how do i microtune zebra2

[squirm]

it mentions this all over the place. what sort of tuning files does zebra support? and how can i do it?

[OverDose]

[k-bird]

You microtune it by loading .tun files which are native to the freeware app Scala. Stick them into ~/u-he/Tunefiles and you should be able to bring up the tuning in Global/FX. Don't forget to switch it on.

[replicator]

Hi!

I have made .tun files of the entire Scala archive. But many of the tunings are less then 12 notes per octave so some customizing is needed to get som useful out of it. The different tunings should altso be put in different cathegories. And, I cant guarantee that the whole conversion was successful, some of the tunings sounded strange

However, I could post it somewhere if someone would like to experiment with the tunings at own risk

Regards

Replicator

[replicator]

Hi!

Here are some .tun files for Zebra2. I have not tried them all, not strange because it is more then 3400 different tunings. I cant guarantee how well it works in Zebra, but it is worth a try. Dont blame me if something strange happens, try at own risk

Unzip and put it in /u-he/Tunefiles

Link:

http://www.box.net/public/6flif1bsnb

Regards

Replicator

[slowriot]

I've been successfully microtuning zebra with .tun files without any difficulty.

most things in zebra are microtonally friendly as well, for example the key follow parameters in all the filters (including combs) are sensitive to changes in tuning which is very nice.

The only minor complaint I have is that the filter frequency range is "12tET-centric", which is lovely and musically orientated if you're using 12tET, but if you're not it's a little annoying, but nothing too serious.

I should probably write to Urs about it, dunno how easy or not it would be to make it more microtonally friendly but still keeping the musically orientated focus of using notes rather than hertz.

[killmaster]

For the "Tunefiles" folder, the location to be exact is: ~/Library/Application Support/u-he or Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/u-he.

[killmaster]

I'm curious why some of the tuning make the preset sound completely different, like completel different sounds? I like it, just curious why?

[Yasha]

I was assuming that it's just pitch differences. Consecutive notes are assigned to consecutive midi values, but many of the scales have a different number of notes/octave than 12. So a scale with 43 notes/octave will have a lot lower pitch on your "middle C" key than with the standard 12-tone equal tempered scale. And a pentatonic scale with only 5 notes/octave will have a lot higher pitch on that key. (Assuming that all the TUN files start at the same pitch.)

[replicator]

I was assuming that it's just pitch differences. Consecutive notes are assigned to consecutive midi values, but many of the scales have a different number of notes/octave than 12. So a scale with 43 notes/octave will have a lot lower pitch on your "middle C" key than with the standard 12-tone equal tempered scale. And a pentatonic scale with only 5 notes/octave will have a lot higher pitch on that key. (Assuming that all the TUN files start at the same pitch.)

43 notes octave?? Oh my.. Wish I was a octupus vulgaris with a 172 note keyboard I think all scales start with root on C. How to get a system over this when there are more then 3000 scales??? Even a single scale contains a hell lot to learn..

Replicator

[replicator]

I was reading through some scale examples, with root on C. The root key (starting note) can be any key of course, sorry..

[tamahome]

By default in scala C4 is the same (you can change it though). But that doesn't mean C3 or C5 are octaves, lol.

[[godbox]]

only turn the knobs a weee bit at a time.

[replicator]

By default in scala C4 is the same (you can change it though). But that doesn't mean C3 or C5 are octaves, lol.

Hehe, its easy to get confused here Especially if you change the base frequency: 261.6256 Hz

What happens when you remap a 43 note/octave scale to 12 note/octave (base 261,6256)?


//Entering the land of confusion

[tamahome]

The key C4 will be the same, but the next octave up will be at G7, and the previous octave will start at F0. (Unless someone changed the default key where the root note is.)