RE: dynamics used in MIDI output?

[Ed Ardzinski]

I use Acid Pro 6 to process the midi files I generate from LP.  While not exactly "high end" it's simple enough and flexible enough to get what I want out of the sound output (essentially a demo production).  One of my band mates think the drum sounds are "funny" - I'm actually pleased, and I can't get any decent rock type guitar sounds out of the computer - but that's probably more a function of the sythesizer software I'm using, which is just the defauly I get with Windows XP.

I don't even bother with dynamics in my LP output - it's simpler to do that in Acid.  There are some compromises - I tend to have to have a separate midi LP file to deal with things like fermatas and grand pauses, but the system works well enough for me.
 
Unfortunately Acid is not free...

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> Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:45:54 -0800
> From: address@hidden
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: dynamics used in MIDI output?
> CC: address@hidden
>
> Sorry, I know very very little about MIDI programs; I do virtually
> nothing with computer sound. Five minutes on google would tell
> you more than I could, especially since I'm not certain what
> operating system you use, nor whether you care if a program is
> free beer or actually Free.
>
> Cheers,
> - Graham
>
>
> On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:03:37 -0800
> Ted Walther <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > Thanks Graham. I love Lilypond's PDF output. For the MIDI end of
> > things, are there any programs you'd recommend? If I have to make an
> > intermediate language, and output for both Lilypond and the other
> > program, I will.
> >
> > Ted
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 12:59:48AM -0800, Graham Percival wrote:
> > >On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:28:15 -0800
> > >Ted Walther <address@hidden> wrote:
> > >
> > >> I read in the documentation on the website that dynamic markings
> > >> like crescendo and decrescendo, mezzoforte, etc, are not
> > >> incorporated into the MIDI output.
> > >
> > >Where? That is incorrect. We don't include articulations, but
> > >dynamics are certainly added.
> > >
> > >> I can't play any instrument, so I'm trying to use Lilypond to make
> > >> accompaniment music to sing along to.
> > >
> > >Although we _do_ support dynamics in MIDI, I can't claim that we
> > >have particularly good MIDI support... I hate to say it, but it
> > >might be better to look at using a different program if your
> > >primary goal is audio playback.
> > >
> > >Cheers,
> > >- Graham
> >
> > --
> > There's a party in your skull. And you're invited!
> >
> > Name: Ted Walther
> > Phone: 778-320-0644
> > Email: address@hidden
> > Skype: tederific
> > Address: 3422 Euclid Ave, Vancouver, BC V5R4G4 (Canada)
>
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