Re: [timidity-talk] inharmonicity

[TAMUKI S. <ta...@li...>]

Hello Andrew,

From: Andrew Dabrowski <ajd...@bl...>
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2018 11:38:08 -0400
Subject: [timidity-talk] inharmonicity

> Suppose a piano soundfont includes adjustments for inharmonicity, so 
> that pitches deviate slightly from ET, especially at the extremes (high 
> and low).
> 
> If I use timidity to play a midi file with this soundfont, without the 
> -Z option, is the default to force the pitches into ET?? Or will 
> timidity just play the pitches in the soundfont without any changes?
> 
> In other words, if I want hear the inharmonicity-adjusted pitches, do I 
> need to use a specific frequency table with the -Z option?

If a piano soundfont includes adjustments for inharmonicity at some
samples, high and low for example, you can adjust the instrument's
root frequency per samples via tune= option in timidity.cfg.

Please see man timidty.cfg(5) for detail.

Regards,
TAMUKI Shoichi