midipu

A term I coined as an acronym of "MIDI Pitch-bend Unit, to designate the tiny interval specified in the MIDI spec (1983) as the smallest increment available for the pitch-bend controller.

It has been superceded by tetradekamu, which see for more information.


[from Joe Monzo, JustMusic: A New Harmony]

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updated:

2003.07.06 -- tetradekamu page created, superceding this one

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