[Pd] Tuning a Mac

[Chuckk Hubbard]

On 4/13/06, Mathieu Bouchard <matju at artengine.ca> wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Apr 2006, Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
>
> > I'm having this problem again.  I checked all the pitch bends, still PD
> > on OSX puts out a different pitch for 440 than the keyboard puts out for
> > A.  This time I checked by ear and did the math and it is exactly the
> > ratio between 48000 and 44100.  I normally use 48000 at home on WinXP,
> > but this is a Mac version of Pd, and I've only ever used 44100 on Mac.
> > What could be causing Pd to play out of tune by almost a whole step?
>
> 48000/44100 is 1.467 semitones and that isn't "almost a whole step" in any
> way, if you're as seriously into microtonality as you put it.
>
> dwarf 12-tET some more and then try again.

What could be causing Pd to play out of tune by more than a half-step?
I hope I didn't offend you by saying the harmonic possibilities of
some other tuning systems dwarf those of 12-tET.  That's not an
opinion.