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alt-tuner demo videos and mp3s:



demo #1: tapping and cycling (48 seconds)

download high-res versions here: mov mp4 (right-click and "save as...")

high-quality audio with the wolf fifths corrected:


midi source files
here



demo #2: modulating (35 seconds)

download high-res versions here: mov mp4 (right-click and "save as...")

high-quality audio:


midi source files
here



Liszt "Consolation #3" in 7-limt JI (4 minutes)

download high-res versions here: mov mp4 (right-click and "save as...")

high-quality audio:


The same piece in standard 12-ET tuning for comparision (high-quality audio):

Screenshots of the Consolation #3 tuning:









Details of the Consolation tuning (one-page PDF)

Original untuned midi file from classicalarchives.com (right-click and "save as...", 2 midi channels)

Retuned midi file (right-click and "save as...", 8 midi channels, may have timing issues)
Must be played through 8 independent sound engines, each set to a pitch bend range of 2 semitones.

Chord progression in color notation:
1-3       wDy   /   /
4-7       ryGs7   wAy6,z7   wDy   /
8-11     ryGs7   ryCh7,zg9   ryFg   /
12-15   ryFs6(zg5)   rEz   (n.c.)   wDy6
16-19   (n.c.)   ryGs7/wA   wAh7   wDy   /
20-23   ryGs7   wAy6,z7   wDy   /
24-27   ryGs7   ryCh7,zg9   ryFg   /
28-32   ryCh7   ryFg   ryCh7/ryF   ryFy   /
33-35   ryyAg   ryyEy,g7   ryyAg
36-39   ryyEy,g7   ryyAg   ryyEy,g7/ryyA   ryyAy
40-44   ryyAy   [ryyyC#=wD]y   wAh9   wDy   /
45-48   ryGs7   wAy6,z7/wD   wDy6   /
49-52   ryGs7   wAy6,z7/wD   wDh7   /
53-56   wGy6   /   gB♭♭y   gB♭♭y6,9,y11
57-61   wDy6   /   /   /   /



A demonstration of alt-tuner's adaptive JI feature at the 2018 Microtonal Adventures Festival










older alt-tuner videos (from July 2012, very outdated and doesn't cover the newer features but lots of good info):
part 3 covers graph and table views, and explains the color terminology
part 4 covers tempering and stretching
part 5 covers adaptive tuning and EDOs (equal divisions of the octave)
part 6 covers EDO tapping and customizing the keys per octave