Re: Midi problem

[Mats Bengtsson]

David Fedoruk wrote:
> MIDI doesn't indicate exactly what the instruments will sound like.
> The exact sounds depend on the General MIDI instruments the person
> playing the file back has available on their computer.
>   
This is not the full story. You are right that different MIDI instruments,
soundcards and MIDI software use different so-called instrument patches,
which determine what each instrument will sound like. However, there are
possibilities to specify such things as pedaling in a MIDI file and even 
though
the MIDI standard isn't really any standard, i guess that most MIDI players
will understand them. The MIDI output in LilyPond is fairly primitive and
pedaling is just one of many aspects that are not implemented in the MIDI
output from LilyPond.

/Mats
> The way the playback sounds to you will not be the way it sounds when
> it is played back on other computers. MIDI is not very exact in that
> respect.
>
> Cheers
> David
>
>   
> > Hi,
> >   I know the Dynamic context created in piano template allows Midi output to
> > play piano pedaling. But when I write piano piece, the Midi can't reflect my
> > pedaling, and the sound is still dry. This is not because of my player,
> > because when I play some Midi files created by other softwares such as
> > Finale, the pedaling is here. Why? How to make my Midi file really have
> > pedaling output?
> > Haipeng
> >
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