instructions''' | ||
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===Method 4: Set a tuning using MTS-ESP=== | ===Method 4: Set a tuning using 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. Confirm that the MTS-ESP source has connected. Note that, unlike Surge XT, most available electronic instruments at this time (August 2023) don't support MTS-ESP tuning although some do. Note that if I choose to expand by mentioning other synths, I need to say that some of those can be re-tuned by adding a tuning plugin that **does** support MTS-ESP... Method 4a: ...using MTS-ESP, Method 4b: using an MTS-ESP tuning plugin. Other ways to structure this are possible and will be considered.] | [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. Confirm that the MTS-ESP source has connected. Note that, unlike Surge XT, most available electronic instruments at this time (August 2023) don't support MTS-ESP tuning although some do. Note that if I choose to expand by mentioning other synths, I need to say that some of those can be re-tuned by adding a tuning plugin that **does** support MTS-ESP... Method 4a: ...using MTS-ESP, Method 4b: using an MTS-ESP tuning plugin. Other ways to structure this are possible and will be considered.] | ||
A brief intro to MTS-ESP here... | |||
'''Scenarios''' | '''Scenarios''' | ||