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Here's a data dump of scales I use. Some of them with funny names because they are in conlangs. I will provide the scales and all their modes, apart from other properties.

7-form

RH Zarlino [SV3, CS, SP]

Best Zarlino. I rarely use LH Zarlino.

Scale degrees
9/8 5/4 4/3 3/2 5/3 15/8 2
10/9 32/27 4/3 40/27 5/3 16/9
16/15 6/5 4/3 3/2 8/5 9/5
9/8 5/4 45/32 3/2 27/16 15/8
10/9 5/4 4/3 3/2 5/3 16/9
9/8 6/5 27/20 3/2 8/5 9/5
16/15 6/5 4/3 64/45 8/5 16/9

Aura's Zarlinoid [MV4, CS, SP]

A scale that Aura really likes to use. It's good in some places, but Zarlino is better generally.

Scale degrees
9/8 5/4 4/3 3/2 27/16 15/8 2
10/9 32/27 4/3 3/2 5/3 16/9
16/15 6/5 27/20 3/2 8/5 9/5
9/8 81/64 45/32 3/2 27/16 15/8
9/8 5/4 4/3 3/2 5/3 16/9
10/9 32/27 4/3 40/27 128/81 16/9
16/15 6/5 4/3 64/45 8/5 9/5

LH Úuñmulu - LH Íegmul [MV3, CS, SP]

An 7et detemper that is easy to use and has delectable sonorities, based on the 10::12 trichord.

Scale degrees
11/10 6/5 4/3 3/2 33/20 9/5 2
12/11 40/33 15/11 3/2 18/11 20/11
10/9 5/4 11/8 3/2 5/3 11/6
9/8 99/80 27/20 3/2 33/20 9/5
11/10 6/5 4/3 22/15 8/5 16/9
12/11 40/33 4/3 16/11 160/99 20/11
10/9 11/9 4/3 40/27 5/3 11/6

RH Úuñmulu - RH Íegmul [MV3, CS, P]

The simplest 7et detemper, based on the 9::12 tetrachord, that is also easy to use, but I prefer LH.

Scale degrees
10/9 11/9 4/3 3/2 5/3 11/6 2
11/10 6/5 27/20 3/2 33/20 9/5
12/11 27/22 15/11 3/2 18/11 20/11
9/8 5/4 11/8 3/2 5/3 11/6
10/9 11/9 4/3 40/27 44/27 16/9
11/10 6/5 4/3 22/15 8/5 9/5
12/11 40/33 4/3 16/11 18/11 20/11

10-form

Ngwóoghe - Góqäi [MV5 (MV10), CS, SP]

24:26:28:30:32:34:36:39:42:45:48. 12::18 repeated and cut at the octave, or alternatively, two 12::16 pentachords, with another a fifth up and with the addition of 17/12 to fill out the scale into a proper 10-form. I personally don't use the 17/ intervals as much, instead I change between the modes to pick what I need, but 17 is undoubtedly the most natural rendition of the 5-step of the scale.

One of my favorite scales, and it is notably no-11s. Its subsets also include archylino, a weird Hijaz-like scale and, you know, each other step of the prime mode. Whatever its name is.

Scale degrees
13/12 7/6 5/4 4/3 17/12 3/2 13/8 7/4 15/8 2
14/13 15/13 16/13 17/13 18/13 3/2 21/13 45/26 24/13
15/14 8/7 17/14 9/7 39/28 3/2 45/28 12/7 13/7
16/15 17/15 6/5 13/10 7/5 3/2 8/5 26/15 28/15
17/16 9/8 39/32 21/16 45/32 3/2 13/8 7/4 15/8
18/17 39/34 21/17 45/34 24/17 26/17 28/17 30/17 32/17
13/12 7/6 5/4 4/3 13/9 14/9 5/3 16/9 17/9
14/13 15/13 16/13 4/3 56/39 20/13 64/39 68/39 24/13
15/14 8/7 26/21 4/3 10/7 32/21 34/21 12/7 13/7
16/15 52/45 56/45 4/3 64/45 68/45 8/5 26/15 28/15

12-form

Duodene [MV4, CS, SP]

Scale degrees
16/15 9/8 6/5 5/4 4/3 45/32 3/2 8/5 5/3 9/5 15/8 2
135/128 9/8 75/64 5/4 675/512 45/32 3/2 25/16 27/16 225/128 15/8
16/15 10/9 32/27 5/4 4/3 64/45 40/27 8/5 5/3 16/9 256/135
25/24 10/9 75/64 5/4 4/3 25/18 3/2 25/16 5/3 16/9 15/8
16/15 9/8 6/5 32/25 4/3 36/25 3/2 8/5 128/75 9/5 48/25
135/128 9/8 6/5 5/4 27/20 45/32 3/2 8/5 27/16 9/5 15/8
16/15 256/225 32/27 32/25 4/3 64/45 1024/675 8/5 128/75 16/9 256/135
16/15 10/9 6/5 5/4 4/3 64/45 3/2 8/5 5/3 16/9 15/8
25/24 9/8 75/64 5/4 4/3 45/32 3/2 25/16 5/3 225/128 15/8
27/25 9/8 6/5 32/25 27/20 36/25 3/2 8/5 27/16 9/5 48/25
25/24 10/9 32/27 5/4 4/3 25/18 40/27 25/16 5/3 16/9 50/27
16/15 256/225 6/5 32/25 4/3 64/45 3/2 8/5 128/75 16/9 48/25

Nelaá - Jälg [MV4, CS, SP]

Scale degrees
16/15 9/8 6/5 5/4 4/3 45/32 3/2 8/5 27/16 9/5 15/8 2
135/128 9/8 75/64 5/4 675/512 45/32 3/2 405/256 27/16 225/128 15/8
16/15 10/9 32/27 5/4 4/3 64/45 3/2 8/5 5/3 16/9 256/135
25/24 10/9 75/64 5/4 4/3 45/32 3/2 25/16 5/3 16/9 15/8
16/15 9/8 6/5 32/25 27/20 36/25 3/2 8/5 128/75 9/5 48/25
135/128 9/8 6/5 81/64 27/20 45/32 3/2 8/5 27/16 9/5 15/8
16/15 256/225 6/5 32/25 4/3 64/45 1024/675 8/5 128/75 16/9 256/135
16/15 9/8 6/5 5/4 4/3 64/45 3/2 8/5 5/3 16/9 15/8
135/128 9/8 75/64 5/4 4/3 45/32 3/2 25/16 5/3 225/128 15/8
16/15 10/9 32/27 512/405 4/3 64/45 40/27 128/81 5/3 16/9 256/135
25/24 10/9 32/27 5/4 4/3 25/18 40/27 25/16 5/3 16/9 15/8
16/15 256/225 6/5 32/25 4/3 64/45 3/2 8/5 128/75 9/5 48/25

Carlos Harmonic [MV12, CS]

19-limit realized into an easy 12-note scale, and a very easy way to

Scale degrees
17/16 9/8 19/16 5/4 21/16 11/8 3/2 13/8 27/16 7/4 15/8 2
18/17 19/17 20/17 21/17 22/17 24/17 26/17 27/17 28/17 30/17 32/17
19/18 10/9 7/6 11/9 4/3 13/9 3/2 14/9 5/3 16/9 17/9
20/19 21/19 22/19 24/19 26/19 27/19 28/19 30/19 32/19 34/19 36/19
21/20 11/10 6/5 13/10 27/20 7/5 3/2 8/5 17/10 9/5 19/10
22/21 8/7 26/21 9/7 4/3 10/7 32/21 34/21 12/7 38/21 40/21
12/11 13/11 27/22 14/11 15/11 16/11 17/11 18/11 19/11 20/11 21/11
13/12 9/8 7/6 5/4 4/3 17/12 3/2 19/12 5/3 7/4 11/6
27/26 14/13 15/13 16/13 17/13 18/13 19/13 20/13 21/13 22/13 24/13
28/27 10/9 32/27 34/27 4/3 38/27 40/27 14/9 44/27 16/9 52/27
15/14 8/7 17/14 9/7 19/14 10/7 3/2 11/7 12/7 13/7 27/14
16/15 17/15 6/5 19/15 4/3 7/5 22/15 8/5 26/15 9/5 28/15
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