Topic by atyuktu

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Topic: Are anyone experimenting with microtonality in Organteq 2?

I know there's possibilty to detune per key +- 50c and some of historical organ tunings exist in the application. I'm more interested about anyone who tried to tune Organteq 2 to something else,using for example scl files. I know about some artists like Kali Malone who claim playing organ tuned to 11-limit Just Intonation, I don't know if she's using Organteq or something else, but it's something I'm really aiming for. Not this precise tuning, but more complex approach to justly tuned organs.
I tried to use Organteq 2 with retuning software for softsynths like Entonal Studio but without good effect, ie. some retuning takes place indeed, but external tuner is showing like still the output pitch was like organs were tuned to their default setting inside the application rather than setting from retuner.
Did anyone else achieved something like that and do you have any existing hack for applying other tunings to Organteq 2 other than internal retuner?

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Re: Are anyone experimenting with microtonality in Organteq 2?

Entonal Studio is as good as re-tuning MIDI gets, but re-tuning MIDI is inherently awful. I struggle to get consistent results.

Being able to load an .scl file into Pianoteq is incredible, and is the reason I keep buying new versions when they update it. I think a modelling synthesizer is the perfect platform for microtonal music. Pianoteq works flawlessly and is one of the best sounding pianos that I'm aware of.

Organteq 1 and 2 lack the advanced tuning interface that Pianoteq has. I don't know why. You can still re-tune each note +/- 50c, so the tuning abilities obviously exist in the software.

I created presets for some 12-note scales that I am using by clicking the little bars in the tuning interface for like an hour. It's horrible, obviously, and the possible solutions are quite limited. The organ sounds amazing and I wish that I could use it for my music.

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Reply by rolandcahen

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Re: Are anyone experimenting with microtonality in Organteq 2?

I would love using Scala scales in Organtech.

This great feature is now available in many daws as well as MaxMSP in mtof as well as sfizz~ objects.
One way would be to send to Organtech the number or the name of the scala Scale (https://www.huygens-fokker.org/docs/scalesdir.txt)
Another would be to use midicents (floating MIDInotes numbers)

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