All you need to do is create a function table with your desired tunings,
then you can use it is a lookup table to get the precise frequency nearest
in pitch to other notes. In other words, it acts as an adjustment table to
move notes to the exact desired pitch. If you do this, the input (the pitch
pfield of the note) can be in any unit easiest for you to work with -
pitch-class, scale degree, cycles per second, linear octave, or whatever.
You could even use one pfield for octave and another pfield for scale
degree.

-----Original Message-----
From: nate drdul 
To: csound@maths.ex.ac.uk 
Date: Monday, April 19, 1999 1:49 PM
Subject: tunings and csound


>hi, ive been lurking on the list for awhile but havent been able to get
>much out
>of csound untill reading the design tutorial from the first chapter of
>the csound book.
>Since hearing Terry Rileys Harp of New Albion ive been interested in
>different tunings and just intonation.
>My  question is what is the easiest way to go about exploring alternate
>scales.
>Im thinking it would be really interesting to have a set of conversation
>functions like cpspch() for alternate tunings, or maybe a function that
>would take in a scala file( the catalog of scala files is incredibly
>dense) and could be used like
>cpspch.
>anyone got any ideas?
>nate
>