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

[Lucas Cordiviola]

thumbs up.

:)

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On 6/25/2021 6:28 PM, hans w. koch wrote:
> yes, of course :-)
> i stated here for [div] and [mod]: https://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-list/2020-09/128152.html
> and on git: https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/issues/1150
>
>
>> Am 25.06.2021 um 23:20 schrieb Lucas Cordiviola <lucarda27 at hotmail.com>:
>>
>>> not every object is double ready though in my experience.
>> It would be very useful if you tell whats not ready. Either here on the "list" or issues on https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/issues
>>
>> :)
>>
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>> On 6/25/2021 6:01 PM, hans w. koch wrote:
>>> yes, i am already using pd double.
>>> not every object is double ready though in my experience.
>>> sometimes hard to tell apart...
>>>
>>> @alexandre: thanks for the offer to file a feature request for the helpfile change.
>>> i can do it too, but wasn´t sure if i should flood the long list with this trivia.
>>>
>>> best
>>> hans
>>>
>>>> Am 25.06.2021 um 22:41 schrieb Lucas Cordiviola <lucarda27 at hotmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>>> 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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