Browse dozens of microtuning presets from all over the world, and then play authentic non-western tempered scales of any size (from five tones to 24 tones) via any standard MIDI controller.

Microtonal scale presets are organized by world region and by scale system:

Microtuning example

Here is a koto preset played with standard western tuning, followed by two examples of microtuning scales, one from Thailand and the other from Southeast Asia. In each case, a C major scale is being played (all white keys), using Digital Performer's MIDI keys feature:

Mix and match to create exotic, truly unique sounds

You can freely apply any microtuning scale to any instrument preset you wish, allowing you to mix and match microtuning scales with sounds from anywhere around the globe, as demonstrated above with the koto sound from Japan and the microtuning scale from Thailand. As another example, a microtuning scale from Indonesia could be applied to a Celtic harp sound from Ireland.

Choose from thousands more scales, or create your own

The microtonal scale presets supplied by Ethno Instrument 2 were developed by a world expert in micro-tuning and conform to the Scala open file standard (.scl) for microtuning. You can visit the Scala web site, browse thousands of microtuning files, download them for free, and simply drag and drop them into Ethno 2 to add them as user presets.

Scala files are simple text documents, so you can edit them to create your own unique scales.