[linux-audio-user] [ANN] Scala support in ams-1.5.8

[torbenh at gmx.de]

On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 11:19:17AM +0200, Dr. Matthias Nagorni wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> as requested previously on this list, AlsaModularSynth 1.5.8 now has full
> support for  Scala files. The new modules Scala MCV and Scala Quantizer can
> both load scales.
> 
> Download ams-1.5.8 from http://alsamodular.sourceforge.net
> 
> The Scale Archive can be downloaded from
> http://www.xs4all.nl/~huygensf/doc/scales.zip
> 
> Use the SCALA_PATH environment variable to point to the location of the
> scale files (default: /usr/share/scala).
> 
> ams-1.5.8/example_ams_demo_scala.ams is identical to the demo patch by
> Bill Allen but it uses a Scala Quantizer with South Pacific Pentatonic
> Xylophone tuning.

can you outline the advantages of scala ?
I dont get it from its webpage... it seems powerful but as my musical
skills are 0 i dont get the whole picture.


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torben Hohn
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