Re: uncertain about MIDI dynamic scaling

[Mats Bengtsson]

Usually, we have had complaints about that the
dynamic range was too large, so the silent dynamics
were inaudible. So, it may happen that the default
range has been compressed compared to early versions
of LilyPond.

  /Mats

Sean Reed wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Is it possible that the scaling on the MIDI dynamics is off somehow?
>
> I found a few mentions of this in the archives but no specific  
> discussions of this particular issue.
>
> I noticed today after not using MIDI output from LilyPond for several  
> versions (and months) that the differences in the volume between  
> dynamics don't seem as noticeable as I remembered them from earlier  
> versions.
>
> As a test, I rendered a MIDI file of this lily code:
> {c8\ppp d\pp e\p f\mp g\mf a\f b\ff c\fff}
>
> and opened it in Digital Performer and looked at the events list.
> The velocities in the events list are:
> 53 - 62 - 69 - 77 - 85 - 94 - 100  - 107
>
> I would have expected them to be more like
> 16 - 32 - 48 - 64 - 80 - 96 - 112 - 128
>
> Am I misunderstanding something?
>
> Thanks for any hints.
>
> Best,
> Sean
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> lilypond-user mailing list
> address@hidden
> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user



--
=============================================
        Mats Bengtsson
        Signal Processing
        Signals, Sensors and Systems
        Royal Institute of Technology
        SE-100 44  STOCKHOLM
        Sweden
        Phone: (+46) 8 790 8463                         
       Fax:   (+46) 8 790 7260
        Email: address@hidden
        WWW: http://www.s3.kth.se/~mabe
=============================================