Discuss the various methods you use in music production, from compressor settings to equipment type.

By mikey beats Fri Sep 09, 2005 3:35 am
why thank u very much itchyvinyl.

Luigi, there aren't 10 semitones between any two keys on a piano/keyboard, there is only one!

I'm sure the "+10" that cyrus and others refer to doesn't relate to semitones.

Believe me, if your using a computer program, 100 cents should correlate to one semitone. Just try it and report back.

By Luigi Fri Sep 09, 2005 1:05 pm
i mean 1 semitone

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By M.ic P.ro C.rusher Fri Sep 09, 2005 8:05 pm
mikey beats wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong bro but in music theory I was taught that a semitone is the smallest interval between keys. I.e. from one key to the one directly next to it (be it a black or white key) would be one semitone.

Therefore, from C to C sharp is one semitone. From C to D is two semitones, i.e. a 'tone'. One tone is two semitones.

And there are 100 cents in one semitone.

Hope that wasn't too complicated without soundin patronising!


Ooohhh, you're prolly right. I thought that the pitch Adjustment in the PARAMS screen was set to semi-tones. My bad. Well, whatever division the MPC2000xl uses for pitch adjustment plugged into my aformentioned equation should equal what Luigi wants. And what Cyrus said is a more detailed version of what I said, i just didn't think to give you sharps. Again, my bad.