656| Scale
Quarter Tone sub-scale (SC Presets)
Editing a Quarter Tone sub-scale (SC Preset)
Quarter Tone scales (SC Presets) are custom scales where detuning can be
activated or deactivated while playing. Changing note tuning while playing
is typical of Middle East/Arabic music. The detuning interval is usually next
to a quarter tone.
You can save up to four Quarter Tone scales into the SC (Scale) Presets. The
SC Presets are global and do not change with Sound sets, Styles or Songs.
Program a Quarter Tone scale
1 Go to the Global > Tuning > Scale page.
2 Touch one of the SC1…4 buttons to choose an SC Presets to be edited.
3 Program the User Quarter Tone sub-scale.
▪ In the upper scale diagram, fine tune each note of the scale.
Detuning Meaning
-99 … +99 Note detuning in cents or a semitone. Zero is no detuning, ±50 is
a full quarter tone up or down, ±99 is nearly one whole semitone
up or down.