Re: Is there a way to set the midiInstrument for ChordNames with FretBoards?

2022-05-27 Thread Jean Abou Samra
lon)"? Even if the playback isn't super accurate in terms of duration, it seems like, with the fretboards, it would be able to have a half-educated notion of which notes to sound.) I don't understand the question. Isn't it the same as what you already did with Staff? \new

Re: Is there a way to set the midiInstrument for ChordNames with FretBoards?

2022-05-27 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
; \language "english" global = { \time 2/4 \key c \major \tempo 4 = 80 } chordNames = \chordmode { ... } melody = \relative c' { ... } words = \lyricmode { ... } upper = \relative c' { ... } lower = \relative c { ... } \score { <<

Is there a way to set the midiInstrument for ChordNames with FretBoards?

2022-05-26 Thread Kevin Cole
key c \major \tempo 4 = 80 } chordNames = \chordmode { ... } melody = \relative c' { ... } words = \lyricmode { ... } upper = \relative c' { ... } lower = \relative c { ... } \score { << \new ChordNames \chordNames \new FretBoards \chordNames \new

Re: Set midiInstrument to silence

2021-11-25 Thread Guy Stalnaker
Doh!! Of course. Obvious once you see it (or are told about it). I was keyed on using a NUL instrument & I didn't think to use a simple volume=0 approach. Thanks. On Thu, Nov 25, 2021, 10:54 AM David Kastrup wrote: > Guy Stalnaker writes: > > > If I'm using /set Staff.midiInstrument = "#", ca

Re: Set midiInstrument to silence

2021-11-25 Thread Jean Abou Samra
Le 25/11/2021 à 17:43, Guy Stalnaker a écrit : If I'm using /set Staff.midiInstrument = "#", can I also use some descriptor that equals NO sound, for example, "NUL" or something similar like /set Staff.midiInstrument = "#NUL" This doesn't exist in the MIDI norm, but you can do \set Staff.mid

Re: Set midiInstrument to silence

2021-11-25 Thread David Kastrup
Guy Stalnaker writes: > If I'm using /set Staff.midiInstrument = "#", can I also use some > descriptor that equals NO sound, for example, "NUL" or something similar > like /set Staff.midiInstrument = "#NUL" The MIDI standard has no such instrument, so this mechanism cannot be used for this purpo

Set midiInstrument to silence

2021-11-25 Thread Guy Stalnaker
If I'm using /set Staff.midiInstrument = "#", can I also use some descriptor that equals NO sound, for example, "NUL" or something similar like /set Staff.midiInstrument = "#NUL" Regards, Guy S.

Re: midiInstrument not rendered for some values

2014-01-13 Thread Marc Hohl
Am 13.01.2014 09:34, schrieb Bric: [...] Not to digress from lilypond /too/ much, but FWIW, some default patches for the timidity(++) on my Ubuntu sound significantly better than the ones in the FluidR3 soundfont (strings, for instance). I am talking about the quality (verisimilitude) and beauty

Re: midiInstrument not rendered for some values

2014-01-13 Thread Bric
On 01/11/2014 09:51 AM, Martin Tarenskeen wrote: On Sat, 11 Jan 2014, Noeck wrote: But you can do better than default timidity: timidity/timidity++ has no default soundfont. In fact it doesn't have a soundfont at all. It's the distributions that provide a soundfont or patchset and use thi

Re: midiInstrument not rendered for some values

2014-01-11 Thread Martin Tarenskeen
On Sat, 11 Jan 2014, Noeck wrote: But you can do better than default timidity: timidity/timidity++ has no default soundfont. In fact it doesn't have a soundfont at all. It's the distributions that provide a soundfont or patchset and use this as default. But if you want to use another sou

Re: midiInstrument not rendered for some values

2014-01-11 Thread Noeck
Am 11.01.2014 07:39, schrieb David Kastrup: > Bric writes: > >> trying random instruments from the list of instruments on this page: >> http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/notation/midi-instruments >> >> here are the values for which my timidity (version 2.13.2) creates an >> audible

Re: midiInstrument not rendered for some values

2014-01-11 Thread David Kastrup
Bric writes: > trying random instruments from the list of instruments on this page: > http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/notation/midi-instruments > > here are the values for which my timidity (version 2.13.2) creates an > audible track (a few picked at random): > > cello > x

midiInstrument not rendered for some values

2014-01-10 Thread Bric
trying random instruments from the list of instruments on this page: http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/notation/midi-instruments here are the values for which my timidity (version 2.13.2) creates an audible track (a few picked at random): cello xylophone pan flute

Re: midiInstrument changes play one note too late.

2012-03-15 Thread David Kastrup
Janek Warchoł writes: > On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Michael Ellis > wrote: > >> I'm not sure how I would go about implementing the suggested >> workaround for my application.  I run into the problem primarily when >> transcribing individual choral parts for my section.  It's nice in the >>

Re: midiInstrument changes play one note too late.

2012-03-15 Thread David Kastrup
Michael Ellis writes: > In any case, this seems to me like a fairly serious defect. I hope > it's on the list for 2.16. Don't worry. No stock options will be emitted to the responsible developers unless this deficiency is cured before 2.16 gets released. In other words: no, this is not "on the

Re: midiInstrument changes play one note too late.

2012-03-15 Thread David Kastrup
Hans Aikema writes: > On 14-3-2012 14:30, Michael Ellis wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 5:26 PM, Michael Ellis >> wrote: >>> Is this a known problem? I don't see any prior reports online and >>> I've been seeing it since at least 2.12 but assumed it was because I >>> was doing some fairly co

Re: midiInstrument changes play one note too late.

2012-03-14 Thread Janek Warchoł
On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Michael Ellis wrote: > I'm not sure how I would go about implementing the suggested > workaround for my application.  I run into the problem primarily when > transcribing individual choral parts for my section.  It's nice in the > midi output if cues from other pa

Re: midiInstrument changes play one note too late.

2012-03-14 Thread Hans Aikema
On 14-3-2012 21:07, Michael Ellis wrote: Thanks very much for digging into it. I confirmed that LilyPondTool's player doesn't have the problem on OS X. QMidi also seems ok. It's kind of wild that there are no reports when I search for "QuickTime midi instrument change delay" etc. Guess most

Re: midiInstrument changes play one note too late.

2012-03-14 Thread Michael Ellis
On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Hans Aikema wrote: > On 14-3-2012 18:37, Hans Aikema wrote: >> >> On 14-3-2012 18:01, Michael Ellis wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Hans Aikema >>>  wrote: On 14-3-2012 14:30, Michael Ellis wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 5:26

Re: midiInstrument changes play one note too late.

2012-03-14 Thread Hans Aikema
On 14-3-2012 18:37, Hans Aikema wrote: On 14-3-2012 18:01, Michael Ellis wrote: On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Hans Aikema wrote: On 14-3-2012 14:30, Michael Ellis wrote: On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 5:26 PM, Michael Ellis wrote: Is this a known problem? I don't see any prior reports onli

Re: midiInstrument changes play one note too late.

2012-03-14 Thread Hans Aikema
On 14-3-2012 18:01, Michael Ellis wrote: On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Hans Aikema wrote: On 14-3-2012 14:30, Michael Ellis wrote: On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 5:26 PM, Michael Ellis wrote: Is this a known problem? I don't see any prior reports online and I've been seeing it since at leas

Re: midiInstrument changes play one note too late.

2012-03-14 Thread Michael Ellis
n. It's nice in the midi output if cues from other parts are sounded by a different instrument. Since I don't have time to transcribe the entire score, it's not practical to use the built-in LilyPond cue methods, so I wrote my own that temporarily changes the instrument, shrinks

Re: midiInstrument changes play one note too late.

2012-03-14 Thread Hans Aikema
On 14-3-2012 14:30, Michael Ellis wrote: On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 5:26 PM, Michael Ellis wrote: Is this a known problem? I don't see any prior reports online and I've been seeing it since at least 2.12 but assumed it was because I was doing some fairly complicated things. I took time to reduc

Re: midiInstrument changes play one note too late.

2012-03-14 Thread Michael Ellis
%% BUG? Midi instrument changes are delayed by one note. > mymusic = { > >   \set midiInstrument = "acoustic grand" >   c'1^"pno." |  % midi ok > >   \set midiInstrument = "cello" >   d'1^"cel." |  % wrong : midi plays pia

midiInstrument changes play one note too late.

2012-03-14 Thread Michael Ellis
le below. FWIW, I'm running OS X 10.6.7 and playing the midi with QuickTime. I'm attaching the midi file. Is there a workaround? Thanks, Mike %% Minimal Example %% BUG? Midi instrument changes are delayed by one note. mymusic = {   \set midiInstrument = "acoustic grand"

Re: \set midiInstrument =

2010-12-13 Thread Jan Warchoł
Hi, 2010/12/13 MING TSANG : > (1)  Where do I code the \set midiInstrument = ? > > (2)  I want to set each voice (S, A, T, B) with different midi -instrument. > How can I code it? Take a look at this example: \new ChoirStaff << \new Staff = soprano { \n

\set midiInstrument =

2010-12-13 Thread MING TSANG
(1) Where do I code the \set midiInstrument = ? (2) I want to set each voice (S, A, T, B) with different midi -instrument. How can I code it? (3) How can I specify different sound volume for each voice? I was hoping to empathize one particular voice for practise. (4) How to turn off cres

midiInstrument

2010-07-25 Thread Martin Tarenskeen
Hi, I never quite liked the way a MIDI instrument is assigned to a staff or voice in Lilypond. You are forced to use the exact names for the midiInstrument property that are hardcoded in midi.scm Why is this a problem: 1. I can't remember the names without the manual. My brains are ge

Cord Names vs midiInstrument

2010-03-19 Thread Gerry Prosser
Is it possible to override the midi instrument for named chords (to change it to a guitar, for instance) or is note format the only way ? Gerry ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: chords and midiInstrument

2008-11-16 Thread Johan Vromans
"coralline algae" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > thank you Johan that works nicely. > > set ChordNames.midiInstrument > > > by way of explanation - with piano for the chords > it almost drowns out the melody line in midi playback \set ChordNames.midiMaximumVolume = #0.5 or some other

re: chords and midiInstrument

2008-11-15 Thread coralline algae
thank you Johan that works nicely. set ChordNames.midiInstrument by way of explanation - with piano for the chords it almost drowns out the melody line in midi playback ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/m

Set midiInstrument for chord mode

2007-03-30 Thread Anders Nelstrom
Is there a way of setting the midiInstrument in the context of a chordmode block? By default, the chords are played by a piano in the midi output, and I would prefer to set it to a drawbar organ. The following is an abridged template to show what I am using: melody \new Voice { \relative c

Re: Still problems with midiInstrument

2004-05-03 Thread Thomas Scharkowski
Try to put it into the the \notes block. Thomas > Hallo Thomas, > > Thank you very much for your answer. The pagenumber is now away. > > But I still can't get another Instrument then the piano in the > midi-file. I already tried the /set Staff.midiInstrument = "acoustic > guitar (steel)" instr

Still problems with midiInstrument

2004-05-03 Thread Stefan Krieger
Hallo Thomas, Thank you very much for your answer. The pagenumber is now away. But I still can't get another Instrument then the piano in the midi-file. I already tried the /set Staff.midiInstrument = "acoustic guitar (steel)" instruction, but nothing happens. I still hear the piano. Maybe I am s

Re: midiinstrument and clefs

2004-03-21 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
On Sunday 21 March 2004 02:25, David Bobroff wrote: > > Why does lilypond do small clefs in the middle of a line by default > > instead of regular? > > It is common engraving practice. As to why it is common practice I > can only speculate that a full sized clef would appear bulky and out > of pla

Re: midiinstrument and clefs

2004-03-20 Thread David Bobroff
> Why does lilypond do small clefs in the middle of a line by default > instead of regular? It is common engraving practice. As to why it is common practice I can only speculate that a full sized clef would appear bulky and out of place, or that it would have appeared bulky and out of place to

midiinstrument and clefs

2004-03-20 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
Is there any way to get Staff.midiInstrument to work? \context Staff = tone { \set Staff.instrument = #"vocal" \set Staff.midiInstrument = #"voice oohs" \melody { Lilypond 1.32 doesn't complain, but neither does it deliver. I've tried a lot of things. \property is long gone, apparently