Re: Some MIDI questions
Thank you very much for your advice….
I did attach my .ly file and as you can see I had already made use of variables.
But I didn't think of two separate scores - thanks for that idea.
You help is truly appreciated but before posting I had already gone through all
the MIDI Notation, Learning and Snippets docs.
That's what they are there for right? It's up to me to do my homework before
bothering others isn't it?
But I didn't see anything about being able to choose the MIDI channel for a
specific instrument. All that it says is:
The MIDI output allocates a channel for each staff, and reserves channel 10
for drums.
There are only 16 MIDI channels per device, so if the score contains more than
15 staves, MIDI channels will be reused.
Perhaps my case is unusual - I am planning to use a hardware synth, Roland's
Sound Canvas, rather than a software one.
respect….
Peter
On 2015-03-16, at 10:42 PM, H. S. Teoh hst...@quickfur.ath.cx wrote:
On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 10:09:18PM -0400, Peter Teeson wrote:
My lead sheet is done and now I want to work on the instruments.
So my first question is
#1 How to I stop the lyrics from appearing in the MIDI file?
When it comes to working with MIDI in lilypond, your best bet is always
to put your music in variables and use a separate \score dedicated for
MIDI, where you can put in only stuff intended for MIDI and leave out
everything else (or conversely, put in stuff needed to make MIDI work
nicely but shouldn't appear in the typeset score).
So I would put the music in one (set of) variable(s), and the lyrics in
another variable, and then in the \score block intended for typesetting,
use both (set of) variables, while in the \score block intended for
MIDI, leave out the lyrics variable(s). Something like this:
music = ... % put your instrumental notes here
lyrics = ... % put your lyrics here
% This block is intended for layout
\score {
\music
\addlyrics \lyrics
\layout {}
}
% This block is intended only for MIDI
\score {
\music
% N.B. don't put \lyrics here
\midi {}
}
Also
#2 How do I set the MIDI channel to use - in this case for the
vibraphone?
Perhaps this page might help?
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/midi-instruments
T
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Re: Some MIDI questions
Thank you very much for your examples. I looked at them and a lot of it is beyond my present knowledge. But the link to the Internals documentation for MIDI has been bookmarked. http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/internals/midi_005fcontrol_005ffunction_005fperformer respect…. Peter On 2015-03-16, at 11:46 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm lilypon...@fiee.net wrote: Am 2015-03-17 um 08:09 schrieb Peter Teeson peter.tee...@icloud.com: My lead sheet is done and now I want to work on the instruments. So my first question is #1 How to I stop the lyrics from appearing in the MIDI file? Ain't Misbehavin v4.ly Also #2 How do I set the MIDI channel to use - in this case for the vibraphone? (This is because I have an old Roland Sound Canvas that I will be using for my project.) (The project is aiming at reproducing my jazz trio of vibes, electric guitar and acoustic bass - from 55 years ago - wow is it really that long!!) As HST told you: use variables and different score blocks. Here’s my template in which I did that and collected a lot of tweaks that I regularly use. Comments only in German, but you’ll find your way... Greetlings, Hraban --- fiëé visuëlle Henning Hraban Ramm http://www.fiee.net http://angerweit.tikon.ch/lieder/ https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer) ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Some MIDI questions
On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 11:04:52AM -0400, Peter Teeson wrote: [...] But I didn't see anything about being able to choose the MIDI channel for a specific instrument. All that it says is: The MIDI output allocates a channel for each staff, and reserves channel 10 for drums. There are only 16 MIDI channels per device, so if the score contains more than 15 staves, MIDI channels will be reused. Perhaps my case is unusual - I am planning to use a hardware synth, Roland's Sound Canvas, rather than a software one. [...] Ah, I'm sorry, I misunderstood you. I thought you wanted to assign a specific instrument (program change) to the staff. I don't know of any way of assigning the channel number, unfortunately. You might have to use an external MIDI utility to make that change. T -- Lottery: tax on the stupid. -- Slashdotter ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Some MIDI questions
My lead sheet is done and now I want to work on the instruments. So my first question is #1 How to I stop the lyrics from appearing in the MIDI file? Ain't Misbehavin v4.ly Description: Binary data Also #2 How do I set the MIDI channel to use - in this case for the vibraphone? (This is because I have an old Roland Sound Canvas that I will be using for my project.) (The project is aiming at reproducing my jazz trio of vibes, electric guitar and acoustic bass - from 55 years ago - wow is it really that long!!) Thanks for your help…. Peter___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: Some MIDI questions
On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 10:09:18PM -0400, Peter Teeson wrote:
My lead sheet is done and now I want to work on the instruments.
So my first question is
#1 How to I stop the lyrics from appearing in the MIDI file?
When it comes to working with MIDI in lilypond, your best bet is always
to put your music in variables and use a separate \score dedicated for
MIDI, where you can put in only stuff intended for MIDI and leave out
everything else (or conversely, put in stuff needed to make MIDI work
nicely but shouldn't appear in the typeset score).
So I would put the music in one (set of) variable(s), and the lyrics in
another variable, and then in the \score block intended for typesetting,
use both (set of) variables, while in the \score block intended for
MIDI, leave out the lyrics variable(s). Something like this:
music = ... % put your instrumental notes here
lyrics = ... % put your lyrics here
% This block is intended for layout
\score {
\music
\addlyrics \lyrics
\layout {}
}
% This block is intended only for MIDI
\score {
\music
% N.B. don't put \lyrics here
\midi {}
}
Also
#2 How do I set the MIDI channel to use - in this case for the
vibraphone?
Perhaps this page might help?
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/midi-instruments
T
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Annaeus Seneca
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Re: Some MIDI questions
Am 2015-03-17 um 08:09 schrieb Peter Teeson peter.tee...@icloud.com: My lead sheet is done and now I want to work on the instruments. So my first question is #1 How to I stop the lyrics from appearing in the MIDI file? Ain't Misbehavin v4.ly Also #2 How do I set the MIDI channel to use - in this case for the vibraphone? (This is because I have an old Roland Sound Canvas that I will be using for my project.) (The project is aiming at reproducing my jazz trio of vibes, electric guitar and acoustic bass - from 55 years ago - wow is it really that long!!) As HST told you: use variables and different score blocks. Here’s my template in which I did that and collected a lot of tweaks that I regularly use. Comments only in German, but you’ll find your way... Greetlings, Hraban --- fiëé visuëlle Henning Hraban Ramm http://www.fiee.net http://angerweit.tikon.ch/lieder/ https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer) global_liedvorlage.ly Description: Binary data global.ly Description: Binary data ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
