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Arabic Quarter Tone
If the synth/sampler you're using has an automatable cent tuning knob you could use it to change the pitch by +/-25 cents in the corresponding direction.
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what i do whenever i need microtonal music, and i dont know that this is the beat way to do it, but i just duplicate my instrument, and adjust the pitch (cent) knob in the copy, then in the sequencer draw in the octave notes in the 1st instrument’s lane, and draw in the between-notes in the duplicates insteument’s track.
i’m sure theres a better way, but inseldom need to do this and it works.
i’m sure theres a better way, but inseldom need to do this and it works.
Another approach would be to create a sample set of the notes that you need for your scale and then load those into NNXT or Kong and play them from there. That way you can also play chords. If you do a combinator patch with keyswitches you could also play live quite easily.
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Ochen K’s Microtune looks like a good option, but this also looks like a perfect use case for a player RE. Perhaps Robotic Bean or Lectric Panda have considered something like this?
As quarter tone notes are no standard midi notes I don't think a player RE could handle this.
I would buy it in an instant if anyone could bring OchenK's microtune RE to player format, but I'm not sure it's possible, and even then it's still basically a hack rather than actual retuning, so the player would only be making it a bit more easier to hook up to stuff, unless theres some other way to hack in polyphonic re-tuning (I had an idea of some complicated setup using virtual midi, external midi bus, EMI, and distributor but I don't think it's possible). I think we'll need to see a major update to Reasons MIDI capabilities before we see this, and hopefully MPE, I get so excited thinking of all the possibilities.fieldframe wrote: ↑09 Jan 2019Ochen K’s Microtune looks like a good option, but this also looks like a perfect use case for a player RE. Perhaps Robotic Bean or Lectric Panda have considered something like this?
Pure quarter tones are easy with any synth that as keyboard tracking, such as Thor. Simply set the knob to 64 and you're playing quarter tones. For Europa and Grain use 50% on the Keyboard knob.
Another option with Thor would be to use the mod matrix to assign the pitch bend level to a quarter tone. Then you could flatten or sharpen ANY note by a quarter tone as you play.
Simply set the pitch bend range to zero, then assign Pitch Bend as a source in the Mod Matrix with a depth of 18 (assign to each oscillator used).
For Europa and Grain, use a depth of 8 in the mod matrix for Pitch Bend (for each engine used), remembering to also change the default pitch bend range from 2 to zero.
Another option with Thor would be to use the mod matrix to assign the pitch bend level to a quarter tone. Then you could flatten or sharpen ANY note by a quarter tone as you play.
Simply set the pitch bend range to zero, then assign Pitch Bend as a source in the Mod Matrix with a depth of 18 (assign to each oscillator used).
For Europa and Grain, use a depth of 8 in the mod matrix for Pitch Bend (for each engine used), remembering to also change the default pitch bend range from 2 to zero.
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If you use a combinator, and map individual keys to 12 Microtunes (receive note enabled) + your instrument (eg. microtune 1 + thor 1, key range C3 to C3, microtune 2 + thor 2, key range C3# to C3# etc.), and hook them up, you can get it working polyphonically. But then you only have 12 notes and have to continue duplicating devices to be able to play more than that, I don't think theres a way to do this without duplicating devices as Microtune work with polyphonic CV. Using NNXT is probably the easier option but you have to sample your sound into it.
So it works in theory in any case. Phew!!! I thought everybody was just holding their heads in despair at my suggestion. Thanks.16161d wrote: ↑11 Jan 2019If you use a combinator, and map individual keys to 12 Microtunes (receive note enabled) + your instrument (eg. microtune 1 + thor 1, key range C3 to C3, microtune 2 + thor 2, key range C3# to C3# etc.), and hook them up, you can get it working polyphonically. But then you only have 12 notes and have to continue duplicating devices to be able to play more than that, I don't think theres a way to do this without duplicating devices as Microtune work with polyphonic CV. Using NNXT is probably the easier option but you have to sample your sound into it.
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Thank you for your great answers! I'm new to Reason and will try out your suggestion.
There are "oriental keyboards" that can tune the keys. Do you know how those tones are recorded in Reason? I assume the MIDI is recorded correctly but how are they displayed in Reason for editing? Thanks
Example of keyboard
https://se.yamaha.com/sv/products/music ... index.html
There are "oriental keyboards" that can tune the keys. Do you know how those tones are recorded in Reason? I assume the MIDI is recorded correctly but how are they displayed in Reason for editing? Thanks
Example of keyboard
https://se.yamaha.com/sv/products/music ... index.html
The English page for the same instrument: https://europe.yamaha.com/en/products/m ... tures.htmlaimmoth wrote: ↑16 Jan 2019Thank you for your great answers! I'm new to Reason and will try out your suggestion.
There are "oriental keyboards" that can tune the keys. Do you know how those tones are recorded in Reason? I assume the MIDI is recorded correctly but how are they displayed in Reason for editing? Thanks
Example of keyboard
https://se.yamaha.com/sv/products/music ... index.html
This particular keyboard simply tunes notes played by it. You can basically take a D note and tune it with a range of -64/+63 semitones. Then when you play a D, it'll have a different pitch. But the MIDI sent by it is still a straight D.
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