Re: hang --"going backwards in time; " "insane spring distance requested"

[Hans Aberg]

On 27 Nov 2007, at 22:05, Adam James Wilson wrote:

> Yes, these time sigtanatures are ridiculous -- but they are needed to
> produce the visual I'm after.  I'm notating an electronic part; I have
> four performers playing at 4 different tempi, and the electronic part
> plays groups of four artiuclations, each quantized to a beat in a
> different tempo -- hence the strange timesigs on the staff containing
> this part.
>
> But I still don't understand Valentin -- you're telling me you can't
> tap out rhythms in 2667/25276 time? :)

The MIDI timing seems to be rather poor, too: according to
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIDI_timecode
it is at best 1/30 second, but could be just 1/24 (as it uses the  
standard film frame rates). Is this right?

Suppose the tempo 1/4 = 120, so the 1/4 note takes 0.5 seconds; then  
the 1/2 note takes one second, and the 1/30 second is a 2*30 or about  
a 64th note. Perhaps this is why MIDI code sounds so bad :-) - there  
isn't enough time resolution for doing subtle time bendings.

  Hans Åberg