Notes in clip are always 1 octave lower than specified

[steebba]

I'm currently using version 3.6.1.

When I download a midi clip from firefox on Mac OS the resulting clip is always 1 octave lower than what is listed in the notes. So 'c1' comes out as 'c0'

Code example:

				  var clip = scribble.clip({
				      notes: 'c1',
				      pattern: 'x---'
				  });
				  scribble.midi(clip, title).click();

The resulting midi file has c0 instead of c1. I viewed the Midi clip in a few different DAWS to make sure and they all showed c0 instead of c1. Is there something I'm missing or not understanding?

Thanks!

[walmik]

Hello @steebba this is because of the way DAWs treat the middle C. From midi standards 60 is middle C and software and hardware manufacturers are free to set that to whatever they want. Most DAWs set 60 as C3 but Scribbletune treats C4 as middle C because it's dependency jsmidgen sets it to C4. Maybe it's time change this! Let me know what you think.

In the mean time you can take a look at this article I had published about middle C which explains this issue https://medium.com/@_walmik/middle-c-5c948bd27b6e

[steebba]

Ah okay! Sorry I probably asked a super common question. I should've searched for Middle C in past issues.

Yeah I've just been using a +12 Ableton Pitch Shifter in front of any instrument using ScribbleTune - would be nice to have an option in Scribbletune to shift Middle C just so that any annotating I do using ScribbleTune notation matches the midi files in Ableton too.

Anyway, thanks for sharing the article!

[walmik]

It's not very common and I'm glad you asked coz I m now wondering if we should change this behavior considering people will want to use midi files in DAWs after all.

By the way a few years ago I had the exact same question to the author of jsmidgen (Scribbletune's primary dependency) dingram/jsmidgen#20

[steebba]

Oh interesting to see the initial question and jsmidgen reasoning. I think it makes sense technically but yeah I think you're point is also right in that at the end of the day most people are probably using their midi files in a DAW.