At 3:38 AM -0400 7/17/02, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: >At 12:14 AM 7/17/02 -0400, Christopher BJ Smith wrote: >>The faint note is probably there, and it is most likely a sum tone, >>which only are audible in the proper key when the instruments are >>playing in tune - which is to say NOT in equal temperament as most >>synths and pianos. Getting the tuning right with synths is no easy >>task, even impossible with some, and the chords will never really >>"ring" unless they are in tune. Nothing to do with MIDI >>implementation, unless the module supports it, which is hardly any. > >I haven't come used a module or softsynth that doesn't support microtuning >in at least two ways. Is that what you mean? The first Midi-based unit I >used (my previous stuff was hand-made) was a Proteus Orchestral Plus in >1992. It had the ability to tune in cents, and the softsynths on my PC all >support that, There is also the pitch wheel, which is better for these fine >adjustments on the fly. Even Finale supports wheel. > >Dennis
The problem with the pitch wheel is that it alters EVERY pitch being played on that MIDI channel, making it useless for tuning chords. The Proteus (good choice, that was one of the few I was thinking of) allows you to create different tunings for each note of the chromatic scale (yay!) but it becomes more of a problem, say, if you need BOTH a G# and an Ab in the same passage. There is a kludge, but it is pretty complicated, especially since it involves changing the MIDI note number, which involves hidden layers and muting in Finale. This is the "not an easy task" I was referring to. I don't know what the SoftSynth method is, but I hope it is chromatic like the Proteus, though you STILL have to change it every time you modulate. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
