Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] XAP: a polemic
From: Tim Goetze (tim_AT_quitte.de)
Date: Tue Dec 17 2002 - 04:11:14 EET
David Olofson wrote:
>On Monday 16 December 2002 23.08, Tim Goetze wrote:
>> Paul Davis wrote:
>> >>i'd be happy to hear a good example proving this wrong. but
>> >>take note that i don't accept 1/2, 1/3 and relatives as
>> >>qualifying because they can better be (and usually are)
>> >>expressed using integer numbers.
>>
>> [long reasonings elided]
>>
>> alright, have your way then if you need all the complication
>> for so little to gain, and if your scheme gets the votes.
>
>Can you expand on that?
thanks for asking.
1) it is simply not the way counting time as a musician works.
if your measure said 3.5 / 2, you'd count 7 quarters.
actually and mathematically proving this unfortunately is
beyond me, you have to try it yourself.
2) the first time somebody uses 1/3 and 1/4 at the same time,
accumulating beat algorithms don't give the same result
reliably where they should.
tim
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