[gmpi] Re: Topic 6: Time representation
- From: "Frederick Umminger" <Frederick_Umminger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 15:49:20 -0700
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From: Tim Hockin [mailto:thockin@xxxxxxxxxx]
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>A tick is the hosts finest level of granularity. This abstraction allows
>for hosts to have very fine or very coarse accuracy, depending on the needs
>of the situation.
But that is exactly the point. There _is_ no finest level of granularity to
musical time.
Musical time is infinitely divisible.
A tick is not an abstraction (what does it abstract?), it is an imposed
limitation. I have yet to see any reason, let alone a compelling one, for
imposing this limitation.
-Frederick Umminger
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