[linux-audio-user] midi note numbers

[Paul Coccoli]

On 3/29/06, Christoph Eckert <ce at christeck.de> wrote:
>
> > I'm a bit confused about midi note numbers:
> >
> > 1) am I right that the midi note number goes from 0 to 127?
> > 2) which note name corresponds to 0? C0? C-1?
> > 3) which would be the correct range (in note numbers) from a 88 note
> > keyboard?
>
> I have created a SVG showing the relationships. If it contained errors,
> I'd be glad for "bug reports":
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:NoteNamesFrequenciesAndMidiNumbers.svg
>
>
> Best regards
>
>
> ce
>

It sure would be nice if all apps were consistent, but IIRC even seq24
and specimen don't agree.

Just like how some apps use MIDI channels 0-15 and others 1-16. 
Totally irritating.

Why can't we all just get along?!