MusicianCV · TRPitch bend versus note number
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Pitch bend changes pitch without replacing the note number. MIDI 1.0 carries a fourteen-bit value with centre at 8192. Its musical range depends on the receiver’s bend sensitivity, so a raw value alone does not specify a universal semitone interval.
Classic channel pitch bend can affect several notes on the same channel. Independent note expression needs appropriate routing or supported extended approaches. A bend left off-centre may affect later notes. This protocol explanation is not a claim that the current application plays or exports every bend nuance.
Example
The same extreme value differs musically with receiver ranges of ±2 and ±12 semitones.
Pitch bend versus note number0 → 8192 → 16383
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What is the MIDI 1.0 pitch-bend centre value?
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8192.Related topics
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MIDI 1.0 Messages
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