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Re: high-quality audio output from Lilypond


From: Johan Vromans
Subject: Re: high-quality audio output from Lilypond
Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 17:24:06 +0200
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Kieren MacMillan <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi Urs,
>
>> What could be useful however (I don't know _anything_ about it) would
>> be to add a chapter to the documentation talking about how to get
>> high-quality audio output from/through LilyPond, referencing useful
>> free soundfonts or whatever is useful to get this to work.
>
> I have been using Lilypond for over a decade now. I have never used it
> to "compose" (only engrave), and only *once* have I used the MIDI
> output for listening. However, I feel I will likely be needing this
> functionality in the near future, and would be very interested in
> seeing good documentation on how to get (or improve) high-quality
> audio output from Lilypond.

Generating audio is one of the important reasons to use LilyPond.

I use Timidity++ on a Linux system with CrisisGM351 soundfont, and I
get very acceptable results. I must admit that I cannot remember where I
got this soundfont from, but AFAIK it's a free font.

-- Johan



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