There some seems to be some MIDI instruments supported by lilypond
that doesn't seem to be supported by timidity. In such a case, I don't
get silence output from timidity while plaing the .midi file. For
example, I was trying the 'string ensemble 2' instrument. The code is:
\score {
\new Staff \relative c' {
\set Staff.instrumentName = #"Strings"
\set Staff.midiInstrument = "string ensemble 2"
c' d e f g a b c
c b a g f e d c
}
\midi { }
\layout{ }
}
The lilypond command and output:
$ lilypond x.ly
GNU LilyPond 2.12.2
Processing `x.ly'
Parsing...
x.ly:0: warning: : no \version statement found, please add
\version "2.12.2"
for future compatibility
Interpreting music...
Interpreting music...
Preprocessing graphical objects...
MIDI output to `x.midi'...
Finding the ideal number of pages...
Fitting music on 1 page...
Drawing systems...
Layout output to `x.ps'...
Converting to `./x.pdf'...
Timidity output:
$ timidity x.midi
Requested buffer size 32768, fragment size 8192
ALSA pcm 'default' set buffer size 30104, period size 3760 bytes
Playing x.midi
MIDI file: x.midi
Format: 1 Tracks: 2 Divisions: 384
Sequence: control track
Text: creator:
Text: GNU LilyPond 2.12.2
Track name:
Instrument: string ensemble 2
No instrument mapped to tone bank 0, program 49 - this instrument will
not be heard
No pre-resampling cache hit
I would like to know what is the usual way of testing the output of
such MIDI files that use an instrument name not supported by Timidity?
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