From 5c0df797d67e74de54cb84f865dbbbf8d5d858a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Robillard
In addition to real time (e.g. seconds), two units of time are used:
frames
and beats
. A frame is a numbered quantum of time. Frame
-time is related to real-time by the frame rate
or sample rate
, time:framesPerSecond. A beat is a single pulse of
-musical time. Beat time is related to real-time by the tempo
, time:beatsPerMinute.
frame rateor
sample rate, +time:framesPerSecond. A beat is a single pulse of musical time. Beat time is +related to real-time by the
tempo, time:beatsPerMinute.
Musical time additionally has a meter
which describes passage of time
in terms of musical bars
. A bar is a higher level grouping of beats.
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