Native Instruments

(Sorry for the cross posting with the MMM list...)

Does anyone out there have/use any Native Instruments products for
microtonal work? I've had no luck talking with them via e-mail. They
don't seem interested in answering questions about microtonal
capabilities of their soft synth line...

I know their FM7 has some tuning capability, but before I plunk down
any money for a Native Instruments product, I'd like a lot more
information on the tuning capability. Like, if I can't supply my own
tuning tables or tune it with tables generated with Scala, it's not of
much use to me...

Anyone know about the tuning capability of "Absynth"?

And I'm still impressed with the tuning interface to Peter Frazer's
"Midicode" synthesizer... (http://www.midicode.com) especially in its
price range.

Rick

Hi Rick!
this is my first posting to this list

Regarding your question about Native Instruments products
you can create anything you like with Reaktor (wich is only my experience in
their product line).
I`ve created Just intonation scales based on Eivind Groven,Harry Partch.
There is downloadable "Objects"(Macros,Instruments) for tuning a Synth to
Bohlen-Pierce,Wendy Carlos alpha,beta 19 ET,31ET wich you can get at their
web site in the Forum pages,this is only for registrated users. Reaktor has
no,or little limits in making synths,and making them micro tuning capable,as
you are more or less programming its functions,
hope this helps in your decision
if theres something that was unclear,My apologies for it,I`v just got off a
Night Shift....

Anders Tveit
Norway

Rick wrote:
>I know their FM7 has some tuning capability, but before I plunk down
>any money for a Native Instruments product, I'd like a lot more
>information on the tuning capability. Like, if I can't supply my own
>tuning tables or tune it with tables generated with Scala, it's not of
>much use to me...

The next release of FM7 will have support for the midi tuning standard.
I've made a tuning file with Scala for them to test. So, you need to
wait a while.

Anders, I've read that Nils Petter Molvaer uses Reaktor too, and
another hero of mine, David Vorhaus.

Manuel