CHANGELOG.md

Change log

3.2.0 (unreleased)

• Feature: Display hardness and chroma alongside the MOS pattern in Rank 2 modal #379
• Feature: Accept fractional values for CS variety margin #821
• Feature: Add a button for calculating more MOS sizes in Rank 2 modal #832
• Feature: Linear MIDI output mode (uses the numbers in the "#" column and assumes you tune the target device yourself) #834
• Feature: Display a warning when the user tries to create a scale larger than 1024 notes in New scale -> Equal temperament #402
• Bug fix: Fix a crash in Rank 2 caused by temperaments with a negative number of periods per equave #837

3.1.0

• Feature: Implement the missing size inequality operator ~<> (i.e. the negation of ~=)
• Feature: Accept lone vals for commaBasis and mappingBasis
• Feature: Admit containers as spread arguments
• Bug fix: Sanitize divisions input in equalize modal #825
• Bug fix: Fix domain error in realizeWord #823
• Bug fix: Fix typos in error messages

3.0.2

• Bug fix: Admit cents as the equave when generating equal temperaments #803
• Maintenance: Update npm package dependencies

3.0.1

• Feature: Apply CS margin to variety signature on Analysis tab #796
• Feature: Approximate Tenney-tall fractions on Analysis tab #796
• Regression: Show pitch associated with MIDI base index #795
• Bug fix: Use relative mossteps when J4 doesn't coincide with 1/1 #794

3.0.0

• Feature: Core language switched to from scale-workshop-core to sonic-weave
• Feature: Custom interval labels e.g. 3/2 "my fifth"
• Feature: CSS and RGB colors directly associated with intervals e.g. 400. yellow
• Feature: Relative FJS notation e.g. M3^5 for 5/4
• Feature: Absolute FJS notation e.g. G4 for 3/2 above middle C
• Feature: Absolute frequencies e.g. 432 Hz
• Feature: Subgroup monzos e.g. [-2 -1 1>@2.3.23 for 23/12
• Feature: Frequency as a subgroup basis element e.g. [1 8>@Hz.2 for 256 Hz
• Feature: Full interval arithmetic e.g. 3/2 ^ 1/2 = (3÷2) ^ (1÷2) = sqrt(3/2) = √3/2 = n3
• Feature: Domain-specific arithmetic e.g. 3/2 + 4/3 = 17/6, but P5 + P4 = P8
• Feature: Domain-independent arithmetic e.g. 3/2 ~* 4/3 = 2/1 and P5 ~* P4 = P8
• Feature: Enumerated chord syntax e.g. 5:6:7:8:9:10
• Feature: Vectorized operations e.g. [4, 7, 12] \ 12
• Feature: Code comments e.g. (* Nestable (* OCaml *) style comments *)
• Feature: Vals for equal tempering e.g. <12 19 28], 17c@, 17[^5]@
• Feature: Ups and downs with tempering e.g. vM3;P5;P8;22@ for [7, 13, 22] \ 22
• Feature: And much much more e.g. sort(3^[-1..5] rdc 2);commaList(81/80) for TE meantone[7]
• Feature: Virtual piano now supports up to 4 layers of colors
• Feature: Import scale title from .scl files
• Feature: Aperiodic waveforms for metallic sounds
• Feature: Add a button to select all MIDI inputs #271, #650
• Feature: Character palette with tooltips for syntax beyond ASCII #533
• Feature: Interval matrix simplified by default #536
• Feature: Convert scale to enumeration #538
• Feature: Export interval labels and colors as comments in .scl files #545
• Feature: More MOS coloring options #554
• Feature: Variety and brightness signatures show in the interval matrix #568
• Feature: Periodic equally tempered grids supported on the lattice tab
• Feature: Lattice label sizes customizable #581
• Feature: Lattice colors inverted and scale colors incorporated #586
• Feature: Scott Dakota's prime rings on the lattice tab #551
• Feature: Tonnetz prime ellipse coordinates on the lattice tab #588
• Feature: New latticeView() command for displaying the order of intervals (prior to sorting) #597
• Feature: New "repeat" modifier #406
• Feature: Show labels, ratios, cents and frequencies on the tuning table #534
• Feature: Implement multi-channel MIDI mode compatible with the Lumatone #649
• Feature: Call the equave "octave", "tritave", "tetrave" or "pentave" when applicable #694
• Feature: Full width view dedicated to the MOS pyramid #700
• Feature: Add harmonic entropy to the analysis tab and expose as a helper function #726
• Feature: Add equally tempered formatting as on option for the interval matrix #740
• Bug fix: Fix handling of trailing comments when importing .scl files #706, #787
• Bug fix: Extreme ratios now only break parts of the tuning table that do not have IEEE floating point representation and format better when non-finite #631, #632
• Style fix: Make checkbox and radio button labels more consistent #644
• Beta cycle issues: #643, #640, #577, #513, #658, #664, #666, #777, #784 #785, #786
• Alpha cycle issues: #574, #579

2.4.1

• Bug fix: Unison is no longer affected by random variance #613

2.4.0

• Feature: Export scales for Ableton Live 12 #601
• Feature: MOS patterns supported by EDO can be sorted by size or hardness #599
• Bug fix: The frequency for 1/1 is now at MIDI note for base frequency even in "White only" mode #603

2.3.8

• Feature: Rank-2 circle now displays generator ranges of valid MOS patterns #580
• Bug fix: Pressing "More" for EDO inside the MOS modal now produces all supported MOS patterns
• Bug fix: CPS and Span lattice modals now report basis parsing errors #585
• Bug fix: MOS pattern errors no longer steal focus from the subgroup input during rank-2 generation #587

2.3.7

• Bug fix: Fix the bottom row of virtual QWERTY being offset by one #452
• Bug fix: Fix the equave shift keys on virtual QWERTY #564
• Bug fix: Fix rank-2 modal crashing when clearing number of periods #573
• Documentation: Move changelog to a dedicated file #556
• Documentation: Include an example NGINX config #470

2.3.6

• Feature: Be more informative about why vals or commas do not span a rank-2 temperament #540
• Feature: Implement more MOS coloring options #554
• Bug fix: Fix rank-2 modal crashing when changing number of periods #553
• Bug fix: Display custom validation messages on input elements #540
• Bug fix: Implement soft limits to approximation numerators and denominators #544

2.3.5

• Bug fix: Parse nothing-of-EDO #537

2.3.4

• Feature: Support primes as equaves in lattice visualization
• Feature: Clear scale title when clearing scale data #530
• Bug fix: Bypass complex monzo calculations in tuning table #528
• Bug fix: Fix MIDI visualization when base = 0 #526
• Bug fix: Fix MIDI In channel messages leaking to deactivated Out channels
• Refactoring: Use Pinia to manage app state #367
• Refactoring: Persist modal data in Pinia when changing tabs #529

2.3.3

• Feature: Add a link to the Discord channel on About page #468
• Improvement: Improve loading times with asynchronous components #520
• Bug fix: Fix tempering in exotic subgroups #518
• Bug fix: Close Korg export modal when pressing escape #524
• Refactoring: Split isomorhic QWERTY to s re-usable package #336

2.3.2

• Bug fix: Make copy & paste possible outside of scale data #515
• Quality assurance: End-to-end test scale generation / approximation #516
• Quality assurance: Use node version 18 in GitHub Workflows

2.3.1

• Feature: Historical temperaments, target-tempered generator stacks and well temperaments #461, #477
• Bug fix: Fix audio issues in the 404 page #512
• Bug fix: Fix rank-2 generation #514
• Bug fix: Fix merging negative offsets #511
• Refactoring: Use xen-dev-utils for circle difference

2.3.0

• Bug fix: Minor type issues
• Refactoring: Re-initialize the Vue project
• Refactoring: Re-format code
• Quality assurance: Implement Cypress test to verify URL encoding #508

2.2.2

• Feature: Add radio buttons for changing interval matrix indexing #499
• Refactoring: Use Pinia to manage app audio state #367
• Documentation: Point README links to plainsound.org
• Documentation: Replace decimal example with pi

2.2.1

• Feature: Stretch scale to match a specified interval
• Feature: Merge an offset copy of the scale with the original
• Feature: On-screen QWERTY keyboard (for playing) can now be enabled in the preferences
• Feature: Light-weight algorithms for tempering in extremely large just intonation subgroups
• Feature: Visualize how the various MIDI mappings assign scale degrees
• Feature: Implement visual MIDI channel indicators
• Feature: Interprete non-integer equal temperaments as cET
• Feature: Implement basic reverb using a ping-pong delay
• Feature: Implement new metric prefixes from quecto to quetta
• Standardization: Rename reference pitch to A4
• Bug fix: Text inputs no longer disappears when filled with invalid intervals
• Bug fix: Import base frequency from Anamark v2 tunings
• Bug fix: Support monzo syntax in most modal dialogs that accept intervals
• Bug fix: Show values that more accurately represent the scale in the interval matrix
• Bug fix: Respect the preferred number of signifying digits when manipulating the scale
• Bug fix: Make sure that the text always fits in the chord wheels on the Analysis tab
• Bug fix: Fix issues with multiple touches on the virtual keyboard
• Bug fix: Prevent garbage lines turning into valid URL data
• Bug fix: Make sure the base MIDI note is an integer
• Bug fix: Adhere to Korg maximum cents limits

2.2.0

• Feature: Improved Korg export including Minilogue XD
• Feature: Export MTS SysEx dumps
• Feature: Single val tempering can now produce N-of-EDO steps
• Bug fix: Fix how 1/1 are spelled 1\1 after equalizing the scale

2.1.2

• Bug fix: Make the syntax more consistent

2.1.1

• Feature: A new tab for visualizing 23-limit just intonation lattices
• Bug fix: The "Not Found" page should again produce the intended easter egg

2.1.0

• Feature: New Modify scale option for merging an offset copy with the scale
• Feature: On-screen QWERTY keyboard now available if enabled in the Preferences tab.
• Feature: Loading preset scales now assigns corresponding key colors as well
• Feature: Replaced top export with simple URL copy to clipboard
• Feature: Rank-2 scales can now be manipulated interactively by clicking on the period circle in a new tab inside the modal for New scale → Rank-2 temperament
• Refactoring: Core functionality now at scale-workshop-core for better reusability
• Refactoring: Utility packages xen-dev-utils, moment-of-symmetry and temperaments are now sourced from npm.
• Bug fix: Decimal dots in the interval matrix is now consistent with the tunng table
• Bug fix: Touching the screen in piano layout played multiple notes in unison
• Bug fix: Typing out text in some of the scale creation modals made sound
• Bug fix: Disable browser specific features like quick find on Firefox
• Regression: Korg 'logue exports have been fixed to match Scale Workshop 1
• Optimization: Tuning table frequencies are computed using a faster strategy
• Documentation: Better documentation and logging support for the class that handles keyboard input

2.0.1

• Feature: The synth can now be played while manipulating slider, radio or checkbox inputs
• Bug fix: Scala import wouldn't read plain numbers and didn't ignore line comments
• Bug fix: Using a piano-style layout in all-white/all-black could crash the app
• Bug fix: Tuning table rows were highlighting inconsistently
• Bug fix: Virtual keys got stuck when a click was released outside the virtual keyboard

2.0.0

• Project update: Application rewritten from the ground up. Scale Workshop is now powered by Vue.
• Feature: Equal temperament now supports subsets when generating scales
• Feature: Generate Rank-2 temperaments from vals or comma list
• Feature: Combination product set supports arbitrary equaves besides the octave (2/1)
• Feature: Generate Moment of Symmetry scales
• Feature: Generate Euler-Fokker genera
• Feature: Generate Dwarf scales
• Feature: Generate Cross polytope scales (generalized octahedra in monzo-space)
• Feature: Span lattices of arbitrary rank
• Feature: Approximate by ratios using odd- and prime-limits
• Feature: Temper modifier for converting scales in just intonation to lower ranks
• Feature: Convert intervals to different types
• Feature: New interval type: monzo e.g [-4 4 -1> = 2^-4·3⁴·5^-1 = 81/80
• Feature: New interval type: composite e.g 3/2 - 1.995 ≈ 700.0 cents
• Feature: Analysis - Interval matrix (modes)
• Feature: Analysis - Visualize currently played chord as otonal or utonal concentric cogs
• Feature: Piano-style virtual keyboard
• Feature: Piano-style mapping for the QWERTY keyboard (layout determined by key colors)
• Feature: Mapping white (physical) MIDI keys to white colored (virtual) scale degrees