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Anyone know what would cause .mid files to shift pitch? [message #67768] Sat, 06 May 2006 07:26 Go to next message
Kim is currently offline  Kim
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A mate's band uses some for backing. They do a dodgy and just play them in
Windows Media Player (through the sound card's GM set one assumes) on a Windows
XP machine.

Tonight they're all playing a tone flat.

Any clues?

Cheers,
Kim.
Re: Anyone know what would cause .mid files to shift pitch? [message #67769 is a reply to message #67768] Sat, 06 May 2006 07:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Deej [1] is currently offline  Deej [1]   UNITED STATES
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It sounds like a sample rate issue with the media player, though how on
earth this could apply to midi files, I don't have a clue.

"Kim" <hiddensounds@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:445cb203$1@linux...
>
>
> A mate's band uses some for backing. They do a dodgy and just play them in
> Windows Media Player (through the sound card's GM set one assumes) on a
Windows
> XP machine.
>
> Tonight they're all playing a tone flat.
>
> Any clues?
>
> Cheers,
> Kim.
Re: Anyone know what would cause .mid files to shift pitch? [message #67770 is a reply to message #67768] Sat, 06 May 2006 08:09 Go to previous messageGo to next message
audioguy_editout_ is currently offline  audioguy_editout_   CANADA
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Now that you have learned perfect pitch, you are hearing it
properly for the first time! ;-) it must have always been
flat...

David.

Kim wrote:
> A mate's band uses some for backing. They do a dodgy and just play them in
> Windows Media Player (through the sound card's GM set one assumes) on a Windows
> XP machine.
>
> Tonight they're all playing a tone flat.
>
> Any clues?
>
> Cheers,
> Kim.
Re: Anyone know what would cause .mid files to shift pitch? [message #67774 is a reply to message #67770] Sat, 06 May 2006 08:07 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Deej [1] is currently offline  Deej [1]   UNITED STATES
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hehehe!!!!!!......and stuff is going to start to taste different as well.

;oP

"Dave(EK Sound)" <audioguy_editout_@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:445cbb55$1@linux...
> Now that you have learned perfect pitch, you are hearing it
> properly for the first time! ;-) it must have always been
> flat...
>
> David.
>
> Kim wrote:
> > A mate's band uses some for backing. They do a dodgy and just play them
in
> > Windows Media Player (through the sound card's GM set one assumes) on a
Windows
> > XP machine.
> >
> > Tonight they're all playing a tone flat.
> >
> > Any clues?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Kim.
Re: Anyone know what would cause .mid files to shift pitch? [message #67777 is a reply to message #67768] Sat, 06 May 2006 09:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
wmarkwilson is currently offline  wmarkwilson   UNITED STATES
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It sounds like there's some control data going out omni - maybe pitch wheel?
Or the pitched devices are getting confused over some incoming control
changes, zeroing various parameters, bottlenecking and responding to note-on
note-off in a non-reset state or a jammed control change state. As a friend
of mine once siad when he first heard of it, "Anything is possible with
MIDI."

Dubya


"Kim" <hiddensounds@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:445cb203$1@linux...
>
>
> A mate's band uses some for backing. They do a dodgy and just play them in
> Windows Media Player (through the sound card's GM set one assumes) on a
> Windows
> XP machine.
>
> Tonight they're all playing a tone flat.
>
> Any clues?
>
> Cheers,
> Kim.
Re: Anyone know what would cause .mid files to shift pitch? [message #67788 is a reply to message #67768] Sat, 06 May 2006 12:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Don Nafe is currently offline  Don Nafe   UNITED STATES
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Humidity

DOn


"Kim" <hiddensounds@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:445cb203$1@linux...
>
>
> A mate's band uses some for backing. They do a dodgy and just play them in
> Windows Media Player (through the sound card's GM set one assumes) on a
> Windows
> XP machine.
>
> Tonight they're all playing a tone flat.
>
> Any clues?
>
> Cheers,
> Kim.
Re: Anyone know what would cause .mid files to shift pitch? [message #67799 is a reply to message #67768] Sat, 06 May 2006 16:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Kim is currently offline  Kim
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Thanks everyone, but...

Turned out to be that there was a transpose function for the GM synth on
the sound card's driver. Somehow it had been set to -2...

Who'd a thunk it?

Cheers,
Kim.

"Kim" <hiddensounds@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>A mate's band uses some for backing. They do a dodgy and just play them
in
>Windows Media Player (through the sound card's GM set one assumes) on a
Windows
>XP machine.
>
>Tonight they're all playing a tone flat.
>
>Any clues?
>
>Cheers,
>Kim.
Re: Anyone know what would cause .mid files to shift pitch? [message #67823 is a reply to message #67777] Sun, 07 May 2006 08:45 Go to previous message
jef knight[1] is currently offline  jef knight[1]   CANADA
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ya, that was my thought on it also....
j

W. Mark Wilson wrote:

>It sounds like there's some control data going out omni - maybe pitch wheel?
>Or the pitched devices are getting confused over some incoming control
>changes, zeroing various parameters, bottlenecking and responding to note-on
>note-off in a non-reset state or a jammed control change state. As a friend
>of mine once siad when he first heard of it, "Anything is possible with
>MIDI."
>
>Dubya
>
>
>"Kim" <hiddensounds@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:445cb203$1@linux...
>
>
>>A mate's band uses some for backing. They do a dodgy and just play them in
>>Windows Media Player (through the sound card's GM set one assumes) on a
>>Windows
>>XP machine.
>>
>>Tonight they're all playing a tone flat.
>>
>>Any clues?
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Kim.
>>
>>
>
>
>
>

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ya, that was my thought on it also....<br>
j<br>
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W. Mark Wilson wrote:
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<pre wrap="">It sounds like there's some control data going out omni - maybe pitch wheel?
Or the pitched devices are getting confused over some incoming control
changes, zeroing various parameters, bottlenecking and responding to note-on
note-off in a non-reset state or a jammed control change state. As a friend
of mine once siad when he first heard of it, "Anything is possible with
MIDI."

Dubya


"Kim" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:hiddensounds@hotmail.com">&lt;hiddensounds@hotmail.com&gt;</a> wrote in message <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="news:445cb203$1@linux">news:445cb203$1@linux</a>...
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A mate's band uses some for backing. They do a dodgy and just play them in
Windows Media Player (through the sound card's GM set one assumes) on a
Windows
XP machine.

Tonight they're all playing a tone flat.

Any clues?

Cheers,
Kim.
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