Re: [tuning] Cakewalk speed problems

I think Cakewalk has a sort of gollywog mind. Every now and then,
well, halfway between now and then, when it plays a MIDI file as it's
downloaded, it transposes it up a step. It plays it in the proper key when
next attempted. I dunno.
Jay
At 08:17 AM 6/7/00 -0600, you wrote:
>I've just heard from a list member that, playing retuned versions of
>wamk280 (one of the Mozart pieces I've posted recently) through
>Cakewalk, the pace of the piece is slower than the original.
>
>I seem to remember hearing a similar lament from another list member
>a few months back, also involving Cakewalk.
>
>I do rearrange the MIDI clock definition, in order to achieve .001 sec
>per clock pulse, but I'm PRETTY sure I'm doing it correctly; also, the
>pieces play fine on, for example, Media Player, which comes with Win 95.
>(and if Uncle Bill can get it right, surely the rest of us can as well!)
>
>I don't have Cakewalk and haven't used it, but I'm guessing it's trying
>to be "too clever" in some way that could possibly be turned off.
>Does anybody know more about this?
>
>Thanks!
>
>JdL
>
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I'm who experienced the Cakewalk slowdown of John deL's Mozart retuning,
and have had other odd things happen with MIDI tempi in Cakewalk, but never
experienced pitch transpositions as you describe below. I'm still looking
for a solution to the tempo problems (hopefully short of abandoning
Cakewalk), and would welcome any tips.

Not much 'tuning' content here, so I'll add that I am still happy with
Audio Compositor, the shareware I previously mentioned for all-digital
translation of midi to wave using whatever soundfont or instrument
definition file you choose, that also includes the capacity for retuning
from 12-tET to other fixed tunings. No affiliation but a happy customer,
you can get it at
http://audiocompositor.home.att.net.

> I think Cakewalk has a sort of gollywog mind. Every now and then,
>well, halfway between now and then, when it plays a MIDI file as it's
>downloaded, it transposes it up a step. It plays it in the proper key when
>next attempted. I dunno.
>Jay
>At 08:17 AM 6/7/00 -0600, you wrote:
>>I've just heard from a list member that, playing retuned versions of
>>wamk280 (one of the Mozart pieces I've posted recently) through
>>Cakewalk, the pace of the piece is slower than the original.
>>
>>I seem to remember hearing a similar lament from another list member
>>a few months back, also involving Cakewalk.
>>
>>I do rearrange the MIDI clock definition, in order to achieve .001 sec
>>per clock pulse, but I'm PRETTY sure I'm doing it correctly; also, the
>>pieces play fine on, for example, Media Player, which comes with Win 95.
>>(and if Uncle Bill can get it right, surely the rest of us can as well!)
>>
>>I don't have Cakewalk and haven't used it, but I'm guessing it's trying
>>to be "too clever" in some way that could possibly be turned off.
>>Does anybody know more about this?
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>JdL
>>
>>
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John Thaden
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