4 Dec
2002
4 Dec
'02
5:32 p.m.
On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 09:44:12 +0100, David Olofson wrote:
Thats somewhat semitone biased, if we use +1.0 is middle C, +2.0 is one
octave higher then we are tuning neutral, and, coincidentally compatible
with 1.0volt/octave analogue synths.
Hoever
making sure htat the API is scale neutral (unlike generic MIDI) is
important. I'm not sure what the best way to ensure this is.
I use "linear pitch". 1.0 would be your MIDI standard middle C. +1.0
would give you the next higher semitone, and +12.0 would give you the
next higher octave. Well, then there's no problem. It's just that
if we design an API for
simple instruments, I can quarantee that it won't be too long before
we're here again, discussing a third API for "advanced instruments".
(That will probably happen anyway, but we can at least *consider*
covering what we know already.)
Well, no, because for advanced instruments (eg. a full featured sampler)
we have jack.
Or we just design an event system and strap that onto
JACK as well as
a stripped version of LADSPA. :-)
I think its reasonable to expect a jack app to be able to natively
understand MIDI/OSC/CV/whatever.
- Steve