I wasn't thinking right, really, the softsynth or midi module is the place where this would happen, I can set up gamelan tunings within swami and then use the vir midi driver to drive iiwu syth with rosegarden.
Although I work comfortably with standard notation, I've also studied a wide variety of alternate notation systems. On Fri, 2002-08-30 at 20:40, Ivica Bukvic wrote: > To me it seems like you do not have to have an application aware of > pitches (unless you feel uncomfortable using conventional notation for > custom-assigned pitches -- i.e. c is c, c# is a bit flat, d is more like > c# etc. so you'd need 2 conventional octaves for one 24-pitch microtonal > octave). Many contemporary composers do this -- alter existing notation > so that it can serve their purpose. Assuming from your e-mail is that > you may be comfortable with modern notation, so I'd suggest simply using > external midi module where you'd edit the sound patches to have this > kind of detuning, or even better a sampler of some sorts. Then, you'd > simply pass a conventional midi file to hear gamelan-like tunings that > are produced by the external midi module (or any other tunings for that > matter). > > That being said, I do agree with you that this would be a neat feature > within a sequencer without continuously employing fixed pitch-bend wheel > values. > > Ivica Ico Bukvic, composer, multimedia sculptor, > programmer, webmaster & computer consultant > http://meowing.ccm.uc.edu/~ico/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ============================ > "To be is to do" - Socrates > "To do is to be" - Sartre > "Do be do be do" - Sinatra > "I am" - God > > > One thing lacking on any platform is notation software with user > > adjustable pitch tables that supports midi tuning standard. I have a > lot > > of experience working with altered tunings and pitch tables studying > > balinese gamelan, my C/C++ skills still suck right now, but I sent my > > girlfriend away for the weekend just so I can work my way through the > > rest of oreilly's practical c. > > -- http://www.brianredfern.com ;-)>