Re: midi micro tuning / Midi calibration

[David Kastrup]

Robert Schmaus <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi Arthur & Timothy,
>
>> You've brought up a good question.  Sounds like you may do "Early Music",
>> too.  
>
> Thanks! Although I have to admit, that my music only goes as early as
> the Swing Era - Big Bands usually are tuned to 442 as it fits the brass
> better. I'm merely looking for a way to avoid tuning my double bass if I
> want to use midi-practice-files.
>
>
>> Midi, itself, is tuned in 440 and equal.  However, there's a function
>> known as "pitch bend" in midi parlance,  that works on some, but not all,
>> midi instruments.  There are many midi editors out there (do a search), 
>> and I just installed a good one in Linux but haven't had a chance to test
>> it for pitch bend.  However, what you can get depends a lot  on what kind
>> of operating system you're using.
>
> I was sort of amazed - Midi being such a simple (so I imagined) format,
> I thought that the calibration to 440 should be a mere variable, easy to
> be adjusted. There's always more to it than it seems ...

Tuning is not really well standardized in Midi.  Midi is focused on
discrete notes, so the probability is quite high that the easiest way to
deal with 442Hz tuning is to look at your Midi playing facility.

-- 
David Kastrup