I get around the Hz spec by calculating
440*2^((x-69)/12)
to get MIDI notes.
On 2/25/12, Brad Garton <gar...@columbia.edu> wrote:
> On Feb 25, 2012, at 2:23 PM, Bill Schottstaedt wrote:
>
>>> The only language I'm aware of that allows the design of direct
>>> sample-massaging code in the language itself is chuck.
>>
>> CLM? Or do I misunderstand something?
>
> Aha -- my 'weasel-wording' was "aware of". Of course CLM! My
> awareness ain't what it used to be. Sorry Bill!
>
>> When I put on my old
>> and battered composer's hat, I'd say "the GUI made me do it"
>> is not very persuasive. In linguistics, it's known as
>> the Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax. I wrote the same basic kinds
>> of music whether by hand ("Daily Life"), using SCORE ("Sandcastle"),
>> using Pla + Samson box (many tunes), etc.
>
> For me it's more the point of what kind of music is more 'enabled' by
> particular design decisions. The 50000 words for "snow" notwithstanding,
> I bet that people using a software instrument with the pitch specification
> in Hz will generally do different musics than people who use one with
> a 12-tone ET specification. Yeah, I know you can get around these
> specifications, but still...
>
> brad
> http://music.columbia.edu/~brad
>
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