Microtonal tuner for a musical instrument using a digital interface

A microtonal keyboard controller that uses a digital interface, comprising:

• a keyboard having keys that generate a digital message corresponding to the key that is operated;
• a digital input for the digital message conforming to a digital interface standard;
• a digital message analyzer coupled to the digital input to identify a digital message type;
• a logic controller coupled to the digital input;
• a user input coupled to the logic controller for modifying user controlled parameters;
• a user output coupled to the logic controller for communicating microtonal information;
• a tuning program containing tuning data coupled to the logic controller to create a modified digital message for producing a microtonal output in real-time that varies in discrete values from a twelve tone equal tempered octave;
• and,
• a channel allocator that dynamically routes the modified digital message to an available digital channel to output the modified digital message for producing a microtonal output.

A method for microtonal tuning a musical instrument using a digital interface, comprising:

• programming a tuning program with microtonal tuning instructions;
• receiving a digital message for a music instruction;
• analyzing the digital message to determine the music instruction status;
• identifying a note-on music instruction status;
• processing the note-on music instruction status through the tuning program;
• generating a modified note-on digital message for a microtonal note that varies in a discrete value from a standard twelve equal temperament tuning octave;
• selecting a digital output channel for the microtonal note digital message;
• and,
• outputting the modified note-on digital message on the available digital channel to produce a microtonal note that varies in a discrete value from a standard twelve equal temperament tuning octave.

A method for dynamic channel allocation of a microtonal message for a musical instrument using a digital interface, comprising

• identifying dynamically an available digital output channel;
• selecting a digital output channel for the note digital message;
• and,
• sending the digital microtonal note message on the available digital channel.

A computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform microtonal tuning of a musical instrument using a digital interface, comprising:

• programming a tuning program with microtonal tuning instructions;
• receiving a digital message for a music instruction;
• analyzing the digital message to determine the music instruction status;
• identifying a note-on music instruction status;
• processing the note-on music instruction status through the tuning program;
• generating a modified note-on digital message for a microtonal note that varies in a discrete value from a standard twelve equal temperament tuning octave;
• selecting a digital output channel for the microtonal note digital message;
• and,
• outputting the modified note-on digital message on the available digital channel to produce a microtonal note that varies in a discrete value from a standard twelve equal temperament tuning octave.