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[markb]

Hello there. I have a problem with ABL Pro, I cannot seem to be able to use custom tuning files with it.

I have a tuning editor that is capable of exporting .tun files, and it seems compatible with the files used by abl pro, as if I import the standard files used by abl pro into the editor they show all the correct characteristics of the 12 TET tuning in the relevent boxes in the editor.

However, if I set abl pro to custom tuning mode and import a .tun file, it doesn't seem to actually affect the tuning. I've tried this with both the au and vst versions.

The tuning editor is the Lil Miss Scale Oven (www.nonoctave.com), and I am using a powerpc mac (10.4..

thanks in advance! mark.

[Mike]

Hi,

The current version does not support .tun, instead it has a custom file format with the frequency of each note specified per line.
There is an update with .tun support on the way but there is no date set on the release yet.

Hope this helps..

--Mike

[markb]

yeah that definitely helps. thanks very much!

[markb]

actually I can't get that to work either. I've tried using a text file with the frequencies of each note per line, and with the extension .tun but I that doesn't seem to work either. Do the frequencies have to be in a specific range, or have a specific number of decimal points? Or perhaps I am doing something else wrong...

thanks again. mark

[Mike]

What version of ABL Pro are you using? And what machine?

[markb]

ibook g4 osx 10.4.8
1.0.36 au/vst
ableton live 6 (if that makes any difference)

[markb]

any idea why it won't work then?

[Mike]

Have you tried the latest versions?

http://www.audiorealism.se/universal_downloads.htm

--Mike

[markb]

Just tried with the newest version but no luck with that either I'm afraid.

If it's a lot of effort to get to the root of the problem you don't need to worry yourself on my behalf, I have other synths to mess around with for the time being. I understand that you have some important projects on the go and I wouldn't want to ruin your workflow.

[Mike]

Markb, I just confirmed that there is indeed a bug in loading the tuning files on the Mac versions.

You can download a fix here:

http://www.audiorealism.se/ablpro/ABLPro1103AU.zip

Drop the .components into /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components

(Back up your old ABLPro .components first if you want).

Make sure the splash screen says 1.103 to make sure you got the right version.

This one will load the ABL Pro .tun files, that is with one frequency stated per MIDI note (check out standard.tun and test.tun in the ABL Pro Tunings directory). It should also be able to load scala files (.scl) however this is still untested.

Hope this helps..

--Mike

[markb]

works like a charm, thanks mike!

cheers, mark.