Re: Creating MP3 files

2019-10-15 Thread Guy Stalnaker
If you're on Windows and use VirtualMidiSynth, it has a convert to mp3 option built in. Run the tool, open midi file, etc. You'll need, if I recall correctly, to download lame and put the lame dll in the VMS install folder. VMS docs explain this. Regards -- “Happiness is the meaning and the pur

Re: Creating MP3 files

2019-10-15 Thread Richard Shann
On Tue, 2019-10-15 at 05:31 +0200, Federico Bruni wrote: > Il giorno lun 14 ott 2019 alle 17:47, msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca ha  > scritto: > > Creating MP3, or any digital-audio format, requires synthesizing > > the > > actual sounds of the notes.  It's far outside the scope of what a  > > music > >

Re: Creating MP3 files

2019-10-14 Thread Federico Bruni
Il giorno lun 14 ott 2019 alle 17:47, msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca ha scritto: Creating MP3, or any digital-audio format, requires synthesizing the actual sounds of the notes. It's far outside the scope of what a music notation program does and no surprise Lilypond doesn't do it; I think nobody

Re: Creating MP3 files

2019-10-14 Thread David Wright
On Tue 15 Oct 2019 at 00:57:13 (+0200), Martin Tarenskeen wrote: > On Mon, 14 Oct 2019, Lisa C Lewis wrote: > > > It appears that LilyPond only creates MIDI output. Given that I > > need to share the audio with other people who may not have MIDI > > players, is there a means of generating MP3 fil

Re: Creating MP3 files

2019-10-14 Thread eBooks
If you are using a Mac, GarageBand can open midi files and export mp3. > On Oct 14, 2019, at 11:56 AM, Lisa C Lewis wrote: > > It appears that LilyPond only creates MIDI output. Given that I need to > share the audio with other people who may not have MIDI players, is there a > means of gener

Re: Creating MP3 files

2019-10-14 Thread mskala
On Tue, 15 Oct 2019, Martin Tarenskeen wrote: > On Mon, 14 Oct 2019, msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca wrote: > > > There are free soundfonts available, and other commercial ones for sounds > > other than piano, but I don't have specific recommendations. > > You will need a General Midi (GM/GS/XG) compatibl

Re: Creating MP3 files

2019-10-14 Thread Martin Tarenskeen
On Mon, 14 Oct 2019, Lisa C Lewis wrote: It appears that LilyPond only creates MIDI output. Given that I need to share the audio with other people who may not have MIDI players, is there a means of generating MP3 files? If not, what do folks recommend for converting MIDI to MP3? I've look

Re: Creating MP3 files

2019-10-14 Thread Martin Tarenskeen
On Mon, 14 Oct 2019, msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca wrote: There are free soundfonts available, and other commercial ones for sounds other than piano, but I don't have specific recommendations. You will need a General Midi (GM/GS/XG) compatible soundfont to play/convert Midifiles with correct sou

Re: Creating MP3 files

2019-10-14 Thread mskala
On Mon, 14 Oct 2019, Lisa C Lewis wrote: > It appears that LilyPond only creates MIDI output. Given that I need to > share the audio with other people who may not have MIDI players, is > there a means of generating MP3 files? If not, what do folks recommend > for converting MIDI to MP3? I've loo

Re: Creating MP3 files

2019-10-14 Thread Karlin High
On 10/14/2019 1:56 PM, Lisa C Lewis wrote: is there a means of generating MP3 files? I use VLC player to convert MIDI to MP3 files. This message explains: The instructions probably aren't exact a