[linux-audio-dev] XAP: a polemic

[Tim Goetze]

David Olofson wrote:

>> 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.
>
>In that case yes - but with longer bars, I'd try to find a reference 
>in between my notes. Let's take Paul's nice example. To play the 9 
>1/2 part, I'd really rather not count to 19, but to 9 - and then I'd 
>expect the next bar to start *in between* my 9 and 10; on the "and", 
>that is.

you don't really count to 19 as a musician, you'd make it
from 2, 3 and 4 just as you do with all other odd rhythmns.

>> 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.
>
>Why not?

because adding 1/3 six times doesn't give the same as 1/4
added eight times.

tim