Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!watdragon!trillium!swklassen
From: swklassen@trillium.waterloo.edu (Steven W. Klassen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: music (16-bit)
Summary: need for numeric values for notes
Keywords: music
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Date: 29 Feb 88 18:14:58 GMT
Sender: daemon@watdragon.waterloo.edu
Reply-To: swklassen@trillium.waterloo.edu (Steven W. Klassen)
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I have written a simple musical keyboard for the Atari 8-bit computers.
The only trouble is that the notes are not accurate (some of them seem
a bit flat) and that I only have a true 3-octave range.  I get a 4th
octave through the use of distortion but it does not sound very good.
I am aware that by combining two of the voices I can get 16-bit accuracy
and greater range.  I am capable of doing this, however, I do not know
what numeric values are required to produce each specific note
(eg. 'middle C').  If someone out there has a table with this info
could you please send it to me either through e-mail or through
the bit-net.  Please don't just refer me to DeRe Atari as I do
not have access to that publication.

If I can get this information I will be able to greatly improve the
quality of my musical program.  When this is done I will be 
willing to either post the program to the bit-net or send it
to people through e-mail.

I sent a similar request a long time ago but lost my computer access
(ie. the semester ended) before I was able to see if there was a
reply.

Thanks in advance for any help.


Steven W. Klassen
Computer Science Major
University of Waterloo