midi elapsed time markers
I was searching for a way to print out midi elapsed time in my score to be able to easily start the midi file at the location I am currently working on. At the moment I write these in by hand but they change as I make changes to the music in other locations. As far as I could see, there is no way of generating these values automatically. I was looking for something like rehearsal marks with the elapsed time for the midi file in minutes and seconds based on the \tempo value, for example. Would this be a useful new feature or does the facility already exist? ___ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
Re: midi elapsed time markers
Unfortunately, it may be quite difficult to implement without changing major parts of LilyPond, since currently the MIDI generation and the printed output are done completely separately, one after the other, whereas they would have to be done jointly to be able to implement your feature request (as far as I can see). /Mats Peter Dingley wrote: I was searching for a way to print out midi elapsed time in my score to be able to easily start the midi file at the location I am currently working on. At the moment I write these in by hand but they change as I make changes to the music in other locations. As far as I could see, there is no way of generating these values automatically. I was looking for something like rehearsal marks with the elapsed time for the midi file in minutes and seconds based on the \tempo value, for example. Would this be a useful new feature or does the facility already exist? ___ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel -- = Mats Bengtsson Signal Processing School of Electrical Engineering Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) SE-100 44 STOCKHOLM Sweden Phone: (+46) 8 790 8463 Fax: (+46) 8 790 7260 Email: mats.bengts...@ee.kth.se WWW: http://www.s3.kth.se/~mabe = ___ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
Re: midi elapsed time markers
On 07.12.2009, at 16:35, Peter Dingley wrote: I was searching for a way to print out midi elapsed time in my score to be able to easily start the midi file at the location I am currently working on. At the moment I write these in by hand but they change as I make changes to the music in other locations. As far as I could see, there is no way of generating these values automatically. I was looking for something like rehearsal marks with the elapsed time for the midi file in minutes and seconds based on the \tempo value, for example. Would this be a useful new feature or does the facility already exist? For MacOSX, the program Mighty MIDI can start playback at a particular measure and beat. It isn't exactly what you're looking for, but it should get the end result you're looking for. Whether other programs for different operating systems can do the same, I don't know. ___ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
Re: midi elapsed time markers
On 07.12.2009, at 16:35, Peter Dingley wrote: I was searching for a way to print out midi elapsed time in my score to be able to easily start the midi file at the location I am currently working on. At the moment I write these in by hand but they change as I make changes to the music in other locations. As far as I could see, there is no way of generating these values automatically. I was looking for something like rehearsal marks with the elapsed time for the midi file in minutes and seconds based on the \tempo value, for example. Would this be a useful new feature or does the facility already exist? For MacOSX, the program Mighty MIDI can start playback at a particular measure and beat. It isn't exactly what you're looking for, but it should get the end result you're looking for. Whether other programs for different operating systems can do the same, I don't know. ___ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
Re: midi elapsed time markers
James Bailey googlemail.com> writes: > For MacOSX, the program Mighty MIDI can start playback at a > particular measure and beat. The tip to use Mighty Midi (I tried it) is perfect for my use as the bars are numbered by default. Thanks ___ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
Re: midi elapsed time markers
Mats Bengtsson ee.kth.se> writes: > > Unfortunately, it may be quite difficult to implement without changing > major parts of LilyPond, since currently the MIDI generation and the > printed output are done completely separately, one after the other, > whereas they would have to be done jointly to be able to implement your > feature request (as far as I can see). I was thinking of something as simple as using the number of beats per minute (\tempo ... ) and the the number of beats per bar to work out the elapsed time. Obviously this gets more complicated when taking tempo changes into account and any partial bars but it wouldn't necessarily involve changing the current separate passes for PDF and MIDI generation. ___ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
Re: midi elapsed time markers
> I was thinking of something as simple as using the number of beats > per minute (\tempo ... ) and the the number of beats per bar to work out > the elapsed time. Obviously this gets more complicated when taking > tempo changes into account and any partial bars and repeat sections, which can get rather elaborate. Dont forget the use of mixed time signatures for many renaissance works and other pieces with complex rhythms (eg, 34/44 some bars are 3/4, others 4/4. Should white mensural notation be supported sometimes in the future you will also have to deal with proportional changes in tempo and both a lack of barlines in general or a casual disregard for where they are placed in original sources. If this is to be done it should be done by consideration of the note durations. Perhaps the midi pass could be done before the printing pass and output a side file. -- Dana Emery ___ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
