[PD] mtof does cents (hooray!) suggestion to state that in the helpfile

[Lucas Cordiviola]

> Also, all numbers in Pd are 32-bit floats while all numbers in JS are 
> 64-bit doubles.

I might be missing something but Hans said he was using "vanilla double"


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On 6/25/2021 5:30 PM, Christof Ressi wrote:
>> or maybe another case of limitation on the display-side of things?
> This.
>
> Also, all numbers in Pd are 32-bit floats while all numbers in JS are 
> 64-bit doubles.
>
> Christof
>
> On 25.06.2021 21:27, hans w. koch wrote:
>> today to my amazement, i discovered, that the midi decimals in mtof 
>> equal cents :-)
>> sorry, for stating the obvious. better late then never, at least for 
>> me…i literally hit my head when i recognized this.
>> i´ve searched the archives for "mtof cents” and didn´t find a mention 
>> of this.
>>
>> now that i´ve outed myself as a dummie, forward on with one suggestion:
>> wouldn´t it be helpful for future slowfoxes like me, to mention that 
>> somehow in mtofs helpfile?
>> at the moment it reads: You can specify microtonal pitches as in 
>> "69.5" (a quarter tone higher than 69).
>> my suggestion would be to add: The decimals specify cents as in .01 = 
>> 1 cent.
>>
>> further question:
>> i am working in a recent pd vanilla double and was expecting to see 
>> more decimals
>> e.g.
>> pd: 69.031 into mtof gives 440.789
>> javascript: 440 + 3.1 cent gives: 440.78858311490677
>> its not that i would claim to hear a difference between 440.789 and 
>> 440.7885 hz, but i could imagine cases, where working further these 
>> roundings accumulate.
>> or maybe another case of limitation on the display-side of things?
>>
>> best
>> hans
>>
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