I’ll give that a go - thanks for both suggestions. Ben
> > On 2 Aug 2022, at 19:25, Lukas-Fabian Moser <l...@gmx.de> wrote: > > Hi Benjamin, > >> Am 02.08.22 um 18:10 schrieb Benjamin Tordoff: >> Hi all, I’m wondering if there’s a smart way to make the midi output for a >> particular part do the following two things (both common in Sousa marches): >> >> 1. Have a part play only on 2nd time through the repeat. >> 2. Have different dynamic for 1st and 2nd times through repeat. >> >> A minimal example of how I would typically typeset this is below but >> produces midi output that plays all repeats with uniform volume. I've had a >> good hunt around the internet for examples of doing this but either I'm >> searching for the wrong things or this is a somewhat obscure request! >> >> Thanks in advance. > > Some of this can be achieved using the \volta command: > > \version "2.23.7" > > myScore = > \relative { > <>^"2nd time left, 3rd time right!" > \repeat volta 3 > { > \tag MIDI \volta 2 \set midiPanPosition = -1 > % \tag MIDI \volta 2 \set midiMaximumVolume = 0 % does not do anything; > why? > \tag MIDI \volta 3 \set midiPanPosition = 1 > c'4 d \tag MIDI \volta 3 <>\pp e f > } > } > > \score { > \removeWithTag MIDI \myScore > } > > \score { > \unfoldRepeats \myScore > \midi {} > \layout {} % for debugging only > } > > Here I used a tag to keep the print version of the score clean from all the > MIDI stuff. > > I just do not know why the setting of midiMaximumVolume does not do anything > if put inside a \volta construction. For the pan position, it works like a > charm... > > Lukas >