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@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ A convenient logarithmic scale for pitch is simply to
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count the number of half-steps from a reference pitch--allowing fractions to
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permit us to specify pitches which don't fall on a note of the Western scale.
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The most commonly used logarithmic pitch scale is
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<A NAME="1100"></A>``MIDI pitch", in which the pitch 69 is assigned to a frequency of 440 cycles
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<A NAME="1100"></A>"MIDI pitch", in which the pitch 69 is assigned to a frequency of 440 cycles
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per second--the A above middle C. To convert between a MIDI pitch <IMG
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@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ second.
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MIDI itself is an old hardware protocol which has unfortunately insinuated
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itself into a great deal of software design. In hardware, MIDI allows only
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integer pitches between 0 and 127. However, the underlying scale is well
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defined for any ``MIDI" number, even negative ones; for example a ``MIDI pitch"
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defined for any "MIDI" number, even negative ones; for example a "MIDI pitch"
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of -4 is a decent rate of vibrato. The pitch scale cannot, however, describe
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frequencies less than or equal to zero cycles per second. (For a clear
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description of MIDI, its capabilities and limitations, see
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