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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/libs/timecode/src/bbt_time.cc b/libs/timecode/src/bbt_time.cc
index 6de822524d..cdff66fd69 100644
--- a/libs/timecode/src/bbt_time.cc
+++ b/libs/timecode/src/bbt_time.cc
@@ -23,20 +23,15 @@
using namespace Timecode;
-/* This number doesn't describe the smallest division of a "beat" (which is
- only defined contextually anyway), but rather the smallest division of the the
- divisions of a bar. If using a meter of 4/8, there are 4 divisions per bar, and
- we can divide each one into ticks_per_bar_division pieces; in a separate meter
- (section) of 3/8, there are 3 divisions per bar, each of which can be divided
- into ticks_per_bar_division pieces.
+/* This defines the smallest division of a "beat".
The number is intended to have as many integer factors as possible so that
1/Nth divisions are integer numbers of ticks.
- 1920 is the largest legal value that be used inside an SMF file, and has many factors.
+ 1920 has many factors, though going up to 3840 gets a couple more.
*/
-const double BBT_Time::ticks_per_bar_division = 1920.0;
+const double BBT_Time::ticks_per_beat = 1920.0;
BBT_Time::BBT_Time (double dbeats)
{
@@ -49,5 +44,5 @@ BBT_Time::BBT_Time (double dbeats)
bars = 0;
beats = rint (floor (dbeats));
- ticks = rint (floor (BBT_Time::ticks_per_bar_division * fmod (dbeats, 1.0)));
+ ticks = rint (floor (BBT_Time::ticks_per_beat * fmod (dbeats, 1.0)));
}