[gmpi] Re: Topic 6: Time representation


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From: Tim Hockin [mailto:thockin@xxxxxxxxxx]
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>It gives accuracy of manipulation and it gives flexibility to the USER,
>where it belongs.  The user can set up 10000000 ticks per beat, if they so
>desire, or they can set up 10.  Whichever suits their needs.  It was argued
>in XAP that ticks_per_beat should be fixed at some very high value, so as to
>be essentially seamless.
>
>I don't see the need.
>
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It does not really give any flexibility, it just gives something else that 
needs to be worried about. The user does not need to be able to control the 
accuracy, they need something that is accurate. What is the point of having a 
"do things inaccurately" control? Why should I have to worry about what the 
tick per beat setting is? Why should I even have to know what ticks are?

If a person wants to quantize their music to tenths of a beat, that's what the 
quantize function is for.

Or is there some large performance gain enabled by this?

-Frederick Umminger


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