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Overview
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Seeds etc | User guide | Main Window | Musical note intervals | Scales | Midi in | Analyse sound |
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Music making | Fractal tunes | Scale Construction | Trouble Shooting | Complete list |
For the most up to date version of this page, see the on-line version in the wiki. It is currently being re-written to take account of changes since the page was originally prepared.
If your question isn't answered here yet, please ask - email to support@tunesmithy.co.uk
There are many other things you can do with FTS - have a browse through the Contents and the Tip of the day. You can get help for any window by clicking the F1 key or using the help icon in the upper right corner.
How do I record and play back recordings?
Does FTS support 24-bit recording?
What kind of computer should I get for microtonal music making?
What level of pitch accuracy can I expect to find typically?
What is pitch bend, and how is it applied?
How do I do a frequency analysis to find the partials of a note?
How do I convert the frequency analysis into a scale?
How do I make a custom voice consisting of one instrument playing the partials of another one?
How do I find the pitch of a note (second method)?
Is there a version of FTS for the Mac or Linux?
What language should I learn to write a music program, and how long does it take to write one?
How do I play in these tunings myself?
How do I play triads from the PC keyboard? (some work and some don't)
How do I get my music keyboard to work with FTS?
What should I look out for in a music keyboard?
How do I set things up to play in a particular scale from a music keyboard?
How do I play the historical tunings of the diatonic and twelve tone systems?
Which is the best voice to use to hear the difference between tunings?
What is the normal pitch acuity for melodic steps?
How do I do a Midi Merge in FTS?
How do I use FTS with my music notation software or sequencer?
How do I retune a piece in FTS that needs more than the 16 Midi channels?
How do I change the tonic as I play?
How do I play in lattice scales from the PC keyboard?.
How do I play the Erv Wilson CPS sets?.
How do I stop FTS from sending Instrument selections (aka Program or Patchchanges) to my synth?
How do I make a polyrhythm metronome?
How do I try out Margo Schulter's sesquisexta, and Graham Breed's variable comma meantone?
Is there a quick way to swap between different scales / arpeggios when playing from the PC keyboard?
How about fom the music keyboard?
How do I use FTS with the FM7?
How do I use the feature to make audio clips for all the file names in a web page?
See also Why is everything so quiet? in the Trouble Shooting section, and How do I record and play back the recordings (Midi, Wav, mp3s, Sun au, etc)? in the General section.
How do I make a fractal tune (tutorial)?
Can I use FTS to make music to sell commercially?
How do a play a new seed for a fractal tune from my music keyboard?
How do I make a fibonacci rhythm, and fibonacci fractal tune?
How do I make a fibonacci tonescape?
How do I make fractal tunes using DNA fragments for the seed?
How do I make a tune that changes in speed as it continues (tempo map)?
How do I make the evolving play list?
How do I make a polyrhythm fractal tune?
How do I use the Scales for Layers feature?
How do I use the Seeds for Layers feature?
How do I make a fractal tune that stays within a limited range of scale notes?
How do I make a fractal tune with many layers that starts at some position other than degree 0?
How can I see which options I'm using for a fractal tune?
How do I play two fractal tunes synchronised with each other?
Might FTS or a program like it one day become a composer in its own right?
Where can I find other composers and programmers of fractal music?
Might FTS or a program like it one day become a composer in its own right?
Where can I find other composers and programmers of fractal music?
See also How do I use FTS with the FM7? in the Music making section.
How do I enter a scale in Hertz?
How do I convert a ratio to cents?
How do I convert cents to a ratio?
How do I show the scale in various notations, such as hertz,. as cents values or the nearest ratios?
How do I look for a particular scale in the SCALA archive from FTS?
Why is a distinction made between arpeggios and scales - why not just have scales?
Why call them Arpeggios? Mode sounds much better.
See also How do I use FTS with the FM7? in the Music making section, and Why is everything so quiet? in the Fractal tunes section..
Why is no sound recorded in the audio formats (.WAV, .MP3 etc) ?
Why do some notes not sound when playing from PC keyboard?
Why do I get a background hiss?
Why do I get a background hum?
Why does the computer sieze up for a few seconds from time to time while playing?
How can I connect my music keyboard to a laptop?
My music keyboard is connected to the computer but no notes play
I get double notes when playing from a music keyboard
When I play from a music keyboard, the notes are quieter than expected
Single notes get retuned as expected, but notes in chords shift about in pitch. What can I do?
FTS used to work fine but is now playing only one note at a time. What can I do
I hear pitch bend artefacts at the start of a note - what can I do about it?
I hear pitch bend artefacts at the end of a note - what can I do about it?
Here the focus is to answer the question quickly and simply with the minimum of information you need.
This page covers some of the questions asked by users. It also covers the Features for musicians, composers and musical scale designers, and Fractal Tune features in the form of a question and answer for each of the main features. Some links to other sections of this help will be given in the answers.