Re: two bugs (?)

2002-07-10 Thread Mats Bengtsson
> > I haven't looked at the details of the MIDI format for > > several years but from a quick look at the descriptions > > at www.wotsit.org, it seems that you can only have 16 > > different channels in a MIDI file and each channel > > corresponds to one instrument (and one Lilypond Staff > > con

Re: two bugs (?)

2002-07-10 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
On Wed, 10 Jul 2002 16:43:42 Bernard Hurley wrote: > The situation is a bit more complex than that. As far as I can recall > (I > wrote the embedded code for a midi interface many moons ago): > > 1) A midi channel can only have one instrument at a time assigned to > it, but > it is possible to

Re: two bugs (?)

2002-07-10 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > i've enclosed the midi file i get when i generate the score. i've also > > included an archive of the .ly files used. > > > > the midi output was working with timidity and my sound-card perfectly, > > until my score reached a certain size and amount of instruments. w

Re: Articulation marks and bar rests

2002-07-10 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
On Wed, 10 Jul 2002 08:35:20 Mats Bengtsson wrote: > > Hi, people! > > > > It is the first time I write to this list, but I've been reading for > > several months. I have some things to ask so I'll start now - but > I'll > > continue when I've more time... > > > > 1. Is it possible to insert a

RE: two bugs (?)

2002-07-10 Thread Bernard Hurley
Title: RE: two bugs (?) The situation is a bit more complex than that.  As far as I can recall (I wrote the embedded code for a midi interface many moons ago): 1) A midi channel can only have one instrument at a time assigned to it, but it is possible to change instruments.  2) A midi chann

Re: two bugs (?)

2002-07-10 Thread Mats Bengtsson
> i've enclosed the midi file i get when i generate the score. i've also > included an archive of the .ly files used. > > the midi output was working with timidity and my sound-card perfectly, > until my score reached a certain size and amount of instruments. when i > investigated which instrumen

Re: part combiner questions

2002-07-10 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > duplicated in both parts even when they occur at identical times, > > thereby taking up unnecessary space above the staff; > > I think this has been fixed in lilypond 1.5.66, what version of > LilyPond are you using? As jan and I already discussed over private mail,

Re: part combiner questions

2002-07-10 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Carter Brey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm about halfway through a big orchestral score (Tchaikovsky's Rococo > Variations, Original Version), and I've been running into a couple of > mildly frustrating problems with the part combiner. I've enclosed a > zip file with just the two flute parts

Re: Note spacing

2002-07-10 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Hello to everybody. > > > > I am using Lilypond 1.5.64, and I need to change the average distance > > between consecutive notes in a score. The score I am typesetting takes 45 > > pages (!), but Lily places often only 2 or 3 widely spaced bars per line. > > I would l

Re: Note spacing

2002-07-10 Thread Maurizio Tomasi
> > I am using Lilypond 1.5.64, and I need to change the average distance > > between consecutive notes in a score. The score I am typesetting takes 45 > > pages (!), but Lily places often only 2 or 3 widely spaced bars per line. > > I would like to force Lily to shrink a bit the whole thing to ge

Re: two bugs (?)

2002-07-10 Thread Mats Bengtsson
> hi, > > using lily-1.5.63. > > 1.) i get following warnings while using paper11.ly and printing tuplets > > <<< > warning: couldn't find any font satisfying > (#f italic medium roman -1) > > >>> Hmm, thish should be fixed in scm/font.scm > 2.) i also get this error message, and i think th

Re: Note spacing

2002-07-10 Thread Mats Bengtsson
> Hello to everybody. > > I am using Lilypond 1.5.64, and I need to change the average distance > between consecutive notes in a score. The score I am typesetting takes 45 > pages (!), but Lily places often only 2 or 3 widely spaced bars per line. > I would like to force Lily to shrink a bit the

Re: correct notes and beams display

2002-07-10 Thread Mats Bengtsson
> Hi! I am a new lilypond user. I am typesetting a piece of > music now and I have got some problems (see the lilypond > codes below): > > 1. How can I put a slur or gliss. mark between the grace notes and main > notes? Either upgrade to a recent 1.5.xx version or use the trick from http://www.m

Re: Articulation marks and bar rests

2002-07-10 Thread Mats Bengtsson
> Hi, people! > > It is the first time I write to this list, but I've been reading for > several months. I have some things to ask so I'll start now - but I'll > continue when I've more time... > > 1. Is it possible to insert a "bar rest" without writing the whole bar's > length? That is: in 4/4

Re: Alterations above an articulation

2002-07-10 Thread Mats Bengtsson
> If I compile the following code with Lilypond 1.5.x (currently I am > using version 1.5.63, but this happened with older versions too): > > -- > smallNatural = #'(music ((font-relative-size . -1) "accidentals-0")) > > \score {

part combiner questions

2002-07-10 Thread Carter Brey
Hello, all-- I'm about halfway through a big orchestral score (Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations, Original Version), and I've been running into a couple of mildly frustrating problems with the part combiner. I've enclosed a zip file with just the two flute parts to illustrate, although the phen