Re: Change MIDI Resolution

Op Tue, 13 Dec 2005 08:13:38 -0800 schreef Michael R. Kesti:

> lavron@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>>Question: Is there any reason for the resolution to be a multiple of
>>96? If so, what is it?
>
> WARNING! The following expresses what I have long thought but about
> which I have no actual knowledge.
>
> Very early MIDI sequencers used 48 PPQN. 48, being 16 times 3, is
> musically significant, as it allows 64th note triplets to fall on clock
> boundaries. As computers became more powerful and users more sophisticated,
> higher resolutions were chosen as multiples of 48 to retain this musical
> significance.
>
> Does anybody know whether this is correct?

More or less. All resolutions have in common that both dual and triple
subdivisions are possible. But not all of the common ones are multiples of
48. E.g. 120 is often used too.
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