Are there more than 128 notes in MIDI 2.0?

[tapper mike]

You still have 16 channels to deal with in midi 1.0 so you can have up to 106 notes per octave.


Jump to the 5:50 minute mark. Both controllers are using midi 1.0
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That looks and sounds pretty neat. But where does the number 106 come from? 128 notes is about 10.5 octaves in 12edo tuning. If you multiply 128 by 16, you get a total of 2048 notes. If you divide that by 10.5 octaves, you get about 195. Or similarly, if you multiply the 12 notes per octave by 16 channels, you get 192 notes per octave. So really, you should be getting 190-200 notes per octave with the same number of octaves that you were getting with only one 128-note MIDI channel in 12edo tuning. So I don't know where 106 comes from.


Erv Wilson designed his own mathematical equations similar to fractalixm to derive scales. And so can you It's not about math though it can be.

[Endolith]

Soooo... Is the answer yes or no?

But it says 7 bits semitones, so that's 128 notes.

The answer is a clear yes: you get 256 notes.

So… no?

For microtonal composers. you can carry detailed pitch information in every individual note and event. When you did microtonal work before, you’d have to set up individual scales within a synth - often using Scala tuning files. Now you can have a Note On event each time you hit middle C that actually sends out a different microtonal pitch - and that’s carried directly in the datastream, it’s not a configuration thing.

So… yes?

That sounds like what I want. I want to be able to send arbitrary frequencies to a synth/soundfont player. So MIDI 2.0 does provide this? Currently, I've been cycling through channels, sending notes and pitch bends to adjust them, but the pitch bends can still be audible. Are there any software synths/soundfont players that support this?

[dayjob]

more than 128 notes isn't going to make my music any better

[BertKoor]

Soooo... Is the answer yes or no?

I reread page 1 (somewhat confusing indeed) and the answer (as I understood) is Yes, the midi 2 protocol allows to directly (in one message) target a frequency with a precision of 0.2 cents.

How that works in practice (controllers & synths) I truely don't know (nor care)