M4L device 4 non-tempered scales / solfeggio tuning - can you suggest best course?
hey, i am looking to create a device where i can specifically indicate for each note which frequency to play. is there such a template already?
meaning a frequency selector object for each midi note, probably starting with a 64 pad push-like controller.
in practice im playing a pad and it returns a frequency i chose and pre-configured, and can be hidden and locked in.
this would be the first part.
the second part
im not sure is actually possible, but the perfect completion for this project would be the possibility to substitute synthesisers as plug in modules as long as they have the possibility to outsource the playing frequency.
meaning i have this max device module that maps the solfeggio tuning to each pad, and i can change the synthesiser at will for the actual sound choice, ie from operator to simpler or such, that my chosen frequencies are the same.
this is my first real patch need, and the patch should grow to video and further complexities later. how would you do this?
thx for reading, if you can guide please share, peace
If you're using the mtof external to map MIDI note numbers to frequency, it's stupid simple to replace that object with a coll object containing 128 entries, where each number between 0 and 127 would have a floating-point number representing the frequency [for example. the entry for A4 would be "69, 440.0;"]. save the coll object as an abstraction, and just substitute it when setting the frequency for cycle~, triangle~, rect~, phasor~, etc. objects. If you're not familiar with the coll object, the Max Tutorials are your friend.
Thank you Max Gardener!
Its a bit harder to tune a synth like operator than it is to tune a m4l instrument. you'd beed to use pitch bend probably, and polyphony isnt going to work unless you have a m4l tuner for each voice - there is stuff like this on maxforlive.com . But its easy to microtune a m4l instrument.
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