RE: Pick a pitch/instrument in MIDI output

[Nick Payne]

Try \set Staff.midiInstrument="gunshot"

Nick

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Rowles [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Friday, 17 April 2009 20:51
> To: Nick Payne
> Cc: lilypond-user
> Subject: Re: Pick a pitch/instrument in MIDI output
> 
> I've read all of that.
> 
> All of those instruments are pitched. I want just a snare drum to hit
> out the rhythm.
> 
> I can't access the percussion midi instruments as I'm not using a drum
> staff, and if I was, the notes would still change (percussion)
> instrument as the "pitch" changed.
> 
> Basically, I want to replicate an audio RhythmStaff.
> 
> So, maybe a better phrased question: Can I pick a particular midi
> instrument "pitch" (eg c', snare etc...) and use that for all notes in
> my score?
> 
> 
> 2009/4/17 Nick Payne <address@hidden>:
> > See s.3.5.1 of the notation reference manual. And appendix B.4 of the
> manual
> > lists all the MIDI instrument names.
> >
> > Nick
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
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> >> Behalf Of Matthew Rowles
> >> Sent: Friday, 17 April 2009 11:01
> >> To: lilypond-user
> >> Subject: Pick a pitch/instrument in MIDI output
> >>
> >> Hi all
> >>
> >>
> >> I have some (pitched) music that I want to output to midi as a snare
> >> drum (other percussion based instruments - bass drum, tom-
> tom...)  for
> >> rhythm practice.
> >>
> >> How can I do this?
> >>
> >>
> >> \version "2.12.2"
> >> music = {
> >>       \time 4/4
> >>       \tempo 4 = 150
> >>
> >>       \relative c'{
> >>         c4. g c16 b' c d
> >>         e16 d e f g4 g'4 r
> >>         R1
> >>       }
> >> }
> >>
> >> \score {
> >>       \music
> >> }
> >>
> >> \score {
> >>       \music
> >>       \midi {
> >>               %do I put things in here to make
> >>               % the output a snare drum?
> >>       }
> >> }
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Matthew Rowles
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