Re: [LAU] tuning midi to alternative temperaments

From: Raine M. Ekman <raine@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Wed Dec 23 2009 - 10:06:23 EET

Quoting david <gnome@email-addr-hidden>:
> I think Aeolus does alternative tunings by essentially recalibrating its
> scale internally. It doesn't change the MIDI notes, though. So would a
> synth using soundfonts be able to do the same thing? I presume a
> soundfont contains at least one sample for each pitch, probably recorded
> at a standard pitch (modern temperament) rather than some other tuning,
> so how could such a synth change its scale?

That shouldn't really be any different from pitch bending, or playing
a soundfont where a sample covers more than one MIDI note. All of
these involve playing samples at some "wrong" pitch, and would happen
through some kind of resampling.

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