source file: m1466.txt Date: Sun, 5 Jul 98 21:38:14 +0000 Subject: microtuning software for Macs From: Drew Skyfyre Greetings All, First these messages... I've been unable to get online for days now, since the phone co. = (shitty govt. monopoly) sent me an absurd phone bill that I absolutely refused to pay ,foll. = which they cut the line. I've complained formally, but don't expect = to ever have it resolved. I now have to go into town and use a local business services place to get wired. Anyway... Just discovered a neat piece(s) of software for the Mac which uses = pitch-bends to achieve ANY equal temperament, regardless of octaves, etc. Yes, you can now use your Rolands, Korgs, Yamahas ,etc. which are = limited to 12-note scales, to work with any and tunings. Possisbilities include 19-TET, 53-TET, 88-CET, Wendy Carlos' Alpha, = Beta, etc. It is however (from what I've been able to ascertain) limited to a = maximum of 4 voices of polyphony. Also, the manual is in French. I've done a strange translation of = some of it, using my "rudimentary" French and a pocket dictionary. = Send me a note and I'll e-mail a compressed text file over. It, or rather they (a set of MIDI "algorithmic toys"), are called = "MIDI formers" and are from INA-GRM 116 Avenue du Pr=E9sident Kennedy 75013 PARIS Tel: 42 30 29 88 Fax: 42 30 49 88 Email: ina.grm@applelink.apple.com Not sure if they have a website/ftp site with these thingies = available for download. I've sent them an e-mail and will report back when I receive a reply. They're actually Max patches that work with the free runtime version = of Max, MaxPlay 3.0. That's what I'm using it with. I deduce it works it's mojo by first picking out the MIDI note = nearest to the target pitch, and then applying a pitch bend. It also = bounces around four MIDI channels, because of the nature of pitch = bends. This seems a neat way of using pitch bends, with little limitation. = Instead of the approach of ,say Real Time Tuner, where individual MIDI ch.s are assigned to = individual pitches, allowing as many notes in a tuning as there are MIDI ch.s ,minus one for MIDI control. All you have to do is allow the assignment of as many MIDI ch.s to an = "instrument"/ multitimbral part as you want polyphony for that part ( a min. of 2 and a max. = limited only by the polyphony of your synth). THen just let the = program bounce around these ch.s. Perhaps Real Time Tuner can be changed to work this way. I'd send the developer(s) a note, but have = no e-mail contact info. OR, maybe some nice Max toting lister will write a flexible = patch/stand-alone program implementing this ? Salut, Drew "When you do the Tina Lina, all you need's a concertina." - If only our musical aspirations were that modest. Of course, if we = could sing it like Mario Lanza, we could even chuck the concertina. Drew's arse of the year : Pauline Hanson. She'd make a dandy Nazi, = non ?