User guide

972 Chapter 39 Project Settings and Preferences
The Fixed Tuning scales are ideal for a number of Baroque and Medieval instruments,
and styles of music.
User
Each semitone can be detuned (moved away) from equal temperament in semitone
steps. To do so, just click-drag—vertically—on each semitone box until the desired
value is reached.
Alternately, you can double-click in each semitone box, and type in a value. Press Enter
or click on another box to exit the text entry mode.
The Reset button resets all of your tuning adjustments to their default values.
The Stretch Lower and Upper sliders can be used to stretch the tuning in the bass and
treble, to simulate the stretched tuning of some instruments (acoustic pianos, for
example).
 Stretch Lower determines the deviation (from the equal-tempered scale) in the bass
end of the sound. The higher the value, the further down the low notes are tuned. A
setting of 0 results in an equal-tempered scale tuning.
 The Stretch Upper parameter does the same in the treble end of the sound.
Hermode Tuning (HMT)
As all tuning requirements cannot be satisfied simultaneously with any one Hermode
Tuning setting, different modes can be selected in the Type menu. Further to this,
degrees of effect between 0% and 100% can be set with the Hermode Tuning Depth
slider.
You can choose between the following settings in the Type menu:
 Classic (3/5–all): This mode proves a broad, and regular, tuning of pure 5ths and 3rds.
In cases of conflict, the degree of purity is temporarily reduced. This mode can be
used for all types of music. The value of the Depth parameter indicates the degree of
the 5th and 3rd purity. A setting of 100% determines maximum purity. A 10% value is
the lowest purity setting. Off sets the tuning to an equal tempered scale.
 Pop/Jazz (3/5/7–all): 5ths, 3rds, and 7ths are changed in this mode. It is great for Pop
and Jazz styles, especially when using sustained chords. It is less suitable for
polyphonic music, as the de-tuning of the natural 7th is significant. This mode should
always be used with a Depth of 90% or 100%, as other values will render the natural
7th acoustically ineffective.
 Baroque (3/5–adaptive): This mode tunes pure 5ths and 3rds—with changing
characteristics. In tonal music, with a clear harmonic center, the middle chords are
tuned very purely, whereas more distant chords are tuned with less purity. If the
harmonic center becomes unclear, all chords are tuned with equal purity. As with the
other mode parameters, a Depth value of 100% determines the highest purity, and a
value of 10%, the lowest purity.