Re: suggestion for articulate

[David Kastrup]

Peter Chubb <address@hidden> writes:

>>>>>> "胡海鹏" == 胡海鹏  <- Hu Haipeng <address@hidden>> writes:
>
> 胡海鹏> Hello, Before I make a 16 track midi to show the remaining bug
> 胡海鹏> on midi output in the recent devel versions, I'll suggest an
> 胡海鹏> improvement upon articulate.ly. I changed the following line,
> 胡海鹏> and the non-slurred music sounds more natural, while the
> 胡海鹏> slurred music still gets more smooth: #(define ac:normalFactor
> 胡海鹏> '(15 . 16)) Regards Haipeng
>
>
> What really needs to happen is that this (and the other paramet6ers)
> need to be documented.  Whether 15/16 or 7/8 sounds better depends on
> the instrument and the style of the music being played, and how
> non-legato you want the normal articulations to be.

A fixed ratio seems a mistake to me: like optical scaling of fonts, the
ratio should depend on the length of the note as well as the speed of
the piece.  And one does not want to have chords end early in one voice
merely because the voice had a longer note starting the chord.

-- 
David Kastrup