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Hardware and Software for Microtonality in Electroanic Music<\/h1>\n

For those of us who deal with non Western music<\/p>\n

A. Hardware<\/p>\n

The legendary Yamaha DX7<\/strong> that divides the octave into 1024 sections
\nThe legendary Yamaha SY77<\/strong>, which is an evolution of the DX7
\nThe legendary M1<\/strong> by Korg
\nKorg monologue<\/strong> analog synthesizer<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

B. Software<\/p>\n

Audacity<\/strong> free software (Windows, macOS, Linux) with which we can build any scale
\nWorldScales<\/strong> free iPad app
\nScaleGen<\/strong> free application for iPad
\nGestrument Pro<\/strong> application for iPad
\nAbSynth<\/span><\/strong><\/a> by Native Instruments professional VST instrument for computers running Windows & macOS<\/p>\n

MetaSynth<\/strong> software for computers running macOS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hardware and Software for Microtonality in Electroanic Music For those of us who deal with non Western music A. Hardware The legendary Yamaha DX7 that divides the octave into 1024 sections The legendary Yamaha SY77, which is an evolution of the DX7 The legendary M1 by Korg Korg monologue analog synthesizer   B. Software Audacity […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[220,184,254,202,321,188,63,255,210,87,192],"class_list":["post-1876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-220","tag-absynth","tag-hardware","tag-korg","tag-microtonality","tag-microtuning","tag-music-software","tag-native_instruments","tag-software","tag-synthesizers","tag-vst"],"yoast_head":"\nHardware and Software for Microtonality in Electronic Music<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An overview of essential hardware and software tools for microtonality in electronic music, including synthesizers, tuning systems, DAWs, and practical workflows.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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