On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 10:43:10AM +0200, Hans Aberg wrote: > On 2 Apr 2009, at 09:52, Martin Tarenskeen wrote: > >> 1. How can I change the default MIDI velocity from 127 to a more >> modest >> value, without adding dynamic marks in the printable score ? >> >> 2. Shouldn't it be a good idea to lower midi-velocity values for >> lilypond's MIDI output by default ? In other words: If no dynamics are >> specified, shouldn't the default be mezzoforte ? > > I think MIDI is underdeveloped in LilyPond, and part of the reason is > that it is not a suitable audio format.
I don't agree. For test-hearing scores it is THE suitable format. (strictly speaking, I think MIDI is not an audio format.) I also think MIDI has low priority for Lilypond's developers team. The recent discussion about also midi2ly confirms this. I also use ABC and MUP for scorewriting from time to time. If I compare these with Lilypond: Mup has pretty good features to insert all kinds of MIDI commands inside the score. For abc the special features offered by abc2midi are kind of unique and funny. ( Like automatic performance of guitar chords. Nice for test-hearing lead sheets :-) ) The main task of Lilypond should always be to produce beautiful scores. I just don't want to blow up my speakers if I forget to turn down the volume on my amplifier when I play a MIDI file to test my score with 4 piano's constantly playing fff ! -- Martin _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
