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Middle C in Garageband.
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C3 is middle C in Logic's piano roll view. I assume it's the same in Garageband(?)
You could always draw a C3 note in piano roll view and then switch to notation view and see if the note is between the two staffs.
Because you learn middle C is C3 if you study music as an art.
Although the scientific pitch notation system uses middle C = C4, within the world of Western music middle C = C3.
To further confuse the issue, because the MIDI standard does not specify a particular octave numbering, different types of MIDI keyboards by different manufacturers may label either C4, C5, or C3 as middle C (note 60).
You could always draw a C3 note in piano roll view and then switch to notation view and see if the note is between the two staffs.
Because you learn middle C is C3 if you study music as an art.
Although the scientific pitch notation system uses middle C = C4, within the world of Western music middle C = C3.
To further confuse the issue, because the MIDI standard does not specify a particular octave numbering, different types of MIDI keyboards by different manufacturers may label either C4, C5, or C3 as middle C (note 60).
If I remember correctly: In Calkwalk Sonar middle C = C5. In Apple's Logic and Steinberg's Cubase middle C = C3. Digidesign's ProTools lets the user select either C3, C4, or C5 as a label for middle C. On Roland and Kurzweil MIDI keyboards middle C = C4. On Yamaha MIDI keyboards middle C = C3. And so on...
It really isn't the problem it might seem to be, because MIDI note #60 = middle C. What middle C is labeled or called (C3 vs. C4 vs. C5, etc.) is largely a cosmetic issue.
It really isn't the problem it might seem to be, because MIDI note #60 = middle C. What middle C is labeled or called (C3 vs. C4 vs. C5, etc.) is largely a cosmetic issue.
C3 is middle C in Logic's piano roll view. I assume it's the same in Garageband(?)
You could always draw a C3 note in piano roll view and then switch to notation view and see if the note is between the two staffs.
Because you learn middle C is C3 if you study music as an art.
Although the scientific pitch notation system uses middle C = C4, within the world of Western music middle C = C3.
To further confuse the issue, because the MIDI standard does not specify a particular octave numbering, different types of MIDI keyboards by different manufacturers may label either C4, C5, or C3 as middle C (note 60).
first post for me in the forums and this article was interesting, cheers for that as I have wondered in the past when using logic.
p.s glad to see some people aren't as sarcastic as the first replier