Fwd: Re: [linux-audio-dev] XAP: Pitch control

[Steve Harris]

On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 08:16:07PM +0100, David Olofson wrote:
> > > Yes it does, since you need to deal *only* with the note number.
> > > The scale converter then generates the correct pitch for the
> > > notes in the scale that you reference. That's the whole point
> > > with using note_pitch and scale converters at all.
> >
> > I dont think that arpegiation from a non ET scale will fall exactly
> > on a note anyway - though I'd have to think about that.
> 
> Why wouldn't it? It sure does if you *play* the arpeggio on a real 
> instrument...

Yes, but a lot of interesting scales can't be played on fretted instruments.

- Steve