Scale

Controls: Sgram/PT Dialog >> Pitch-to-MIDI >> Setup
Changes : S v=" string12"

The Scale button shows the name of the currently-selected musical scale. Clicking on the button opens a dialog that allows selection of other scales, including custom scales that you can enter.

The Scale control is intended for use when creating music from a random or semi-random input. It restricts the MIDI Voice input to only specific notes in an octave. Notes that do not match any of the scale notes are shifted to the nearest matching note, or optionally skipped entirely.

If you are trying to convert a performance (instrument, voice, whistle, etc.) into MIDI, you will probably want to set the Scale to "Chromatic" (default), which means all notes are accepted.

There are literally thousands of possible scales; The Scale dialog lists over 500 that you can select from, including common and obscure Western scales, plus hundreds of ethnic scales.

The Scale choice affects the general "feel" of the music, including whether the notes of a sustained background chord will harmonize with an arbitrary melody note.

Tip: Pentatonic Major is a good choice to insure that all notes harmonize. It is a traditional scale used in folk styles of the British Isles, American Mountaineers, Native Americans, and Oriental music.

Scales are assumed to start with 'C', which is always accepted. If you want an equivalent scale that starts with another note, you can use the +/-Note control, with or without the PreScale button.

Note: The Scale button is disabled when Tempo Mode is set to Percussion, since incoming notes are ignored.

• Musical Scales List
• Custom Scale Definition
• Custom Scale Select
• Custom Scale Name
• Skip Scale Misses

Changes Script:

Use S v=" string12" to set the Scale for MIDI Voice v to the string " string12". The string must be enclosed in quotes as shown, and must be 12 characters long. The standard format is "CdDeEFgGaAbB", where upper case letters indicate whole notes or white keys and lower case letters indicate flats or black keys. Leave a space, period, minus sign, or underscore for notes that are not to be included.

See also MIDI Voice Setup Dialogs, Pitch-to-MIDI dialog, Pitch Track Toolbox - Overview