midi software and microtonal music
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alt-tuner demo videos and mp3s:
demo #1: tapping and cycling (48 seconds)
download high-res versions here: mov mp4 (right-click and "save as...")
high-quality audio with the wolf fifths corrected:
midi source files here
demo #2: modulating (35 seconds)
download high-res versions here: mov mp4 (right-click and "save as...")
high-quality audio:
midi source files here
Liszt "Consolation #3" in 7-limt JI (4 minutes)
download high-res versions here: mov mp4 (right-click and "save as...")
high-quality audio:
The same piece in standard 12-ET tuning for comparision (high-quality audio):
Screenshots of the Consolation #3 tuning:
Details of the Consolation tuning (one-page PDF)
Original untuned midi file from classicalarchives.com (right-click and "save as...", 2 midi channels)
Retuned midi file (right-click and "save as...", 8 midi channels, may have timing issues)
Must be played through 8 independent sound engines, each set to a pitch bend range of 2 semitones.
Chord progression in color notation:
1-3 wD♭y / /
4-7 ryGs7 wA♭y6,z7 wD♭y /
8-11 ryGs7 ryCh7,zg9 ryFg /
12-15 ryFs6(zg5) rE♭z (n.c.) wD♭y6
16-19 (n.c.) ryGs7/wA♭ wA♭h7 wD♭y /
20-23 ryGs7 wA♭y6,z7 wD♭y /
24-27 ryGs7 ryCh7,zg9 ryFg /
28-32 ryCh7 ryFg ryCh7/ryF ryFy /
33-35 ryyAg ryyEy,g7 ryyAg
36-39 ryyEy,g7 ryyAg ryyEy,g7/ryyA ryyAy
40-44 ryyAy [ryyyC#=wD♭]y wA♭h9 wD♭y /
45-48 ryGs7 wA♭y6,z7/wD♭ wD♭y6 /
49-52 ryGs7 wA♭y6,z7/wD♭ wD♭h7 /
53-56 wG♭y6 / gB♭♭y gB♭♭y6,9,y11
57-61 wD♭y6 / / / /
A demonstration of alt-tuner's adaptive JI feature at the 2018 Microtonal Adventures Festival
older alt-tuner
videos (from July 2012, very outdated and doesn't cover the newer features
but lots of good info):
part 3 covers graph and table views, and explains the color terminology
part 4 covers tempering and stretching
part 5 covers adaptive tuning and EDOs (equal divisions of the octave)
part 6 covers EDO tapping and customizing the keys per octave