Expert Sleepers Disting mk4 - Scale Playlist File Format; Troubleshooting Scale Files

Example Files
A zip file containing some example files, which are known to work, is here
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Scale Playlist Format
A scale playlist file might look something like this:
disting playlist v1
-kbm=example.kbm
equal.scl
pyth_7a.scl
pyth_12.scl
johnson_7.scl
-kbm=7.kbm
equal.scl
-kbm=root+fifth.kbm
This breaks down as:
• The header: "disting playlist v1"
• Default settings (optional)
• List of scale files
• Per-file settings after each file (optional)
Files may appear more than once in the playlist, with the same or different settings.
Settings are in the format "-" <setting name> "=" <setting value>
Settings that appear before any scale file apply globally to all the files in the playlist, unless
overridden by the per-file settings.
Currently there is only one setting, which is the name of the keyboard mapping file to use with the
scale file.
Possible Sources of Error
If there is a problem reading or interpreting the scale files, the disting will not be able to use them.
Possible things to check include:
• The scale and keyboard mapping files must obviously be valid Scala format files, that the
Scala application itself will load successfully.
• The scale and keyboard mapping must match – for example, the keyboard mapping must not
refer to scale degrees that the scale does not have.
• For the keyboard mapping files, the reference frequency must be given for a note that is
actually mapped.
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