ScalaG2

seanwayland

Hi there all ,
I want to remap the notes of my G2 . Ideally I could save different "scales" as patches and change between them. I can do it with " midi patchbay" , but it is crude and requires me to bring my computer to the gig . It would be great to do it on the nord . I installed the "scala" and was impressed. Excellent work . I dont really want to detune each note microtonally . I want to want notes " all over the place " to my specification .

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I was just informed by Manuel Op De Coul, the author of Scala, that there is another type of Scala file, ".kbm", which specifies the keyboard mapping. This helps explain why the .scl files do not specify a mapping at all. My G2X keyboard doesn't even go below MIDI Note Number 12 (C which is 4 octaves below middle C), unless I am mistaken. Perhaps modifying scalaG2.py to take a .kbm file as an argument might address the usability vs. resource issue? Then we can avoid the problem of resources being unnecessarily wasted on the tuning block. As always, thank you for your efforts! "

This is posted below . Ideally I would like to be able to convert a midi file ( with my scale ) to be played over the entire keyboard . Please reply thanks .
www.seanwayland.com

ian-s

sean wayland · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 3:58 pm Post subject: g2 note reassign

thanks ian ,
I will look into it . I am Australian. What's with the wonbat ? Where's the kiwi ?
sean

sean wayland · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 4:55 pm Post subject: thanks Subject description: G2

its working ,
thanks a bunch Ian ....
www.seanwayland.com

ian-s · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 5:12 pm Post subject: Re: g2 note reassign

TEMAS · Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 8:56 am Post subject:

Hi.

I've been trying to create a G2 patch file that will play a scala tuning file in the hope that I can play scales on the G2 with unusual tuning, but I am having no luck in trying to make it work. Here's what I have tried:

The G2SCL.pch2, scalaG2.py and nm2g2.py files are inside the G2ools-1.5 folder, which is located in the Applications folder of my Macintosh HD.

If the scala file I'm trying to convert is called "Test.scl" and I open a Terminal window and type:

./scalaG2.py Test.scl

I get the response:

No such file or directory

I've never used Python files or Scala files or even the Terminal window for that matter, so this is all quite complex to me.

Can anyone help with this?

TEMAS · Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 10:18 am Post subject:

Ok, not to worry (for now). I think I've worked it out and appear to have converted my first file. Haven't tried it on the Nord yet.

The problem was that I hadn't located the g2ools-1.5 folder from the Terminal window. Once I was in the folder I typed the same command prompt and a new .pch2 file was made created.