Finale Microtonal Accidentals and Playback
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Finale can be set up to use custom accidentals, and to pipe MIDI data to a VST such that the playback matches the notation. You will need: * Finale (not sure on earliest supported version, but 2003 and later should work) * [[@http://www.nerds.de/en/loopbe1.html|LoopBe1 Internal Midi Port]] ** Or similar * [[@http://www.hermannseib.com/english/vsthost.htm|VSTHost]] ** Or similar * A VST with microtonal playback and, ideally, support for .kbm files. There are many options: ** Pianoteq ** ARIA (comes with Finale 2012 and later) ** ZynSubAddFX ** IVOR ** etc. * [[@http://www.huygens-fokker.org/scala/|Scala]], or the ability to create .scl and .kbm files, which are just text with fairly simple formats # Install all needed tools > # Choosing and creating a scale > You will probably want to choose a scale size around 6-9 notes for the "white" keys (i.e. the notes without accidentals). > From there, all the other pitches in your scale will be represented as accidentals. > For more information, read Mike Battaglia's [[@https://beta.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/TUNING/conversations/topics/105842|KISS 2.0 Notation ]]. > This tutorial will use porcupine[7] as the diatonic "white notes" within 22-edo. > > First, I create 22-edo in Scala: > [[image:scala make scale.png]] > (Or, you might use the console by typing > lineartemp > and following the prompts). > > Then, "Save scale" to some easy-to-navigate-to location. > NOTE: Don't forget to enter a description. Some programs don't like empty lines in the .scl format. > > Next, create a keyboard mapping file. This one has an important variable parameter. If you are going to
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<html><head><title>Finale Microtonal Accidentals and Playback</title></head><body>Finale can be set up to use custom accidentals, and to pipe MIDI data to a VST such that the playback matches the notation.<br /> <br /> You will need:<br /> <ul><li>Finale (not sure on earliest supported version, but 2003 and later should work)</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.nerds.de/en/loopbe1.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LoopBe1 Internal Midi Port</a><ul><li>Or similar</li></ul></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.hermannseib.com/english/vsthost.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">VSTHost</a><ul><li>Or similar</li></ul></li><li>A VST with microtonal playback and, ideally, support for .kbm files. There are many options:<ul><li>Pianoteq</li><li>ARIA (comes with Finale 2012 and later)</li><li>ZynSubAddFX</li><li>IVOR</li><li>etc.</li></ul></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.huygens-fokker.org/scala/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scala</a>, or the ability to create .scl and .kbm files, which are just text with fairly simple formats</li></ul><br /> <ol><li>Install all needed tools<br /> <br /> </li><li>Choosing and creating a scale<br /> You will probably want to choose a scale size around 6-9 notes for the "white" keys (i.e. the notes without accidentals).<br /> From there, all the other pitches in your scale will be represented as accidentals.<br /> For more information, read Mike Battaglia's <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://beta.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/TUNING/conversations/topics/105842" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KISS 2.0 Notation </a>.<br /> This tutorial will use porcupine[7] as the diatonic "white notes" within 22-edo.<br /> <br /> First, I create 22-edo in Scala:<br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextLocalImageRule:58:<img src="/file/view/scala%20make%20scale.png/537738898/scala%20make%20scale.png" alt="" title="" /> --><img src="/file/view/scala%20make%20scale.png/537738898/scala%20make%20scale.png" alt="scala make scale.png" title="scala make scale.png" /><!-- ws:end:WikiTextLocalImageRule:58 --><br /> (Or, you might use the console by typing<br /> lineartemp<br /> and following the prompts).<br /> <br /> Then, "Save scale" to some easy-to-navigate-to location.<br /> NOTE: Don't forget to enter a description. Some programs don't like empty lines in the .scl format.<br /> <br /> Next, create a keyboard mapping file. This one has an important variable parameter. If you are going to</li></ol></body></html>