On 10/06/2012 02:17, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote:
On 10/06/12 00:52, Stewart Gordon wrote:
By using an integer type to store pitches in such a way that the semitone is the
basic unit.
Do you compose music that makes use of demisemitones, thirds of tones, and so
on?
Yes, I use quarter-tones. Other people use other intervals (e.g. in Turkish
music there
are intervals of 1/9, 4/9, 5/9 and 8/9 of a tone; and let's not even get into
what Harry
Partch and his compositional descendants have used).
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Are you not getting into that because his system uses irrational multiples of
tones?
Supporting just intonation as well as equal temperament would be a good long-term plan.
One way to achieve this would be to give the user the choice of rational numbers
representing multiples of tones (or semitones or octaves) and rational numbers
representing frequency ratios. But you might be only worrying about supporting the former
at the moment.
Stewart.
