ScaleGen
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ScaleGen - the ultimate scale generator and editor!
Generate and manipulate musical scales in any way you can imagine.
You think you know what a scale is - think again. In ScaleGen you can do all that you would traditionally imagine when it comes to scales and pitch organisation, and then much, much more.
Define or change scales in the most detailed and intricate way. Audition the scales you make from within the app or export it as a MIDI file or to our app Gestrument - the revolutionary gesture-instrument.
This is the tool for anyone who wants to go beyond the traditional tonalities in whichever genre. ScaleGen comes with predefined scales of all kinds - from the traditional western scales and early music (Baroque/Renaissance) scales to asian scales from India, Indonesia and elsewhere as well as more conceptual scales based in the classical contemporary music.
This is the ultimate tool for experimental composers in any genre as well as for musicians who want to explore new ways of thinking about music.
The educational aspects of how pitches can be organised makes ScaleGen a must have for serious music students. But the directness of the app makes the learning both fun and artistically developing.
What is a scale?
For most people it is a collection of pitches within one octave, with equal temperament (all half tone steps equally long) or with microtonal intonation. That kind of scales are of course possible to make and edit in ScaleGen which gives you a keyboard with complete control of up to 24 pitches within one octave.
But the most interesting things with ScaleGen is when you start to think of a scale as something more open. Consider these questions:
What if your scale was different in every octave?
Why must a scale always go from down to up?
What if you could use a variation of the overtone series as a scale?
How does it sound if you divide the octave in five steps instead of twelve?
In ScaleGen we define a scale as any list of MIDI pitches that you can manipulate in many ways. You can start with a keyboard to input pitches, you can use the concept of the overtone series with multiplication of frequencies, you can define the number and size of the steps in the scale or you can import MIDI files and use them as scales. Then you can fine-tune your scale in a matrix with a number of tools.
You can then try and play your scale directly in the app, using built-in sounds or control your favorite external synthesizer/app through MIDI. If you want to try and play on your newly created scales in another way we recommend you open them in the app Gestrument - the revolutionary gesture-instrument. But you can also save the scales as text, Scala, or MIDI files and open them in another program.
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Ratings and Reviews
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ErikSF999, 04.08.2020Possibilities realized! Except for one..I have been using ScaleGen since it was first released, mostly to generate microtonal scales for the few iOS synths that support “alternate” tuning. Now that more music app developers Show more
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ra_jeev, 04.08.2019AmazingAs a INDIAN classical music practitioner, this is a boon. It is simple and elegant in the way it hides the complexity and provides a unique tool to build my Show more
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jamespc645, 29.06.2017Great for exploring, training the ears and mind, always an adventureThis is a great way to explore the resources of scales.
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sahbakia, 14.12.2016Excellent app! Excellent idea!I've been using this app with Persian modes by connecting my electric piano to this app and... now I can play any mode or Maqam on my own piano! Thanks Show more
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fjeinca, 21.03.2015Incredibly useful toolBrilliant. I have only begun to tap its utility, but the process is really enjoyable (as the UI may be spare, it's fairly loaded with possibilities). I have Gestrument too, Show more
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theconceptofzero, 28.09.2014The Concept ApprovesAlthough we are just scratching the surface of this amazing app, I believe the potential for creative exploration to be rather close to infinite. Meticulously developed and executed; look for great Show more
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dataBANG, 24.09.2014ScaleGen is a good thing!Scales are kind of abstract to me when viewed with on an iOS 1octave keyboard and having several octaves in one view give me a better perspective composing complex pieces. Show more
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mikfreq, 22.09.2014Awesome creative tool, makes Gestrument even betterScaleGen is so spectacular it's tripping me out right now. It's like having bits of the functionality of Melodyne before making the music in the first place. I can easily Show more
Information
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Category
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Age Rating4+
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Price3.99 USD
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Size15.5 MB
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ProviderGestrument AB
Languages
English
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