further scale(s) / temperament features

[elpeh]

Hello,

missing a suitable electronic instrument for rehearsal, I'd like to use Aeolus (standalone on Mac) with 1/6 comma meantone temperament instead of 1/4 comma as implemented.

I took data from https://www.huygens-fokker.org/docs/scalesdir.txt, converted meansixth.scl into the frequency ratio format aeolus uses (and double checked meanquar.scl to fit the existing MeanQuart). Attached is a untested patch to scale.cpp.

I don't know how exactly to build an extended version on Mac M1. Instructions somewhere? Could you build it for me (as I try to test as soon as possible).

Regarding temperament: Base is C fixed. It would be nice to be able to change that for non-equal temperament (my instrument has only 1/4 comma for meantone, but allows any semintone as base). Should be not too complicated to implement.

More extensive feature would be adding temperament definitions from e.g. files.

Thanks for your work on Aeolus, regards, Lutz aeolus_MeanSixth.patch

[lewisalexander2020]

Not that I’m dismissing Aeolus at all, it’s a good app and with improvements could be better, I can officially recommend / endorse Modartt’s Organteq 2 for professional use. Sorry if this suggestion upsets people here but if you seriously need a pro level organ suite but can’t justify hauptwerk and the stress of buying sample libraries, Organteq 2 is the way forward. I’ve worked with the developers to make it blind friendly and as so it earns accreditation from me and my endorsement.

lew

On 24 Oct 2023, at 10:33, elpeh @.***> wrote:

Hello,

missing a suitable electronic instrument for rehearsal, I'd like to use Aeolus (standalone on Mac) with 1/6 comma meantone temperament instead of 1/4 comma as implemented.

I took data from https://www.huygens-fokker.org/docs/scalesdir.txt, converted meansixth.scl into the frequency ratio format aeolus uses (and double checked meanquar.scl to fit the existing MeanQuart). Attached is a untested patch to scale.cpp.

I don't know how exactly to build an extended version on Mac M1. Instructions somewhere? Could you build it for me (as I try to test as soon as possible).

Regarding temperament: Base is C fixed. It would be nice to be able to change that for non-equal temperament (my instrument has only 1/4 comma for meantone, but allows any semintone as base). Should be not too complicated to implement.

More extensive feature would be adding temperament definitions from e.g. files.

Thanks for your work on Aeolus, regards, Lutz aeolus_MeanSixth.patch https://github.com/Archie3d/aeolus_plugin/files/13113084/aeolus_MeanSixth.patch — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub https://github.com/Archie3d/aeolus_plugin/issues/26, or unsubscribe https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ATQDNKOERG5Y4MAWFR5XN5DYA6DPLAVCNFSM6AAAAAA6NMRXGCVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43ASLTON2WKOZRHE2TQOBWGY2TKMQ. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.

[Archie3d]

Hi Lutz, thanks for the contribution, Here is a precompiled macOS standalone build with your changes applied.

Aeolus_macOS_standalone_issue26_8d58081f.zip

The non-C-based scaling - I'd need to think how to show this nicely in the UI, because having a long list of scales does not look nice to me.

[elpeh]

Great, thanks for the very fast action. Seems to work correctly (at least some frequencies tested with a tuner app are as expected).

Regarding base note: a further selector for semitones (maybe inactive for equal temp.)? This is necessary as additional parameter for Rankwave::createPipes / retunePipes, too, I think.