Re: panning in timidity wrong

[Martin Tarenskeen]

On Thu, 9 Jan 2014, address@hidden wrote:

> I'm using:
>
> \version "2.19.0"
>
> midi_a = {
>  \set Staff.midiInstrument = #"electric bass (finger)" % 34
>  \set Staff.midiPanPosition = #-1
> }
> midi_b = {
>  \set Staff.midiInstrument = #"electric bass (finger)" % 34
>  \set Staff.midiPanPosition = #0
> }
> midi_c = {
>  \set Staff.midiInstrument = #"electric bass (finger)" % 34
>  \set Staff.midiPanPosition = #1
> }
>
> ma = \relative c'' {
>  \midi_a
>  c4 b a g | R1*2 |
> }
> mb = \relative a' {
>  \midi_b
>  R1 | g4 f e d | R1 |
> }
> mc = \relative a, {
>  \midi_c
>  R1*2 | d4 c b c |
> }
>
> \score {
>  <<
>    \new Staff \ma
>    \new Staff \mb
>    \new Staff \mc
>  >>
>  \midi { }
> }
>
> (midiPanPosition is documented in the internals doc, under 
> 2.2.72 Midi control function performer)
>
> The midi file looks good, but when I run it through timidity
> \ma sound in the middle, \mb and \mc to the right. Commenting away
> the midiInstrument, the panning comes out as it should.
>
> Has anyone experienced this, can anyone recommend another midiplayer?


I tried your example with Timidity++ on Fedora 20 and it sounds OK here: 
Left -> Center -> Right

To suggest alternative MIDI players we need to know what OS you are using?

Just a wild guess: have you tried using another Soundfont/Patchset?

BTW: thanks for the example. I did not know it was possible setting MIDI 
panning in Lilypond - I just needed something like this for my own scores 
:-)

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MT