On Thu, 28 Jun 2012 18:23:01 +0200, David Kastrup wrote: > Ralf Mattes <r...@mh-freiburg.de> writes: > >> On Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:36:59 +0200, Nils wrote: >> >>> We are dealing with midi here, that means 16 instruments max. at each >>> given time. >> >> Are we? Since when can Lilypond talk Midi? IIRC Lily does produce Midi >> files (Format 1, to be precise) and those can hold way more than 16 >> tracks (65,535? I think the track count is a word/2Byte). So there >> would be plenty of space to export even larger orchestra scores .... >> ;-) > > <URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_MIDI_standards> > disagrees. 16 channels for General Midi as well as General Midi 2.
But that page only describes Midi channel mappings (meaning: how to map a channel to a sound). This has nothing to do with Midi files - a midi file (format 1) can hold up to 65,535 tracks. Just follow the link to the main MIDI page an look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIDI#File_formats Cheers, RalfD _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
