Re: How to change the name of the MIDI file ?

[Carl Sorensen]

On 12/28/11 4:24 AM, "Louis Bettens" <address@hidden> wrote:

>Le 27. 12. 11 22:21, Marc Hohl a écrit :
>> Am 27.12.2011 20:10, schrieb Louis Bettens:
>>> Hello everybody,
>>> Tiny example : try.ly :
>>> \version "2.12.3"
>>>
>>> \book {
>>> \score {
>>> %first arpeggio
>>> \relative c' { c e g c }
>>> \midi { }
>>> }
>>> \score {
>>> %second arpeggio
>>> \relative c' { d fis a d }
>>> \midi { }
>>> }
>>> }
>>>
>>> The midi output of the first arpeggio goes in "try.midi" and the
>>> second in
>>> "try-1.midi".
>>> I would like to specify a filename for each of these outputs ( for
>>> example
>>> "arpeggio-C.midi" and "arpeggio-D.midi" )
>>> Perhaps something in the midi block ?
>>
>> If you save this as arpeggio.ly, then you get
>> arpeggio-C.midi and arpeggio-D.midi
>>
>> \book {
>> \bookOutputSuffix "C"
>> \score {
>> %first arpeggio
>> \relative c' { c e g c }
>> \midi { }
>> }
>> }
>>
>> \book {
>> \bookOutputSuffix "D"
>> \score {
>> %second arpeggio
>> \relative c' { d fis a d }
>> \midi { }
>> }
>> }
>>
>> See
>> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/notation/output-file-names
>> ( think it works with 2.12, too, but not tested)
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Marc
>>
>>> Is it possible ?
>>> Thank you for help !
>>>
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>>
>
>Thank you very much, but first, it didn't work with lilypond 2.12.3 so I
>did a HUGE upgrade which brought Gnome 3 ( so I decided to switch to
>XFCE4 ) and a lot of funny things which usually come with upgrades, and
>then I finally got lilypond 2.14.3, YES !
>
>Your solution works well with my tiny example, but it's harder in real
>life : In the score I'm writing, I can't put each score in a separate
>book because this is a suite and in a suite, each piece follows ( "suit"
>in french, this is why it's called a "suite" ) the  previous. They must
>be in the same book !
>
>Perhaps there are no lilypond command to do that and I should use a
>makefile to rename my MIDI files ?

You don't eed to make the midi in the same structure as the printing.
Print the suite as a single book; make the midi in separate books.

HTH,

Carl