Re: another route from MIDI to lilypond (from NtEd developer)

[Joerg Anders]

A word from NtEd developer:

On Sat, 26 Sep 2009, Laura Conrad wrote:

> A quick test on the same MIDI file as earlier shows that it spells Bb
> wrong, and doesn't correct it if I edit the key signature.

Hmm! I imported a MIDI which includes a simple Bb scale. The
LilyPond export gives:


   \header {
   }

   #(set-default-paper-size "a4")
   StaffA = \new Staff \relative c' { \set Staff.instrumentName = "Inst 1 "
                                      \clef treble\key bes \major \time 4/4
         bes'4  c  d  es | % 2
         f  g  a  bes | % 3


   }

   \score {
        <<
        \StaffA
        >>
        \layout { }
   }

Which in turn creates a correct Bb scale. What is misspelled ? "bes" ?

> if I figure out
> either how to get it to speak English or how to understand all the
> German options.

It is not German it is Dutch! NtEd assumes you don't include any special
language package nor do you use a certain LilyPond version (Therefore the
warning "no \version statement found"). And in this
case LilyPond "speaks" (or better "reads") Dutch. And "bes" is Dutch
for "Bb"

On Sat, 26 Sep 2009, Laura Conrad wrote:

> but unlike the others, it gets some length(s?)
> wrong so that not all the parts are the same length.

The reason is: Unlike other score editors on Linux, NtEd does not assume
a shortest note and recognizes triplets.

Furthermore: NtEd is the one and only score editor on
Linux which distributes the MIDI notes onto different
voices if necessary:


--------------------
------|\-----|\-----
------|------|------
------|------|------
-----/------/-------

     /
    |
    |
    |

All others try this:


---------------------
------|\------|\-----
------|-------|------
------|-------|------
-----/|------/|------
      |       |
     /       /

      \ ____ /


--
J.Anders, GERMANY, TU Chemnitz, Fakultaet fuer Informatik