May 11, 2015

From time to time, new features are requested for CSE. An interesting problem was presented by a recent request: map a Scala file to the keyboard, tuning a specific key to a frequency, changing the value of the global tuning frequency according to the tuned key. Sound confusing? It's actually pretty simple, and it makes sense. It means that, in a performance situation, a pitch of a scale can be tuned to an exact frequency, and all the other pitches in the scale will adjust to the desired pitch. Usually the tuning pitch is A, but not always.

To implement this new feature, I decided to split the Map window into 2 options: (1) as it is now and (2) a new option shown below:

So you simply select a tone to put on a key with a frequency, and the scale mapping follows from that. Look for this feature in the next CSE update.

Cheers,
Aaron

NOTE: Licensed CSE users can submit feature requests at any time.