[gmpi] Re: New Reqs 3.8 - Events

As I have been attempting to point out, musicians will NOT tolerate
approximation of piecewise continous functions of time with a few dozen
ramps. Or if they do tolerate it, the technology will force their style
down a particular path, one less flexible in time.

You may have noticed that jazz and classical musicians seldom use MIDI
sequencing in the studio. This is why. MIDI does not, and cannot, capture
jazz or classical time. GMPI has the potential to do that - if you wish.

Original Message:
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From: Tim Hockin thockin@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 18:17:10 -0800
To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gmpi] Re: New Reqs 3.8 - Events


On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 02:59:20PM +1300, Jeff McClintock wrote:
>   This description of tempo as a continuous quantity... sounds a lot like
a
> continuous controller.  Is tempo really just another continuous
controller?.
> Can we use the same mechanism?

I think it is the RIGHT answer.  Most everything can be treated like a
continuous controller.  It makes for a very elegant design, based on what we
did for XAP.

>   We were talking about continuous controllers needing to be ramps
anyhow(or
> splines), kind of applies equally to tempo.
> 
> I'm a bit daunted by the idea of interpreting controllers as splines, but
I
> guess the code only needs writting once, then we can all share it.

I don't see splines as really being necessary.  I think it is far simpler to
just approximate curves with short ramps and point values.  I think....

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