Hi David; Thank you for the tip regarding DAW; seems a bit over my head for now, but I will put it in my ToDo list for future reference.
Ken On Mon, Jun 6, 2022 at 10:44 PM David Bellows <davebell...@gmail.com> wrote: > > If you care a lot about how it sounds then you'll want to import the > MIDI into a DAW and make your adjustments there. > > If you are content with just the MIDI sounds then what I have done in > the past is to make a copy of the LilyPond file and make all the > adjustments I want to the dynamics on that version and generate a MIDI > file from it. This way you can also change tempo slightly frequently, > add ornaments, etc. The pdf you print from that will now be a visual > representation of the DAW-like changes you've made and you can > continue to work from that to get the kind of performance you want. > > On Mon, Jun 6, 2022 at 9:20 PM Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolc...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > HI; > > > > Frequently I have engraved music that doesn't sound good when the > > corresponding midi is played, usually with regards to two (or more) > > instruments that are overwhelmed by one of them. > > > > In this case, I have a piece which has a Contrabass with Piano > > accompaniment, with two different kinds of unwanted domination. In > > the first case I have to specify the dynamics for the right hand and > > the left hand separately (a human pianist would not need this). > > Secondly, the left hand encounters polyphony about fifteen bars into > > the piece. Then, these notes are played at mezzo forte or forte when > > I want them to be the same dynamic as previously (ppp). I can't have > > the Contrabass and the Piano playing at piano dynamics because the > > Contrabass is completely dominated by the Piano. > > > > I guess I could solve this problem by having four variables for the > > left hand (lh_one, lh_two, lh_one_midi and lh_two_midi), but that > > seems quite a bit of work. > > > > Am I the only one that would like to have the midi output sound at > > least somewhat pleasant? Or am I the only one who has this problem > > with the midi dynamics being wonky? > > > > See attached files for details. > > > > Mac Mini > > Lilypond 2.22.2 (from home brew) > > Fluidsynth (from home brew) > > > > Thanks, > > Ken Wolcott >