Infinity is rather limited

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>
> klaus,
>
> This is very interesting. I'd have to absolutely know for sure
before
> I spend my hard earned dough on Reaktor if it can do full arbitrary
> retuning. It'd be a huge let down to have a tuning system like that
> of the FM7. Makes me glad I've got TX81Zs and a TX802 sometimes.
Even
> though these thing should be in a museum somewhere, they are
> undoubtedly infinitely more flexible than 99% of all softsynths as
> far as tuning goes.

I spent $200 on "Infinity" and I still have yet to get it to do much
of anything besides make some interesting sound effects that I could
probably do in a theatre production, if I do one again (through
voltage-controlled modulation).

I could have bought yet *another* TX81Z... 8 more voices... adding
them up...

JP

Reaktor can do full arbitrary tunings, but you have to work at it.
There is a macro in the Reaktor library for 12 note per octave tunings.
It could be adapted to do full arbitrary tunings. I've been meaning to
do it, but it's probably a whole days work.

An easier way with Reaktor 3 is to use the event tables. These can even
load text files, so the data entry should be easier. It might be
possible to generate a file from SCALA and use this as the input, but I
haven't tried this yet.

Once you have the macro, you still have to insert it in the appropriate
points into instruments that you want to use. This shouldn't be too
difficult, but does mean you'll have to edit every instrument that you
use for microtunings. You would want this macro to intercept the pure
MIDI key data, then add pitch bend afterwards so any pitch bends are
offset from the microtuning.

John Loffink
jloffink@...

> This is very interesting. I'd have to absolutely know for sure
before
> I spend my hard earned dough on Reaktor if it can do full arbitrary
> retuning. It'd be a huge let down to have a tuning system like that
> of the FM7. Makes me glad I've got TX81Zs and a TX802 sometimes.
Even
> though these thing should be in a museum somewhere, they are
> undoubtedly infinitely more flexible than 99% of all softsynths as
> far as tuning goes.

I spent $200 on "Infinity" and I still have yet to get it to do much
of anything besides make some interesting sound effects that I could
probably do in a theatre production, if I do one again (through
voltage-controlled modulation).

I could have bought yet *another* TX81Z... 8 more voices... adding
them up...

JP