Max Magic Microtuner for Mac

By Victor Cerullo
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Microtonal editor-librarian for synthesizers and sound modules.
Last updated on September 4, 2010
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By Victor Cerullo

Microtonal editor-librarian for synthesizers and sound modules.

Max Magic Microtuner is a Macintosh application for creating and editing microtonal scales and tuning keyboard mappings that allows you to send and receive MIDI Tuning Standard bulk tuning dump system exclusive messages. With Max Magic Microtuner you can create, import, edit and export 128-note MIDI Tuning Standard keymap files (.syx, .mid) compatible with the Native Instruments FM7 softsynth and with all hardware and software synthesizers offering support for MTS microtuning features; you can also import and export Scala (.scl) microtuning text files, and export your tuning files in a variety of different other formats. It also allows Max/MSP users to generate alternate tuning MIDI-to-frequency external objects automatically.

Max Magic Microtuner for Mac

By Victor Cerullo
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GENERAL

Release: March 6, 2010

Latest update: September 4, 2010

Version: 2.5

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Mac

Operating System

Mac OS X
Mac OS X 10.4
Mac OS X 10.5
Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.6

Additional Requirements

Mac OS X 10.3 - 10.6
1 GHz processor or faster

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3.3/5

3 User Votes

Very good and innovative
carlosmontanaro77September 11, 2005
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Often seriously underrated, this piece of software is actually changing the way I teach microtonalism and it helps me out in many ways, especially when blueprinting new microtonal pieces. To me it's a bit of a revolution, and now I can play microtonal MIDI sequences from Logic and Max/MSP as well. Very good and intuitive user interface. It's a shame there is no Windows version.
A serious tool for brave experimentalists
McMillian--2008October 16, 2004
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Definitely the most stable and reliable version of this microtuning software so far. It is very different from Scala, but probably better than anything else in this field because of its native OS X user interface. It's one of the few microtonal programs worth bringing to the attention of the students in Max/MSP lessons.
Long way to go
TC_August 4, 2003
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I've been experimenting with microtunings and I had high hopes for this product. It gets the job done, but it does it poorly. First, its slow. On my 500MHz machine, it eats 33% of the processor just idling! Second, the interface is awkward. It has an un-Mac-like feel. The program prefers frequencies when most people constructing scales are going to think in cents or ratios (and the conversion tools are awkward). The tone player makes it difficult to cycle quickly through multiple notes of the scale. Some of the menus in the English menu still appear in Italian. I could go on, but I won't. This isn't professional software yet and doesn't justify the new "professional" ($69) price for version 1.4, which doesn't improve significantly over free version 1.3.8. I can't see paying more than $5 for this in its present form. If you need this sort of program, grab the free version (1.3.8) while it's still available and be prepared to be patient.