MIDI Tuning
(Updated Specification)
The MIDI Tuning specification allows the sharing of “microtunings” (user-defined scales other than 12-tone equal temperament) among instruments, and the switching of these tunings during real-time performance.
MIDI Tuning Updated Specification.pdf
incorporating the following:
The MIDI Tuning messages include:
• Bulk Tuning Dump Request (non-real-time)
• Bulk Tuning Dump (non-real-time)
• Single-note Tuning Change (real-time)
Scale/Octave Tuning is micro-tuning that is automatically repeated in every octave by calibrating a single octave of notes in small fractions of an equal-tempered half-step. The original MIDI tuning dump message had to define a frequency to each of 128 keys. This proposal defines an easier micro tuning that sets offsets from an equal-tempered half-step by the cent.
incorporating the following:
- MIDI Tuning Bank/Dump Extensions (CA-020)
- MIDI Tuning Scale/Octave Extensions (CA-021/RP-020)
- Defaults for Scale/Octave Tuning (RP-020)
The MIDI Tuning messages include:
• Bulk Tuning Dump Request (non-real-time)
• Bulk Tuning Dump (non-real-time)
• Single-note Tuning Change (real-time)
Scale/Octave Tuning is micro-tuning that is automatically repeated in every octave by calibrating a single octave of notes in small fractions of an equal-tempered half-step. The original MIDI tuning dump message had to define a frequency to each of 128 keys. This proposal defines an easier micro tuning that sets offsets from an equal-tempered half-step by the cent.
| File Name: | MIDI Tuning Updated Specification.pdf |
| Category: | Addenda |
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