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Xtreme Lead-1 Operation Manual 161

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Keyboard Tuning

Keyboard Tuning In addition to the standard equally divided octave tuning, Xtreme Lead

contains twelve factory programmed tunings and 12 user-deﬁnable

tunings. The Keyboard Tuning parameter selects which tuning is used by

the current preset. The User Tuning tables are deﬁned in the Master menu.

The factory Keyboard Tuning tables are described in the following table.

Refer to “User Key Tuning” on page 90 in the Master Menu chapter for

instructions on how to deﬁne your own Keyboard Tunings.

Tuning Tables Description

Equal Temperament Standard Western tuning

(12 equally spaced notes per octave)

Just C Just intonation. (Based on small interval ratios. Sweet

and pure, non-beating intervals.)

Vallotti Valotti & Young non-equal temperament. (Similar to 12

tone equal temperament. Each key has a different

character for a given scale.)

19-Tone 19 tone equal temperament. (19 notes per octave.

Difﬁcult to play, but works well with a sequencer.)

Gamelan 5 tone Slendro and 7 tone Pelog. (Javanese. Pelog are

white keys, Slendro are black keys. Exotic tunings of

Gamelan ﬂavor.

Just C2 Allows you to play the following chords in the key of C:

C, E, F, G, A, B, C#m, D#m, Em, F#m, G#m, Am, Bm

Just C-minor Allows you to play the following chords in the key of C:

C, E, F, G, A, B, Em, Am, Bm, C#m, D#m, G#m

Just C3 Allows you to play the following chords in the key of C:

C, D, F, Bb, C#m, Dm, Em, F#m, G#m, Am

Werkmeister III A “well” temperament developed in the 17th century.

Although you can play in all keys, each key sounds

slightly different.

Kirnberger Another well temperament developed by Johann

Philipp Kirnberger where no pitch is more than 12

cents off from equal temperament.

Scarlatti A variant of Meantone tuning which was used from the

15th to 18th centuries.

Repeating Octave Middle C octave is repeated up and down the keyboard.

Link with a preset in equal temperament to form

unusual inversion up and down the keyboard.

User 1-12 Deﬁne your own tuning tables (Master menu).