The MIDI Tuning specification allows the sharing of “microtunings” (user-defined scales other than 12-tone equal temperament) among instruments, and the switching of these tunings during real-time performance.
The MIDI Tuning specification allows the sharing of “microtunings” (user-defined scales other than 12-tone equal temperament) among instruments, and the switching of these tunings during real-time performance.
Scale/Octave Tuning is micro-tuning that is automatically repeated in every octave by calibrating a single octave of notes in small fractions of an equal-tempered half-step. The original MIDI tuning dump message had to define a frequency to each of 128 keys. This proposal defines an easier micro tuning that sets offsets from an equal-tempered half-step by the cent.