Re: midi for orchestral scores

[David Kastrup]

Ralf Mattes <address@hidden> writes:

> On Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:36:59 +0200, Nils wrote:
>
>> We are dealing with midi here, that means 16 instruments max. at each
>> given time.
>
> Are we? Since when can Lilypond talk Midi? IIRC Lily does produce Midi
> files (Format 1, to be precise) and those can hold way more than 16 tracks
> (65,535? I think the track count is a word/2Byte). So there would be 
> plenty of space to export even larger orchestra scores  .... ;-)

<URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_MIDI_standards>
disagrees.  16 channels for General Midi as well as General Midi 2.

-- 
David Kastrup