[linux-audio-user] midi note numbers

Frank Wales frank at limov.com
Thu Apr 13 12:08:31 EDT 2006


On 04/13/2006 01:33 PM, tim hall wrote:
> Christoph Eckert wrote:
>>> Computers count from zero.  Always have, always will.
>>
>> yes, of course, I know.
>>
>> But it is possible to hide this in user interfaces. IMHO the machines
>> have to serve the humans, not the other way around.
>>
>> How many mails are you reading right now, 0 or 1 ;-) ?
> 
> It's not a question of number, it's a question of counter position. Yes
> it does my head in too, but when was the last time you counted from 1 on
> a ruler?

Indeed.  I find it amusing that there is a suggestion that
counting from '0' is unintuitive in a forum where things we call
'notes' are counted in sets from 'A' to 'G', but starting at 'C'. :-)
-- 
Frank Wales [frank at limov.com]



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