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Re: midi/score difference?

Date1998-03-19 04:30
FromKen Locarnini
SubjectRe: midi/score difference?

> Ken Locarnini wrote:
> > 
> >   Can someone explain what the control difference between midi and
score is?
> > Someone objected that there is not a fine enough degree of control, 
> > but I don't understand.
> 
> Midi events (controllers, velocity, aftertouch etc) use only 127 values. 
> This is good enough for many controlling tasks, but if you like to work
> with direct values (say, controlling pitch), it doesn't quite cut it.
> Csound score parameters can use very precise decimal numbers, so you
> could
What RPN & NRPN.  Do these allow finer control or just more messages sent
in a control period?