yes, i know, i know; midi output is just for listening for wrong
notes.
however, there's really only one thing that's a truly big problem with
it, and i was wondering what the feasability would be of getting it
done. dynamics and panning would be nice, but the real problem is
changes in tempo. i would guess one of the reasons the scores picked
as samples in the mutopia project were picked is that they keep an
even tempo throughout. :)
if i'm entering a score that has a 16 bar largo introduction but then
the other 400 bars are allegro, what should i do? i'll either be
listening to most of it at an insanely slow tempo or the intro at an
insanely fast one. this isn't just a problem related to being able to
offer people midi files so they can hear the music, it also effects
the purpose of the midi output, to proof-listen. if the largo
introduction is in 16th notes at quarter=40, and the rest of the piece
is at quarter=140, setting it to the single tempo marking that's used
in the bulk of the piece will have the intro flying by so that i can't
hear it at all.
so, a question from a non-programmer: how hard would it be to change
the midi setup so that something like this would be possible?:
\midi {
\tempo 4 =60; \skip 4*16; \tempo 4=35; \skip 4*36; \tempo 4=120;
}
anyone interested in doing it? i really think it's necessary.
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