On Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:15:21 +1000 Peter Chubb <lily.u...@chubb.wattle.id.au> wrote:
> >>>>> "Grammostola" == Grammostola Rosea <rosea.grammost...@gmail.com> writes: > > Grammostola> David Raleigh Arnold wrote: > >>> > >> Again, why not get in touch with the developer(s) of midge? The > >> syntax is completely different, but it is *text-based* and GNU. It > >> is dedicated to midi, not notation. Why not find a way to use > >> their work, at worst by means of a translation script? Regards, > >> daveA > >> > > I had a look at midge. The main thing it adds that Lilypond doesn't > have, is much greater control over individual notes. You can add > bends (so presumably could implement a portamento or glissando, > although it appears to be limited to 4 semitones, which is too small > for most of the music I deal with); you can control attack and decay, > and effects such as reverb. chorus and pan. > > Musical stuff (articulations, ornaments, dynamics, tempo variations > such as rit. or stringendo, etc., etc) has to be interpreted and > written explicitly in expanded form into the midge source. > > While midge could be used as an intermediate format for MIDI output, I > can't see at present what it would gain for us --- the level of > abstraction over a standard binary MIDI file is very small. Thanks for taking the time. One of the other text-based programs might be better. I have found midge to be an easy and quick way to massage lilypond-generated midi files but I haven't used it much. I keep forgetting to bring up copyright. Having copyright in the header does not generate a notice in the midi file. I have edited the midi file directly but I really don't think that should be necessary to put in a notice, do you? Regards, daveA _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
