Universal Tuning Editor 1.3.5

March 27, 2019

As its name might suggest, Universal Tuning Editor (UTE) is an application which aspires to be the new standard in tuning software. Today's update is a significant step towards that vision. All reported problems have been fixed, and a long list of new features has been added.

• fixed selected notes in the list sometimes not displaying properly
• fixed problems with mapping Scales and Equal Divisions on Windows
• fixed crash on MIDI input for some .uinst definitions
• fixed Period Set not changing the sounding pitch
• fixed Period Up/Down key shortcuts not working
• fixed problems with Tonic frequency octave placement
• fixed mapping scales to selected notes only behaviour
• fixed negative values appearing in exported .scl files
• added automatic parentheses for tuning entry fields
• added Undo for Scale Mapping
• added Tuning List functions: Copy, Paste, Paste Into Selection
• added Selection > Reduce ET Notation
• added Selection > Tune Equal Steps
• added Selection > Reduce Ratios
• added Selection > Reduce Entries
• added comments column to the Tuning List
• added ability to resize columns in the Tuning List
• added calculation of .kbm export file based on .scl file
• added option to place Tonic either above or below the Reference Tone
• added Hz column in the Tuning List
• added several editing features to the Selection menu
  • convert to ratio
  • convert to decimal
  • convert to units
• added convert-to-ratio preferences: Prime Limit and Largest Error
• added units preferences: Cents, Savarts, etc.
• added user-defined units (any number of units can be added)
• added option for zero-based ET notation (user-requested feature)
• added more tuning export options
  • Absynth (.gly) format to tuning file exporting
  • Hauptwerk (.Temperament_Hauptwerk_xml)
  • Max Magic Microtuner (.mtx)
  • Kontakt Script (.txt)
• updated PDF documentation

The UTE product page has also finally been updated with images to give a clearer idea at a glance of what the application can do.

Piano Keyboard

Tonal Plexus

Megaplex

Axis 49

Axis 64

LinnStrument

Microzone U648

Terpstra Keyboard

MIDI I/O

Tones

Synthesizer

Equal Divisions

Equal Steps

Transpose

Display

Map Scales

Export

Units

Preferences

Program

Batch Program

Global Settings

Presets

USR Data

Backup

Documentation (PDF)

For larger images, links to documentation, and to download the update, please go to the UTE software page.

Best Regards,
Aaron

P.S. I would be remiss not to mention that this round of work included paid feature requests with support and a lot of help beta testing from composer Juhani Nuorvala. And by the way, Nuorvala's microtonal (and Andy Warhol-inspired) opera FLASH FLASH premiered in Helsinki last month, and was very warmly received. I was delighted to learn that the singers trained using microsynth. Juhani reported that he was able to send the musicians tunings which they then loaded into the software, working with connected piano keyboards, and everyone was able to learn their parts this way. So a warm congratulations on the opera and many thanks for all your help, Juhani!