TUNING digest 882

tuning@eartha.mills.edu,Internet writes:
>Friends,
> This is a rather basic question I know, but does anyone know what
>the tuning resolution of the K2000? How many steps are possible between a
>semitone, and if this number is something like 2048 or hopefully 4096, how
>are translations made between this number and cent values? Thanks in
>advance.

If you're speaking in terms of the intonation tables, resolution is limited
to 1 cent steps by software. The value set in software is truncated, not
rounded, to the next lowest hardware resolution, which is on the order of
1/20 cent. Transposing samples downwards 4-5 octaves or more reduces the
tuning resolution.

Changing pitch by other means such was the pitch wheel will usually be more
limited by the controller than the K2000 internals. Most if not all of the
pitch wheels of current synthesizers have a resolution of only 7-8 bits, even
though the MIDI parameter has a resolution to 14 bits.

John Loffink
Senior Hardware Engineer
Kurzweil Music Systems





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