braille output (was: Immediate Need For Midi Output)

[Graham Percival]

Jared Wright wrote:
> Hello all, I've only today stumbled across this application and find it to hold 
> a
> lot of promise. I am a blind musician, and as a result, more graphically 
> intensive
> scorewriters,

There has been some discussion about adding Braille music notation 
output for LilyPond.  I believe that Ralph Little was the last person to 
be investigating this; I've CC'd this message to his email accounts. 
I'm not certain how much time (and technical information) he has, so 
don't get too hopeful until you hear from him.

>    MIDI topics are found quite a ways into the documentation, and at least for 
> me,
> they assume quite a bit of knowledge about LilyPond when explaining how to best 
> get
> midi output from an input file.

To get basic MIDI output, you simply add \midi{}.  Here is a complete 
example:

\score{
  \relative c' {
     c4 c c c
  }
  \layout {}
  \midi {}
}


There are ways of fine-tuning the loudness of different instruments, but 
this is more complicated.  Be aware that MIDI output is not a priority 
for LilyPond -- for example, articulations have no affect on MIDI output 
(I believe that they do in Sibelius).

Cheers,
- Graham