Hi, I have created an arrangement for 4 pianos. My score does not contain any dynamics markings. Now I have noticed that in the MIDI output all notes have the maximum Note-On midi-velocity value of 127! With 4 piano's this gives a LOT of noise.
Another thing I have noticed: Lilypond uses real MIDI Note Off commands to end notes with a default Note-Off-velocity value of 64. Note Off commands have always existed in the Midi Specification but are rarely used in the MIDI world. Almost every MIDI soft- and hardware that I have seen uses Note On commands with velocity=0. No big deal, it just surprised me. Questions: 1. How can I change the default MIDI velocity from 127 to a more modest value, without adding dynamic marks in the printable score ? 2. Shouldn't it be a good idea to lower midi-velocity values for lilypond's MIDI output by default ? In other words: If no dynamics are specified, shouldn't the default be mezzoforte ? ( BTW: I'm using Lilypond 2.13.0 on Fedora 10 ) -- Martin Tarenskeen _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
