Re: Soundfonts and MIDI output (beginner questions)

2011-05-09 Thread Heather W. Reichgott
synth to alter your midi > sounds. The first is a really interesting synthesizer that you make > lots of endless tweaks to. The second enables the use of soundfonts > and allows for some processing as the sound as generated such as > reverb etc. Both work with an app called Jack. I use

Re: Soundfonts and MIDI output (beginner questions)

2011-05-08 Thread Shane Brandes
Heather, If you want also you can use zynadsubfx or Qsynth to alter your midi sounds. The first is a really interesting synthesizer that you make lots of endless tweaks to. The second enables the use of soundfonts and allows for some processing as the sound as generated such as reverb etc. Both

Re: Soundfonts and MIDI output (beginner questions)

2011-05-08 Thread Peter Chubb
ewalk Apprentice with MIDI output for my Heather> early composition projects. :) But I am a beginner regarding Heather> the inner workings of MIDI. I have some beginner questions Heather> about soundfonts. Heather> 1. Is the choice of soundfont a property of the MIDI file Heather> itsel

Re: Soundfonts and MIDI output (beginner questions)

2011-05-08 Thread luis jure
ed to open a new file for playback, if I had files that used >different soundfonts? you can have several configuration files for timidity, and chose one with the -c option. if i understand correctly what you want, this might be the way to go for you. >If the choice of soundfont is a prope

Re: Soundfonts and MIDI output (beginner questions)

2011-05-08 Thread James Lowe
t. But would I have to go > into the config file every time I wanted to open a new file for playback, if > I had files that used different soundfonts? If the choice of soundfont is a > property of the MIDI file, can I specify it in a Lilypond file's MIDI output > block? > >

Soundfonts and MIDI output (beginner questions)

2011-05-08 Thread Heather W. Reichgott
questions about soundfonts. 1. Is the choice of soundfont a property of the MIDI file itself, or a property of the playback software? (Or both?) I have Timidity++ and found a place in timidity.cfg where I can specify a soundfont. But would I have to go into the config file every time I wanted to open a

Re: Soundfonts

2010-08-21 Thread lilypond
Thanks Brett, I just want a good music notation, with the midi sound as feedback if my notation was correct. With your info I decided to use a different note for the mute version. That is the only practical thing to do. Thanks very much to make it clear to me. With regards, Bernard Quoti

Re:Re: Soundfonts

2010-08-18 Thread 胡海鹏 - Hu Haipeng
piano! You can use Synthfont to assign different soundfonts within one midi file. Haipeng ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Soundfonts

2010-08-18 Thread Brett McCoy
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 3:10 PM, wrote: > I have a similar question. > > I have a "bass" and a "mute bass", which is just slightly different sound. I > would like to use the same "bass" notation, with a additional accent which > can be played as a different sound in the Midi file. > Is that possi

Re: Soundfonts

2010-08-18 Thread lilypond
If so how to do this? Thanks, Bernard Citeren Brett McCoy : 2010/7/31 胡海鹏 - Hu Haipeng :   Does anyone have experience with various soundfonts? I think Lilypond'smidi is only suitable for GM soundfonts. I just purchased Orchestral Collection Bundle from Digital SOund Factory, and

Re: Soundfonts

2010-07-31 Thread Brett McCoy
2010/7/31 胡海鹏 - Hu Haipeng : >   Does anyone have experience with various soundfonts? I think > Lilypond'smidi is only suitable for GM soundfonts. I just purchased > Orchestral Collection Bundle from Digital SOund Factory, and found it is > divided into separated sections. Is any

Soundfonts

2010-07-31 Thread 胡海鹏 - Hu Haipeng
Hello, Does anyone have experience with various soundfonts? I think Lilypond'smidi is only suitable for GM soundfonts. I just purchased Orchestral Collection Bundle from Digital SOund Factory, and found it is divided into separated sections. Is anyone familiar with this kind of sound

Re: Soundfonts in ps file

2008-10-15 Thread Paul Hodges
--On 15 October 2008 12:50 +0200 Johan Vromans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I sincerely hope you mean music fonts, not sound fonts. Sound fonts was my interpretation of: /sfnts [ < 00010011010400104F532F32B45FF463011C005650434C ... starting on the first page of the ps file, b

Re: Soundfonts in ps file

2008-10-15 Thread Johan Vromans
Paul Hodges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When I compile a score on my computer at work, the ps file is about six > times the size of the resulting pdf - the difference apparently being > embedded sound fonts. I sincerely hope you mean music fonts, not sound fonts. The PS is bigger since the fon

Soundfonts in ps file

2008-10-15 Thread Paul Hodges
When I compile a score on my computer at work, the ps file is about six times the size of the resulting pdf - the difference apparently being embedded sound fonts. When I compile the same on my compute at home, the ps file is ten times bigger again, also apparently due to sound fonts. I have seve

Re: soundfonts for midi output?

2005-09-28 Thread Jay Hamilton, Sound and Silence
und bank to use the bank of soundfonts you want. Hope this helps a little. Jay Horace A. 'Kicker' Vallas wrote: this is maybe a really dumb question but I don't do much with midi I have also searched the docs and faqs and archives but see nothing about using other soundfonts --- so,

soundfonts for midi output?

2005-09-26 Thread Horace A. 'Kicker' Vallas
this is maybe a really dumb question but I don't do much with midi I have also searched the docs and faqs and archives but see nothing about using other soundfonts --- so, even if the answer is "no" or "can't" at least this will get the question into the archives :