Thank you, this is a fantastic suggestion! For the benefit of others following this thread, on Debian at least, midish comes with a simple command line player, smfplay, which takes a starting measure number as a command line argument.
Thanks, Nathan On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 7:27 PM, Guy Stalnaker <jimmyg...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://www.midish.org > > From the manual (if you use *nix operating systems): > > 7.1 Moving within the song > > The following selects the current position in the song to measure number > 3: > > g 3 > > This will make ``p <http://www.midish.org/manual.html#func_p>'' and ``r > <http://www.midish.org/manual.html#func_r>'' commands start at this > particular position instead of measure number 0. Furthermore all track > editing function will process the track starting at this position.] > > Sounds like what you were looking for. > > Regards. > > Guy Stalnaker > jimmyg...@gmail.com > > On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 6:16 PM, Guy Stalnaker <jimmyg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> There are a lot of tools on this page: >> >> http://linux-sound.org/midi.html >> >> Neither of you indicated the operating system you use. >> >> Regards >> >> Guy Stalnaker >> jimmyg...@gmail.com >> >> On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 5:32 PM, Hwaen Ch'uqi <hwaench...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Greetings All, >>> >>> I should like to piggy-back onto Nathan's question, though as an emacs >>> user. I have been using timidity, which is directly mentioned in the >>> documentation, but I too would like the ability to fast-forward or >>> rewind or to start at a particular place. >>> >>> Hwaen Ch'uqi >>> >>> >>> On 3/5/18, Nathan Sprangers <nathan.r.sprang...@maine.edu> wrote: >>> > Yes, Frescobaldi is very nice, but it's not vim. I find myself in >>> > situations often enough where vim would be faster/more convenient for >>> me. I >>> > don't know if you're aware, but lilypond comes with vim support >>> > (highlighting, macros, etc). The beauty of lilypond being text based >>> is you >>> > can customize your environment. Frescobaldi is a very good option and >>> has >>> > served me well, but it's not the only option. >>> > >>> > Thanks, >>> > -Nathan >>> > >>> > On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 3:11 AM, Jacques Menu Muzhic < >>> imj-muz...@bluewin.ch> >>> > wrote: >>> > >>> >> Hello Nathan, >>> >> >>> >> Frescobaldi/SimpleSynth provides this, what’s the advantage of using >>> >> vim/a >>> >> pdf reader? >>> >> >>> >> JM >>> >> >>> >> > Le 5 mars 2018 à 03:10, Nathan Sprangers < >>> nathan.r.sprang...@maine.edu> >>> >> a écrit : >>> >> > >>> >> > Hello all, >>> >> > >>> >> > Can anyone suggest a simple midi player that can begin or cue >>> playback >>> >> from a specified measure/beat? I would like to be able to work using >>> vim >>> >> and a pdf reader. I've been using VLC for midi playback, but it only >>> >> indicates a timestamp, not a measure/beat. >>> >> > >>> >> > Thanks, >>> >> > Nathan >>> >> > _______________________________________________ >>> >> > lilypond-user mailing list >>> >> > lilypond-user@gnu.org >>> >> > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >>> >> >>> >> >>> > >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> lilypond-user mailing list >>> lilypond-user@gnu.org >>> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >>> >> >> >
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