Hi Karl, thanks for your reply!
Karl Hammar wrote > The technical limitation of midi file format is that the tick is a > 15bit quantity, i.e. the maximum value is 2^15-1 = 32767. > > [...] > > So you can't get 128*9*5*7 = 40320, but 64*9*5*7 = 20160 is possible, > and if you really need 128*9*5*7*11 or whatever, then you either need > to choose a format other than midi The only issue of going overboard with that value is that some DAWs might then complain when opening these files (I never tried importing a .mid file with larger PPQ than REAPER's default to see what happens though). REAPER's default of 960 is a quite reasonable value: 3 × 5 × 64. This way, triplets and quintuplets and all note down to a 64th-note can be exactly represented, and everything else has a quite fine grid to be adjusted to. I've also read here that Cubase handles anything from 24 to 960 (source: https://steinberg.help/cubase_elements_le_ai/v9.5/en/cubase_nuendo/topics/track_handling/track_handling_export_options_for_midi_files_r.html ) Karl Hammar wrote > Perhaps we should call the value Midi_division or something similar. The terminology I find the most is Pulses Per Quarter Note (PPQN),Pulses Per Quarter (PPQ) and Ticks Per Quarter Note (TPQN). I am surprised this is not on the official specifications as it's what most DAWs use. Cheers, Gilberto -- Sent from: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/User-f3.html _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
