Currently, SynthV supports detuning each note by ¼ a semitone. That implies that SynthV covers 48edo.
However, microtonalists are unlikely to be impressed/satisfied by this feature. 48edo is not a temperament that microtonalists usually employ. Instead, we usually employ those approximating just intonation well, such as 19edo, 22edo, or 31edo.
Is there a way for SynthV to hit an arbitrary pitch? I’d like to write a script.
I am not sure if there is any facility for this in Synth V?
Several companies, such as EastWest, do offer microtonal scales, such as the Arabic scales, to reproduce music from different cultures.
However, Synth V doesn’t offer the languages used in the microtonal world, so perhaps this is something for future development.
I wouldn’t say there is a separate “microtonal world” though. Microtonality can be shared to everyone in the world.
Given that a voice can have vibrato of more than a semitone either side of ‘true’ and the pitch deviation parameter allows +/- 1200cents I see no problem with going microtonal, certainly it isn’t currently a ‘feature’ as the piano roll is fixed on 12et so a script would aid such an endevour but it shouldn’t be impossible.
If you go on the piano roll alone the pitch curve can be free-hand drawn wherever you wish, it would be a Royal pain to do a whole song this way but the engine allows the tuning.
It seems Note.setPitch cannot detune notes. I’d need a dedicated method of Note for detuning the note. What is it?
Yes, to detune you can use automation in script.
See documentation for Automation
Automation parameter “Pitch Deviation”: “pitchDelta” -1200, 1200 cents