world music scales + alternate tuning scales + microtonal??

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Sevish
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Re: world music scales + alternate tuning scales + microtonal??

Post by Sevish » Wed Mar 30, 2016 4:21 am

I started this handy list of VST/AU plugins which support microtonal scales:
http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/List+ ... re+Plugins

But Ableton, really, please consider allowing full-keyboard microtuning to Live's built-in instruments. You should be on the cutting edge, inspiring a new generation of musicians to push boundaries in music, electronic or otherwise. Microtonality is one of the last few frontiers we have left to explore (which is funny because it's also one of the most ancient frontiers). We can really use this to get new moods and new emotional expression in music that wasn't possible in grainy 12-tone equal temperament.

driven
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Re: world music scales + alternate tuning scales + microtonal??

Post by driven » Thu Mar 31, 2016 11:30 pm

Ableton really makes this a pain to do, when it should be an adjustable global reference pitch setting (A=440Hz by default) and a Scale MIDI effect.

I tried a few plug-ins, but I ended up just pitch shifting each track to the desired Hz, using the Tuner Audio Effect to check -- but I'm working with the deep house genre where the note doesn't change a whole lot.

Really frustrating that Live doesn't offer this capability out of the box. Who in their right mind would hard-code a global pitch setting??

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Re: world music scales + alternate tuning scales + microtonal??

Post by 2beats » Thu Jan 26, 2017 10:43 pm

Here are two awesome resources for Microtonal Music in Ableton Live:

http://subaqueousmusic.com/sof/ (How to make microtonal instruments)

http://subaqueousmusic.com/list-of-micr ... d-plugins/ (List of Microtonal VST's and AU Synths)
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