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TABLE: PITCH - FREQUENCY - NOTE

The note numbers given here are correct where a piano keyboard begins at C-2 and runs the full 128 midi note numbers (including' note-00) just over 8 octaves to G8. MIDI has 128 'steps' available, as a consequence of being a binary code with 8 places (2^8 = 128). It begins at 00.

This chart corresponds with programs such as Cubase & Logic which allocate C1 as note 36 because this ties in with its position on a grand-piano. The American method seems to begin at C1 and runs to C10.

Consequently some synths and software, such as Cakewalk, label C1 as C3. This doesn't affect the transfer between sequencers because the notes are the same numerically and MIDI saves the data numerically. For this reason, although VST or Logic calls note 36 = C1, if you transfer a MIDI file from Cubase to Cakewalk (where note 36 would be called C3), the kick drum will appear as C3 in the edit page but still play note number 36. Most strange these Americans.