this is exciting...!
re midi: for the little synths i've been building (for which, incidentally,
your 'six simple synths' provided very useful info) i made midi switchable.
if i want to i can use midi(notes) to generate pitches but by default it
just takes frequency--to get to those interesting sounds between the boredom
of equaltemperedness ;)
On 4/27/07 11:03 PM, "pd-list-request(a)iem.at" <pd-list-request(a)iem.at>
wrote:
>>>> be a great start, something simple akin to MIDI {/ducks}
>>>>
>>> I agree with the namespace, simple and clear. I also think that midi
>>> notes combined with a few continuous parameters should be sufficient.
>>
>> I thought so, too, however instead of midi notes I'm not in favour of
>> midi notes anymore and would strongly vote for frequency inputs for
>> all instruments. It's more flexible in the long run, and in the short
>> run will make alternate tunings easier.
>
> Okay, good point, let's have pd orc instruments be frequency(Hz) driven
> and leave the user to add [mtof] as needed.