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

[Christof Ressi]

> I might be missing something but Hans said he was using "vanilla double" 
d'oh. I didn't catch that.

On 25.06.2021 22:41, Lucas Cordiviola wrote:
>> Also, all numbers in Pd are 32-bit floats while all numbers in JS are 
>> 64-bit doubles.
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> 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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