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== Outline for a Tuning Methods page ==

Last updated 2023-Aug-02. Note that although much of the info will be in the Tuning Methods page itself, some other info might best be split out into its own page (e.g. there is already an [[Anamark tuning file format]] page). Also, any how-to [[:Category:Guides]] pages would be separate, and links could be provided to existing outside how-to instructions that have text or video format (urgh...link maintenance sucks).

I'm inventing a distinction between "Tuning plugins" and "Retuners" even though tuning plugins have been understood as a subset of retuners. People are calling them "tuning plugins" and not using the term returners so this makes sense to me.

* Intro

** Why? We need to tell electronic and software musical instruments what tuning system to use when they receive controller input or MIDI data)

** Why? We need to tell electronic and software musical instruments what tuning system to use when they receive controller input or MIDI data.

** How? Direct tuning info, or a tuning file sometimes with a mechanism to tell the instrument to use that tuning (and sometimes also how to use it).

* Direct tuning information ~~(because some~~ instruments have their own input ~~page~~ for tuning information). I don't like the expression "direct tuning" but can't think of something better right now.

* Direct tuning information. Some instruments have their own input system for tuning information, via dropdown menu selection or custom tuning settings. I don't like the expression "direct tuning" but can't think of something better right now.

** Kontakt "microtuning" built-in script. Because Kontakt is so important, this needs to be stated explicitly, and a how-to link provided.

** Other instruments (e.g. <list of instruments>)

** Other instruments (e.g. <list of example instruments>)

* Tuning files

** Intro. What are tuning files?

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*** MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) tuning

*** Pitch bend-based tuning

** Retuners (~~software running independently~~ from a DAW or plugin host, between a controller and software or hardware instrument)

** Retuners. Software running standalone (independent from a DAW or plugin host), operating between a controller and software or hardware instrument.

*** alt-tuner

* Other tuning methods

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 == Outline for a Tuning Methods page ==
 Last updated 2023-Aug-02. Note that although much of the info will be in the Tuning Methods page itself, some other info might best be split out into its own page (e.g. there is already an [[Anamark tuning file format]] page). Also, any how-to [[:Category:Guides]] pages would be separate, and links could be provided to existing outside how-to instructions that have text or video format (urgh...link maintenance sucks).
+I'm inventing a distinction between "Tuning plugins" and "Retuners" even though tuning plugins have been understood as a subset of retuners. People are calling them "tuning plugins" and not using the term returners so this makes sense to me.
 * Intro
-** Why? We need to tell electronic and software musical instruments what tuning system to use when they receive controller input or MIDI data)
+** Why? We need to tell electronic and software musical instruments what tuning system to use when they receive controller input or MIDI data.
 ** How? Direct tuning info, or a tuning file sometimes with a mechanism to tell the instrument to use that tuning (and sometimes also how to use it).
-* Direct tuning information (because some instruments have their own input page for tuning information). I don't like the expression "direct tuning" but can't think of something better right now.
+* Direct tuning information. Some instruments have their own input system for tuning information, via dropdown menu selection or custom tuning settings. I don't like the expression "direct tuning" but can't think of something better right now.
 ** Kontakt "microtuning" built-in script. Because Kontakt is so important, this needs to be stated explicitly, and a how-to link provided.
-** Other instruments (e.g. <list of instruments>)
+** Other instruments (e.g. <list of example instruments>)
 * Tuning files
 ** Intro. What are tuning files?
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 *** MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) tuning
 *** Pitch bend-based tuning
-** Retuners (software running independently from a DAW or plugin host, between a controller and software or hardware instrument)
+** Retuners. Software running standalone (independent from a DAW or plugin host), operating between a controller and software or hardware instrument.
 *** alt-tuner
 * Other tuning methods