Darcy James Argue wrote:
Hi Owain,
Why don't you go ahead and post it to the list?
- Darcy
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On 10 Jul, 2004, at 08:46 AM, Owain Sutton wrote:
By the way, it's possible to set up a proper quarter-tone system through non-standard key signatures - anybody who needs/wants to know how, let me know :)
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OK, I needed time to adapt it to Matthew's font ;) ....here goes (this is all done with Fin 2003 Windows):
-- Document options - Fonts - Accidentals - Accidentals 24 plain
-- Key signature tool - Non-standard - Non-linear key signature - Key map - set up 24 total steps, and then make the "b&w boxes" look like this:
0xxx0xxx0x0xxx0xxx0xxx0x (where 0 is white and x black)
(This sets the 24-steps-per-octave arrangement, divided equally across each semitone. Here is where you could go further, with sixth-tones, eigth-tones etc)
-- Key signature tool - Nonstandard - Attributes - Symbol Font - Accidentals 24 plain
-- Key signature tool - Nonstandard - Attributes - Go to key unit - 2 (mainly for MIDI, so each two quarter-tones are rounded to the nearest semitone)
-- Key signature tool - Nonstandard - Attributes - Symbol List ID - ... (this sets the symbols for each accidental)
Alter Amount (having set up a quarter tone system, '1' here means 'one quarter-tone higher', '-3' means '3 quarters lower', etc)
Add each entry as the font and preference requires (Matthew handily gives a PDF, I'll use the 'true' ;) quarter-tone symbols, the first he lists)
Alter Amount Character 0 n 1 + 2 # 3 = -1 d -2 b -3 D
With other fonts, which dont have everything under 'typeable' characters, you may need to enter the characters with the "Alt + num pad" method.
What now appears on the score is a 7-note key signature, which I've never been able to work out. Any suggestions welcome. But anythign I've dealt with in this level of microtonalism (?) allows me to just hide that key signature.
Now, the +1/2 and -1/2 options on simple entry adjust any note by the steps you have defined - clicking a natural with +1/2 three times will raise it to a three-quarter sharp. The 'b' and '#' buttons simply enter a quarter-flat or quarter-sharp respectively.
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