Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: [linux-audio-dev] XAP: Pitch control
From: Steve Harris (S.W.Harris_AT_ecs.soton.ac.uk)
Date: Thu Dec 12 2002 - 18:13:20 EET
On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 03:10:07PM +0000, Nathaniel Virgo wrote:
> The only real disadvantage to this scheme is that some note-processing
> algorithms probably don't work in relative pitch. For example, if for some
> reason you wanted to map all 12 tones of a normal scale onto just the white
> keys, while keeping the pitch bend range at 2 semitones, you wouldn't be able
> to do it in this system. The note_pitch way of doing things doesn't solve
> this either, come to that, it just makes the problem less obvious.
I'm coming to this conclusion too, I think that note numbering is just a
red herring: you still dont have enough scale metadata to do any
processing on it, unless its ET, and then its trivial whatever your pitch
representation.
- Steve
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