Microtonal Techniques

Two approaches to microtonal quantization. The first uses Microtonal Quantize with any equal division of the octave: 24 for quarter-tones (the most common microtonal system in contemporary Western notation), 36 for sixth-tones, 48 for eighth-tones, or any other integer. This snaps free-pitched material to a regular microtonal grid.

The second approach uses Spectral Round, which snaps each pitch to the nearest harmonic partial of a given fundamental. This produces just-intonation-like tunings derived from the harmonic series — the pitches are irregular (not equally spaced) but acoustically coherent. Combine with Harmonic Series and Formant Filter for a fully spectral approach to microtonality.

For custom tuning systems (Turkish makam, gamelan slendro, just intonation scales, etc.), use Scale Quantize with a list of scale degrees defined in midicents offsets within the octave. Any tuning system that can be described as a set of pitches within one octave can be used as a quantization target.