Am 11.01.2014 07:39, schrieb David Kastrup: > Bric <b...@flight.us> writes: > >> trying random instruments from the list of instruments on this page: >> http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/notation/midi-instruments >> >> here are the values for which my timidity (version 2.13.2) creates an >> audible track (a few picked at random): >> >> cello >> xylophone >> pan flute >> >> and here are a few values for which there is no sound in the generated >> midi file: >> >> contrabass >> honky-tonk >> pizzicato strings >> >> >> is this a glitch? is it my timidity ? > > The latter. There is no complete set of free Midi patches. >
But you can do better than default timidity: Under Ubuntu (and I suppose Debian and other distributions) there is a package called fluid-soundfont-gm If you install that and use it in timidity by changing the following line in /etc/timidity/timidity.cfg: - source /etc/timidity/freepats.cfg + source /etc/timidity/fluidr3_gm.cfg You can play at least all the 6 examples from your mail. Cheers, Joram PS: Thanks to your mail I found out that I had installed it but not configured. After configuring, I can use much more instruments. Thanks! _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user