The HOPO Mystery

**ChrisVance** · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 3:30 pm Post subject:

I'm going to add all this info into the sticky : MIDI Dictionary / Encyclopedia.

**Boris** · Joined: 16 May 2006 Posts: 6

**tarod83** · Joined: 02 Feb 2007 Posts: 506 Location: Córdoba, Spain

So, to summarize... do you recommend setting the TPQN to 480 always, via Fangor's template? And if so, why?

I didn't understand the whole thing, actually.
Sorry for my total ignorance.

**Fangor** · Joined: 29 Dec 2006 Posts: 226

480 is the what RO uses for all of the official songs. This will convert subsequent eighth notes and anything faster into HOPOs. If you want to do a song in a weird time like 6/8 or 7/8, or if you are making a rediculously fast song (over 200 bpm) then you might want to think about lowering this. But for at least 90% of songs, 480 should be perfect.