[linux-audio-user] midi note numbers

[Lee Revell]

On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 21:17 +0200, Christoph Eckert wrote:
> > Just like how some apps use MIDI channels 0-15 and others 1-16.
> > Totally irritating.
> 
> Not only apps, even midi hardware. Most devices agree to count 
> controllers starting by 1, but what a mess with program numbers!
> 
> A000 - A127. Huh? Since when did we start counting at zero?

Computers count from zero.  Always have, always will.  MIDI is the
oddball here in counting from 1.

Lee