[sdiy] Reasonable accuracy in midi->cv cv->midi

[Andre Majorel]

On 2006-06-10 05:20 +0200, Karl Ekdahl wrote:

> Hi list, i'm on the verge of designing a midi->cv and
> cv->midi and was wondering what kind of precision is
> reasonable. How many cents of a difference can people
> hear and get disturbed by? I did a small test on my
> (probably inaccurate) computer and felt that at about
> 8 cents was the limit. Any thoughts?

We had a thread about that a while ago. For monophonic use, you
can probably get away with 8 cents. For polyphonic use, more
than a couple cents becomes grating fast. You can trust me on
that, I play the guitar. <g>

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André Majorel <amajorel at teaser.fr>
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