2 Mar
2025
2 Mar
'25
4:25 p.m.
On 2025-03-02 12:46, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
Hello all,
Anyone familiar with Scala files ?
After reading <https://www.huygens-fokker.org/scala/scl_format.html>
one questions remains.
For scales with 12 notes in an octave, to which note does the
first (implicit ratio 1.0) pitch refer ?
I assume this is C, not A.
you assume correctly. At least that is what the scala reference
implementation does [1]. Though one can specify or override this in a
.kbm file[2].
The example there shows middle C (MIDI note 60) as root note, and uses A
440 as reference pitch.
--
robin
[1] https://www.huygens-fokker.org/scala/help.htm#SET_MIDDLE
[2] https://www.huygens-fokker.org/scala/help.htm#mappings