[linux-audio-dev] XAP: a polemic

Tim Goetze tim at quitte.de
Mon Dec 16 20:54:01 UTC 2002


David Olofson wrote:

[tempo]
>> choose. quarters simply happen to work well, and there's
>> no need to break with convention here.
>
>Doesn't work very well for 5/8, does it...?

it does:

5/8 = 2.5 * 1/4 

>> thus, forcing another calculation back
>> from frame units is illogical.
>
>The only relevant relation to "seconds" here is that with the audio 
>sample rate - and you have that in common with the sequencer.

you *are* the sequencer because we agree there must be a
central time authority, don't we?

tim




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