[OSC_dev] OSC replacement for MIDI

Jeff Glatt jgglatt at roadrunner.com
Fri Jan 30 08:32:19 PST 2009


> I've never seen a musician talk in Hz.

Typically not. That's why, if your tuning uses the western
12 tone scale, your software presents the pitch as a
"note name". For example, instead of displaying 440 Hz,
you display A4 (ie, the A key in the fourth octave). Or if
you're using some sort of "graphical manuscript" as your
note display, you draw the A note above middle C.

This is how western musicians designate pitches -- either
by note name, or by musical manuscript. Any other
representation is not appropriate for a musician using
western scales, as this is the standard.


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