Thanks very much! I was able to get the sound back in Denemo. It's all good now. As far as MIDI editing goes, I set up Ardour to play back the exported Denemo MIDI files. It worked fine for my last project.
On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 3:48 AM Richard Shann <rich...@rshann.plus.com> wrote: > On Fri, 2017-09-29 at 01:53 +0000, NagyMusic wrote: > > Thanks! I did try changing the soundfont in Denemo's preferences > > (Change Preferences => MIDI, etc.). However, after several attempts, > > there's no sound coming out at all... Input and Output devices are set > > to default. I know that one needs to set a path to the given > > SoundFont; does one need to put a sf2 file in a particular Denemo > > folder? > > No, the .sf2 file can be anywhere. It's possible to have no sound > because of the soundfont (e.g if there is no instrument in the default > bank and program number). To check what soundfont instruments Denemo is > seeing go to Staff->Staff Properties->Built-in Staff Properties, MIDI > tab and click on the MIDI Instrument pull down - you should see the > names of the instruments in the soundfont. > > > I fear that I messed something up here :-) ... because there used to > > be sound playing before (a general piano sound), at least when > > entering the notes. > > this is the more likely explanation for no sound: > > Check that you get audio with other programs (e.g. VLC media player) > when Denemo is *not* running. > Make sure no other audio generating programs are running and re-start > Denemo. > Look in the preferences at the AUDIO tab, output device - it should > list devices available - test them out, re-starting Denemo each time. > > If all else fails, hide the .denemo-2.1.? folder(*) in your home > directory and make a clean start. If it works compare the new, > default, .denemo-2.1.?/denemorc with the one you have hidden > > (*) it may have a slightly different name on Windows. > > > > The midi playback is one my last practices trials with Denemo to > > determine whether I can embark on a more complex > > composition/typesetting project. > > Be aware that Denemo's MIDI output is just for checking you have the > right music entered, though it does do different instrument sounds and > volume levels but it is quite primitive compared with LilyPond's MIDI > output. There are no grace notes, no crescendi and no doubt lots of > other refinements missing. (You can, on the other hand, insert extra > MIDI messages into the music ...). > > Richard > > > > > >
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