Synthesizers, samplers, and sound cards with microtonal capabilities T-Z

* Instruments currently in production are highlight and marked with an asterisk "*".

Manufacturer Model(s) Instrument Type 12 note Octave Scales Full Keyboard Scales Scale resolution Tuning range per note Scales user interface Other Features
Technics SX-WSA1, SX-WSA1R wavetable and physical modeling synthesizer 1 global 0 ? ? digital front panel -
Technics SX-PR500/M, SX-PR602/M, SX-PR700/M, SX-PR702/M, SX-PR900/M, SX-PR902/M digital piano 1 global 0 1 cent ? digital front panel -
Technics SX-KN3000, SX-KN5000 portable keyboard 1 global 0 1 cent ? digital front panel -
Thumtronics Thummer MIDI Controller - - - - button array polyphonic pressure sensitivity, 2 joysticks
TobyBear Helios 2 software sampler/ synthesizer ? 1 global ? full MIDI Anamark, VAZ .tun or SCALA .scl tuning file formats -
Turtle Beach Multisound wavetable sound card 0 1 global 1.56 cents full MIDI Windows program same SysEx as Emu Proteus
Turtle Beach Maui, Tropez, Tropez +PnP wavetable sound card 0 1 global 2.34 cents full MIDI Windows program MIDI Tuning Standard (no realtime)
Turtle Beach Rio wavetable sound card expander 0 1 global 2.34 cents full MIDI Windows program MIDI Tuning Standard (no realtime)
u-he Zebra 2.0* realtime software synthesizer ? ? ? ? MacOS X or Windows XP, 2000 -
U&I Software Metasynth* wavetable, FM, graphics based realtime software synthesizer 0 1 per instrument ? full MIDI MacIntosh OS many scale utilities
VirSyn Software Synthesizer Cube 2*, Cantor 2*, PianoTeq 2*, Poseiden*, Tera 3* realtime software synthesizer 0 ? ? full MIDI Mac OS or Windows, SCALA tuning file format VST, Audio Unit or standalone
Waldorf Microwave, Wave wavetable synthesizer 0 4 global 1.56 cents full MIDI digital front panel Microwave version 1.2 software or higher includes realtime harmonic tuning
 Wavefront Technologies Travel Case Theremin Model*, Wavefront Theremin Model*  analog synthesizer and controller  0 continuous pitch instrument continuous not applicable body capacitance -
 Wavemakers Wavemakers Modular  modular analog synthesizer 0 4 global with kb444, equal tempered only continuous not applicable knob -
 Wavemakers Wavemaker 4  semi modular analog synthesizer 0 1 global, equal tempered only continuous not applicable knob -
 Wavemakers Wavemaker 6 with 653 duophonic keyboard  semi modular analog synthesizer 0 2 global, equal tempered only continuous not applicable knobs -
Wersi GS500 Verona*, GS700 Scala*, GS1000 Louvre*  digital organ 5? 0 1 cent +/- 50 cents LCD Display Hermode Tuning support?
Wersi G I000 Giga Piano, EX I Expander, X I Ikarus, KS I Abacus, XE20 Xenioswusik  digital piano 5? 0 1 cent +/- 50 cents LCD Display Hermode Tuning support?
Wiard Modular*  modular analog synthesizer 0 1 global, equal tempered only continuous not applicable knob -
Wusik wusikstation* realtime software synthesizer 0 ? ? full MIDI Windows, .tun file format VSTi
Yamaha PSR-330, PSR-4000, PSR-7000 portable keyboard 32 global 0 1 cent -64, +63 cents digital front panel, sysex scales stored as part of Registration Memory
Yamaha PSR-530, PSR-540, PSR-550, PSR-630, PSR-640,
PSR-730, PSR-740,
 PSR-8000
portable keyboard 128 global 0 1 cent -64, +63 cents digital front panel, sysex scales stored as part of Registration Memory
Yamaha PSR-650*,  PSR-1000, PSR-1100, PSR-1500, PSR-2000, PSR-2100, PSR-3000 portable keyboard 8 global (in registration memory) x 8 banks
0 1 cent -64, +63 cents digital front panel, sysex scales stored as part of Registration Memory, eight registration memories and therefore scales can be selected from front panel buttons or pedal while playing the keyboard
Yamaha PSR-750*,
PSR-950*,
PSR-A2000*
portable keyboard bank of 8 global, registration memory bank limited only by memory 0
1 cent
-64, +63 cents digital front panel, sysex scales stored as part of Registration Memory, selectable base note, eight registration memories and therefore scales can be selected from front panel buttons or pedal while playing the keyboard
Yamaha PSR-9000, PSR-9000 PRO portable keyboard 512 global 0 1 cent -64, +63 cents digital front panel, sysex scales stored as part of Registration Memory, 4 scales can be selected from front panel buttons while playing keyboard
Yamaha Tyros*, Tyros5-61*, Tyros5-76*
arranger workstation
bank of 8 global, registration memory bank limited only by memory 0 1 cent -64, +63 cents digital front panel, sysex scales stored as part of Registration Memory, selectable base note, eight registration memories and therefore scales can be selected from front panel buttons or pedal while playing the keyboard
Yamaha Clavinova CLP-124 digital piano 0 1 global 1.17 cents +/-50 cents panel buttons, sysex -
Yamaha CLP611, CLP811 digital piano 0 1 global 1 cent +/-100 cents digital front panel -
Yamaha CVP-92, CVP-94, CVP-96, CVP-98 digital piano 20 global 20 global* 1 cent -64, +63 cents (octave), +/-100 cents* (keyboard) digital front panel and disk file (both types), sysex (octave only) *NOTE: The +-100 cent full keyboard tuning range limits this to 12 note per octave scales. Scales stored as part of Registration Memory
Yamaha CVP-103, CVP-103M, CVP-105, CVP-107, CVP-109, CVP-201, CVP-202, CVP-700 digital piano 20 global 20 global* 1 cent -64, +63 cents (octave), +/-100 cents* (keyboard) digital front panel and disk file (both types), sysex (octave only) *NOTE: The +-100 cent full keyboard tuning range limits this to 12 note per octave scales. Scales stored as part of Registration Memory
Yamaha CVP-203, CVP-204, CVP-205, CVP-206, CVP-207, CVP-208, CVP-209, CVP-210, CVP-301, CVP-303, CVP-305, CVP-307, CVP-309, CVP-900 digital piano 8 global (in registration memory) x ? banks from disk - 1 cent -64, +63 cents digital front panel and disk file scales stored as part of Registration Memory, eight registration memories and therefore scales can be selected from front panel buttons or pedal while playing the keyboard
Yamaha + Grey Matter Response DX7+E! FM synthesizer 0 16 global 1.17 cents full MIDI digital front panel -
Yamaha DX7S, DX7IID, DX7IIFD FM synthesizer 0 2 + 63 on cartridge, global 1.17 cents full MIDI digital front panel, sysex -
Yamaha + Grey Matter Response DX7S+E!, DX7IID+E!, DX7IIFD+E! FM synthesizer 32 global 2 + 63 on cartridge, global 1.17 cents full MIDI digital front panel, sysex -
Yamaha FB01 FM synthesizer 0 1 global 1.56 cents full MIDI sysex only send tuning with note on message, table is not stored
Yamaha MU80, MU50, QS-300 wavetable synthesizer 1 global 0 1 cent -64, +63 cents digital front panel?, sysex -
Yamaha CS1X, MU90R, MU100R, MU128 wavetable synthesizer 1 global 0 1 cent -64, +63 cents sysex -
Yamaha SY77, TG77, SY99 FM and wavetable synthesizer 0 2 global 1.17 cents full MIDI digital front panel, sysex -
Yamaha TG300 wavetable synthesizer 1 per part (16 parts) 0 1 cent -64, +63 cents digital front panel or sysex -
Yamaha TX802 FM synthesizer 0 2 + 63 cartridge, assigned per part (8 parts) 1.17 cents full MIDI range digital front panel, sysex -
Yamaha TX81Z, DX11, V50 FM synthesizer 1 global 1 global 1.56 cents C#-1 to C7 digital front panel, sysex -

Yamaha
VL1, VL7, VL1M, VL7M physical modeling synthesizer 0 2 global 1.17 cents full MIDI digital front panel, sysex -

ZynAddSubFX
ZynAddSubFX* software synthesizer 0 1 global ? cents full MIDI Windows, Linux, SCALA .scl file format open source code, enables the user to specify the base frequency midi-note and pitch in hz, in its scale settings dialog

Updated January 3, 2016. Please send additions, corrections and questions to: microtonal@wavemakers-synth.com