[Pd] Tuning a Mac

[Chuckk Hubbard]

The hardware is a G5, I think, with an M-box.  Not sure what speed the
processor is.


On 4/13/06, Chuckk Hubbard <badmuthahubbard at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well the A from the keyboard pretty closely matches 478.9 from a Pd
> oscillator, and 478.9/440 is pretty much 48000/44100, so apparently
> that is the issue.  I can't locate where it could be going off,
> though, everything in Pd and the hardware says 44100.
>
>
> On 4/13/06, Mathieu Bouchard <matju at artengine.ca> wrote:
> > On Thu, 13 Apr 2006, Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
> > > On 4/13/06, Mathieu Bouchard <matju at artengine.ca> wrote:
> > > > 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.
> >
> > I meant that first you should measure the thing and make sure that it's
> > really exactly 1.467 semitone of difference. If it is, then it is the
> > 48000/44100 problem, and if not, then I don't have a clue, but an accurate
> > figure will give hints.
> >
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