User:Mousemambo/Tuning methods: Difference between revisions

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** Intro

***What are tuning files? They provide, in an outside file that needs to be loaded, the information necessary to tell a musical instrument (or software that in turn tells an instrument) how to implement a specific tuning system.

***What are the important features of tuning files? They may establish intervals, frequency assignment, controller data mapping, and more.

***What are the important features of tuning files? They may establish intervals, frequency assignment, controller data mapping, support full-keyboard microtuning, and more.

**Instrument-specific tuning files

**Anamark (.TUN) tuning files

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**Intro

*** What are retuners and tuning plugins? They take a tuning file as input (or direct tuning info), and appropriately modify the data going to an instrument. They interpret a tuning file to map controller data into the format the instrument can use. There are both software and hardware implementations, depending on specific musical system (e.g. all software, modular synth system, etc.).

***What are ~~the~~ important features of retuners and tuning plugins? They modify incoming data as it happens, so they need to be fast. ~~Also, they~~ may implement this function either by altering the note-on data of a MIDI stream, or by providing dynamic (continuous control) tuning info while a note is playing (or both??).

***What are some important features of retuners and tuning plugins? They modify incoming data as it happens, so they need to be fast. They may implement this function either by altering the note-on data of a MIDI stream, or by providing dynamic (continuous control) tuning info while a note is playing (or both??). Do they support full-keyboard microtuning?

**Tuning plugins (e.g. VST/AU inserted into a DAW or VST-host plugin chain ahead of a software or hardware-interface instrument)

***MTS-ESP tuning

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**Hardware retuners. Hardware modules for integrated hardware synths or for CV-controlled modular synths, independent of an all-purpose computer (PC, tablet, phone).

*'''Other tuning methods'''

**MIDI Tuning ~~Specification~~ (MTS)

**MIDI Tuning Standard (MTS)

** Legacy manufacturer-specific and instrument-specific tuning methods

**RPN tuning

**Other SysEx-based tuning methods

== See also ==

* [[List of microtonal software plugins]]

* [[Scala#File formats|Scala § File formats]]

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

* [[Anamark tuning file format]]

* [[New Tuning Method]] (mostly outdated)

== External links ==

* [https://www.midi.org/midi-articles/microtuning-and-alternative-intonation-systems Microtuning and Alternative Intonation Systems], by Jacky Ligon. MIDI.org (website), Sep 2020.

* [https://producelikeapro.com/blog/getting-started-making-microtonal-music/ Making Microtonal Music is Easier Than You’d Think], by Michael W. Dean. Produce Like a Pro (website), July 1, 2021. (also archived at the Xenharmonic Wiki, as [[Making Microtonal Music is Easier Than You’d Think|Part 1]] and [[Making Microtonal Music is Easier Than You’d Think, Part 2|Part 2]])

* [[wikipedia:MIDI_tuning_standard|MIDI tuning standard]]

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 ** Intro
 ***What are tuning files? They provide, in an outside file that needs to be loaded, the information necessary to tell a musical instrument (or software that in turn tells an instrument) how to implement a specific tuning system.
-***What are the important features of tuning files? They may establish intervals, frequency assignment, controller data mapping, and more.
+***What are the important features of tuning files? They may establish intervals, frequency assignment, controller data mapping, support full-keyboard microtuning, and more.
 **Instrument-specific tuning files
 **Anamark (.TUN) tuning files
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 **Intro
 *** What are retuners and tuning plugins? They take a tuning file as input (or direct tuning info), and appropriately modify the data going to an instrument. They interpret a tuning file to map controller data into the format the instrument can use. There are both software and hardware implementations, depending on specific musical system (e.g. all software, modular synth system, etc.).
-***What are the important features of retuners and tuning plugins? They modify incoming data as it happens, so they need to be fast. Also, they may implement this function either by altering the note-on data of a MIDI stream, or by providing dynamic (continuous control) tuning info while a note is playing (or both??).
+***What are some important features of retuners and tuning plugins? They modify incoming data as it happens, so they need to be fast. They may implement this function either by altering the note-on data of a MIDI stream, or by providing dynamic (continuous control) tuning info while a note is playing (or both??). Do they support full-keyboard microtuning?
 **Tuning plugins (e.g. VST/AU inserted into a DAW or VST-host plugin chain ahead of a software or hardware-interface instrument)
 ***MTS-ESP tuning
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 **Hardware retuners. Hardware modules for integrated hardware synths or for CV-controlled modular synths, independent of an all-purpose computer (PC, tablet, phone).
 *'''Other tuning methods'''
-**MIDI Tuning Specification (MTS)
+**MIDI Tuning Standard (MTS)
 ** Legacy manufacturer-specific and instrument-specific tuning methods
 **RPN tuning
 **Other SysEx-based tuning methods
+== See also ==
+* [[List of microtonal software plugins]]
+* [[Scala#File formats|Scala § File formats]]
+* [[DAWs#Approaches to Microtonal Composition in a DAW|DAWs § Approaches to Microtonal Composition in a DAW]]
+* [[Anamark tuning file format]]
+* [[New Tuning Method]] (mostly outdated)
+== External links ==
+* [https://www.midi.org/midi-articles/microtuning-and-alternative-intonation-systems Microtuning and Alternative Intonation Systems], by Jacky Ligon. MIDI.org (website), Sep 2020.
+* [https://producelikeapro.com/blog/getting-started-making-microtonal-music/ Making Microtonal Music is Easier Than You’d Think], by Michael W. Dean. Produce Like a Pro (website), July 1, 2021. (also archived at the Xenharmonic Wiki, as [[Making Microtonal Music is Easier Than You’d Think|Part 1]] and [[Making Microtonal Music is Easier Than You’d Think, Part 2|Part 2]])
+* [[wikipedia:MIDI_tuning_standard|MIDI tuning standard]]