- From: Joe Berkovitz <joe@noteflight.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 15:59:04 -0400
- To: cecilio <s.cecilio@gmail.com>
- Cc: James Ingram <j.ingram@netcologne.de>, public-music-notation-contrib@w3.org
Received on Tuesday, 28 March 2017 19:59:37 UTC
> > I very much support the idea of using integer durations with a unit that > allows great time resolution (i.e. 1 millisecond or lower) but I think that > these units should be relative to tempo, either the tempo specified in the > MNX file or, if not specified, to a default reference value. > This has already been proposed; please see: https://w3c.github.io/mnx/overview/#general-timespans The unit of "ticks" is currently specified as 1/960 of a quarter note, at Michael Good's suggestion to use a number affording divisibility by several common prime factors. But the concept is what you suggest: a high-resolution unit that is relative to tempo (similar to MIDI pulses-per-quarter). Best, ...Joe
Received on Tuesday, 28 March 2017 19:59:37 UTC