Re: [timidity-talk] inharmonicity

[Andrew D. <ajd...@bl...>]

But my question is: what is the default behavior?  Does timidity force 
the samples into ET or does it play them as is, with the inharmonicity 
adjustment?

On 10/23/18 1:48 AM, TAMUKI Shoichi wrote:
> 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
>
>
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