Hello Ohannes, you must add
\midi {} inside \score {} just after the \paper {} command. If you omit \midi lilypond does no generate MIDI output. You can convert .midi to .ly (the reverse) using midi2ly. []s Felipe On Mon, 1 Jul 2002, Ohannes Murat Berin wrote: > I finally got lilypond working on my RedHat 7.2. I was able to run the > sample .ly file and create .dvi and .ps files. One question I have is > how do I convert a .ly file to a midi file. I see there is an -m option, > but I am not sure if this option is supposed to play the song or create > a midi file. It does not create a file and I do not hear anything. My > sound card works because I am able to play midi and mp3 files > > Ohannes > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Lilypond-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > _______________________________________________ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user