[sdiy] MIDI isn't musical : Flame bait?

Josh Landau jslandau at engin.umich.edu
Wed Jan 16 22:03:08 CET 2002


>    Also the fastest most people can tap a finger is about 9 Hz.  The
>    fastest recorded tapping rate is 12 Hz.  So banging out alternating
>    chords at that rate (24Hz chord rate) would be at the absolute
>    limit of the fastest human being on earth.

So what you're really saying is that MIDI is fine for *monophonic* (one 
finger) playing, but can quite easily fail for a duophonic or polyphonic 
system?

Josh Landau
Shadow Sound Design.Recording




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