Re: No Midi w/ crescendo

[John Mandereau]

Kamal wrote:
> I am using lilypond 2.8.6
> 
> If I use the following code snippet:
> a\< b c d\!
> 
> then a silent passage will be produced in the midi output although the
> documentation says that unterminated crescendos will produce that.
> 
> Can can this be overcome?
> 

As far as I have experienced with midi players (mainly with Timidity),
(de)crescendi mess up MIDI files from LilyPond playing. I don't know if
it's LilyPond or Timidity fault.

As a workaround, I remove any \<, \< and \! when I want MIDI output.

Cheers,
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John Mandereau <address@hidden>