[sdiy] confused about keyboard ranges

Scott Gravenhorst music.maker at gte.net
Fri Jun 25 14:46:23 CEST 2004


Good question.  I don't know if there's a standard pitch for C0, however,
the MIDI synths I have are all capable of assigning pitches to different
note values.

Mark Romberg <mark-romberg at utulsa.edu> wrote:
>im confused about what octave refers to what.  in the synth world i 
>hear keys/notes referred to as "C0" or "Gb3".  can i assume that C0==8' 
>range from an organ, or the same key a piano is in, or is it calibrated 
>differently?
>
>have nice days.
>

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