Re: [LAD] making 'whysynth' microtonal/tuning-table capable

From: Stefan Kost <ensonic@email-addr-hidden-obscura.de>
Date: Mon May 04 2009 - 18:08:16 EEST

Dave Phillips schrieb:
> Aaron Johnson wrote:
>
>> ... after having located the code snippet in whysynth that creates a
>> standard 12-equal tuning array, called 'y_pitch', as factors relative
>> to 440HZ (A440), and indexed by MIDI note numbers. I wonder, how easy
>> would it be to make this table dynamic and subject to for example,
>> loading a SCALA .scl file, or at least, a user defined array which can
>> be loaded from a dialog box?
>>
>
> I'd like to second Aaron's proposal/request. Support for Scala files
> should be standard in all software synthesizers. It seems a bit
> ludicrous to fix intonation at 12-tone ET when the medium is capable of
> any intonation desired.
>
> Best,
>
> dp
>
>

Sounds indeed like a cool idea. Just for the record and for those who
don't know about scala:
http://www.huygens-fokker.org/scala/

Stefan
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