Re: [timidity-talk] tuning timidity

[Rustom M. <rus...@gm...>]

I am resending the mail I sent under subject: tuning file format
Summary: tuning timidity works on linux NOT on Windows.
If there is some other (gui-based) way of specifying the tuning file
to timidity please let me know

There are  any people on the tuning list who would be interested in knowing
--------------------------Earlier mail resent ---------------------

Ok So heres whats (finally) worked for me:

1. In scala choose the scale you want
[There are zillions of scales available in scala and all kinds of ways
of making them. Ive attached ET and an exaggerated Just to see (hear)
the difference
2. set synth to timidity using -Z option (option 117)
Many ways of doing this eg.
a. GUI way Edit -> Prefs -> Midi-tab Synth tuning options(Send)
    choose model 117 (it should say timidity via -Z option text file
[GUI way does now seem to work in windows]
b. a simpler (non gui) way is the command set synth 117

3. Click send on toolbar
scala should respond with
Timidity, via -Z option text file: this model exports a text file, save instead?
Say yes and give the name of a tuning file say mytuning.tbl
4. [Out of scala at a shell] timidity -Z mytuning.tbl music.mid
should now play the music with the new tuning

NOTE: timidity works in linux not on windows; ie the timidity command
line on windows sounds the same with and without the -Z option whereas
it is expectedly different in linux

Whereas scala gives low-level errors on linux when it tries to spawn
external programs on linux not windows.  In the workflow I am using
above I dont need those spawn commands

Files Attached

cminor.midi -- for trial
exaji.scl -- should be audibly different
ET.scl -- should be same as untuned
exaji.tbl -- scala's converted scl file to timidity tbl format
For windows you may try converting it to Dos (LF -> CR LF) -- still
does not work