Well Keenan,

Now I could understand better your proposal. I think it is very 
feasible. Contact Seymour Shlien.

Keenan Pepper escreveu:
> The current version of abc2midi uses MIDI pitch bends to implement
> microtonal accidentals. This is fine for music that's mostly in 12
> equal temperament with microtonal inflections, but it is unacceptable
> for music in completely different tuning systems.
> 
> Fortunately, the MIDI Tuning Standard provides a way to remap all 128
> MIDI keys to arbitary frequencies, and the specification is freely
> available: http://www.midi.org/about-midi/tuning.shtml
> 
> The MTS is not supported by all MIDI equipment, but it is fully
> ratified by the MIDI Manufacturer's Association and it is becoming
> more popular. Also, it is supported by the popular software sequencer
> TiMidity++.
> 
> I would be happy to implement MTS accidentals in abc2midi. The current
> pitch bend implementation would probably be kept for interoperability
> with equipment that doesn't support the MTS.
> 
> So, if I send a patch, is it likely to be accepted?
> 
> Keenan Pepper



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