#Octave vst ableton mod#

The goal of this tutorial is to recreate Rezsutek’s keyboard layout in the Ableton Live piano roll. Truth be told, I’m planning to use some of my Rhythm and Xen album sales to buy a new keyboard and make one of these for myself. Everybody in the microtonal scene right now hacks and invents their own unique stuff. Obviously this is all very DIY, but at this point in time nobody is mass producing microtonal instruments. Soon we’ll be able to 3D print each key for any given piano roll layout (this could be a great project for a music technology student). Spare keys can be found on second-hand broken keyboards or bought as replacement from the manufacturer. You also need extra black keys to make this work, so you can see a few missing at the upper end of the keyboard. There are gaps between some white keys because white keys actually come in different shapes and sizes, making things look a little messy when rearranged. This keyboard layout is Steve Rezsutek’s design as discussed in Paul Erlich’s paper Tuning, Tonality, and Twenty-Two-Tone Temperament. It was a little project of William Lynch‘s a few months ago. Check out this mindblowing M-Audio Keystation 88 with the keys rearranged to play 22-edo. Abletonalists unite!įirst I should provide some context as to why this tutorial will be so useful. You can apply this technique to other piano roll designs, with some limitations discussed later.

#Octave vst ableton mod#

We’re going to mod Ableton Live’s piano roll to play 22-tone equal temperament (aka 22-edo).

Here’s a tutorial to help you make microtonal music in Ableton Live.