microtuning software for Macs

Greetings All,

First these messages...
I've been unable to get online for days now, since the phone co. =
(shitty govt. monopoly)
sent me an absurd phone bill that I absolutely refused to pay ,foll. =
which they cut the line. I've complained formally, but don't expect =
to ever have it resolved. I now have to go into town
and use a local business services place to get wired.

Anyway...
Just discovered a neat piece(s) of software for the Mac which uses =
pitch-bends to achieve
ANY equal temperament, regardless of octaves, etc.
Yes, you can now use your Rolands, Korgs, Yamahas ,etc. which are =
limited
to 12-note scales, to work with any and tunings.
Possisbilities include 19-TET, 53-TET, 88-CET, Wendy Carlos' Alpha, =
Beta, etc.

It is however (from what I've been able to ascertain) limited to a =
maximum of 4 voices of polyphony.
Also, the manual is in French. I've done a strange translation of =
some of it, using my "rudimentary" French and a pocket dictionary. =
Send me a note and I'll e-mail a compressed text file over.

It, or rather they (a set of MIDI "algorithmic toys"), are called =
"MIDI formers" and are from
INA-GRM
116 Avenue du Pr=E9sident Kennedy
75013 PARIS

Tel: 42 30 29 88
Fax: 42 30 49 88
Email: ina.grm@applelink.apple.com

Not sure if they have a website/ftp site with these thingies =
available for download. I've
sent them an e-mail and will report back when I receive a reply.

They're actually Max patches that work with the free runtime version =
of Max, MaxPlay 3.0.
That's what I'm using it with.

I deduce it works it's mojo by first picking out the MIDI note =
nearest to the target pitch, and then applying a pitch bend. It also =
bounces around four MIDI channels, because of the nature of pitch =
bends.


This seems a neat way of using pitch bends, with little limitation. =
Instead of the approach of ,say
Real Time Tuner, where individual MIDI ch.s are assigned to =
individual pitches, allowing as many
notes in a tuning as there are MIDI ch.s ,minus one for MIDI control.

All you have to do is allow the assignment of as many MIDI ch.s to an =
"instrument"/ multitimbral
part as you want polyphony for that part ( a min. of 2 and a max. =
limited only by the polyphony of your synth). THen just let the =
program bounce around these ch.s. Perhaps Real Time Tuner can be
changed to work this way. I'd send the developer(s) a note, but have =
no e-mail contact info.

OR, maybe some nice Max toting lister will write a flexible =
patch/stand-alone program implementing this ?


Salut,
Drew

"When you do the Tina Lina, all you need's a concertina."
- If only our musical aspirations were that modest. Of course, if we =
could sing it like Mario Lanza,
we could even chuck the concertina.

Drew's arse of the year : Pauline Hanson. She'd make a dandy Nazi, =
non ?