hujairi Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Dear all, I am curious to know if anyone has imported any/all of the currently existing scala scales into OM. Is it possible to automate the process of importing all the tunings just because dealing with both the .scl format and the number of available tunings can get tedious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opmo Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 I would need to see the .scl file format. hujairi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hujairi Posted January 7, 2017 Author Share Posted January 7, 2017 Scala files, I realize, are lists of tuning frequencies that can be subsequently mapped to midi. I have in the past imported lists of frequencies into programs such as Max/MSP for other projects, but I'm curious to see how this could be efficiently done in OM. It'd be nice to be able to simultaneously create library lists (that are stored in the OM directory for future use) without needing to manually go through each of the over 4,000 tunings available. I also assume that this matter would be connected somehow to any future OM functions that allow for microtonal music. As a temporary work-around, is there a way to turn frequencies from floating point digits to ratios (if this is of any use), and the ratios would be usable in parameters such as generating pitches, lengths, and velocities (perhaps through remapping procedures)? An example of what the content of an .scl file can be seen in the following: Quote ! porcupine.scl ! Porcupine temperament, g=162.996, 7-limit 37 ! 44.94039 89.88078 103.96821 148.90860 162.99603 207.93642 222.02384 266.96423 311.90462 325.99205 370.93244 385.01987 429.96026 474.90065 488.98808 533.92847 548.01590 592.95629 637.89668 651.98410 696.92449 711.01192 755.95231 800.89270 814.98013 859.92052 874.00795 918.94834 963.88873 977.97616 1022.91655 1037.00397 1081.94436 1126.88475 1140.97218 1185.91257 2/1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torstenanders Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 The Scala scale file format is specified here: http://huygens-fokker.org/scala/scl_format.html It is a flexible tuning format supported by various synthesis hard and software. As Opusmodus only outputs MIDI and leaves the sound synthesis to external software, those external software could be tuned with Scala files in principle. Scala files could be relevant for Opusmodus, if the tuning is controlled, e.g., via MIDI, e.g., pitch bend messages, note expressions of VST 3 etc... Best, Torsten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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