15 Dec
2002
15 Dec
'02
1:36 p.m.
On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 06:49:01PM +0100, David Olofson wrote:
I don't get it. If you're supposed to place
the scale converter
*first*, then how are you supposed to be able to apply anything like
traditional music theory, rather than pure, continous pitch based
theory? You will have to know the *exact* temperament of the scale
(to decode the input, and to generate output in the same scale), even
if you're only worried about notes.
That holds true for per-note descriptions too. The only way you can
improve in it is with *extensive* scale metadata. Which we dont have and
dont plan to have.
- Steve