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Would appreciate votes for Pivotuner for the MIDI Innovation Awards! https://midi.org/innovation-awards . It's in the "Prototypes and Non-commercial Software Products" category. Thank you!!
Pivotuner: automatic real-time pure intonation and microtonal modulation
Available on my website! https://www.dmitrivolkov.com/projects/pivotuner
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Innovation Awards
The 2025 MIDI Innovation Awards are now open What are the midi innovation awards? The MIDI Innovation Awards, established in 2021, celebrate groundbreaking advancements in MIDI technology. Organized collaboratively by [...]
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Pivotuner: automatic real-time pure intonation and microtonal modulation
Pivotuner is a VST3/AU MIDI effect plugin that automatically tunes note data
in an adaptive pure intonation, in real time. Where previously pure intonation
was out of reach for most musicians due to difficulty and impracticality,
Pivotuner enables it to be achieved easily and straightforwardly by using novel
yet simple algorithms. This may lead to more widespread exploration of pure
intonation for a larger and more diverse crowd of musicians! This paper
includes a review of prior systems for adaptive pure intonation systems,
including Hermode Tuning/Kontakt Dynamic Pure Tuning and Just Intonation. The
paper introduces the notion of an adaptive tuning center and how it serves as a
flexible underlying concept for multiple tuning algorithms, as well as
extensions to offer greater control for performers, including pitch and tuning
center locking and resetting, and gradual interpolation between equal
temperament and pure intonation. The paper then showcases some pieces which use
Pivotuner effectively, then discusses areas for future exploration within
Pivotuner's feature set, and plans for future development.
arXiv.org