Re: Mapping custom drum notes to MIDI notes?

[James]

> Subject:
> Re: Mapping custom drum notes to MIDI notes?
> From:
> Peter Crighton <address@hidden>
> Date:
> 05/10/14 15:26
> To:
> LilyPond User Mailing List <address@hidden>, tisimst <address@hidden>
> 
> 2014-09-25 6:32 GMT+02:00 Peter Crighton <address@hidden>:
> 
>     No, I've checked all the sounds and I also checked the generated MIDI 
> file, the notes are actually missing, so the problem is definitely caused by 
> LilyPond.
>     Am 25.09.2014 04:51 schrieb "tisimst" <address@hidden>:
> 
>         Just thinking out loud, but could it be that the default sound font 
> doesn't have the instruments you are trying to use?
>>
>>     On Sep 24, 2014, at 6:26 PM, Peter Crighton [via Lilypond] <[hidden 
>> email]> wrote:
>>>     I’m in the process of builidng my own custom drumset. No problems here 
>>> with notation, but I’m unable to define custom MIDI notes.
>>>
>>>     […]
>>>
>>>     It seems that midiDrumPitches doesn’t get applied. Do I have to do that 
>>> manually? What else could be wrong?
> 
> Just now realised that I didn’t send my last answer to the list.
> 
> Anyway, I now found my mistake: You need to apply “drumPitchTable = 
> #(alist->hash-table midiDrumPitches)” to the DrumStaff (similar to 
> drumStyleTable). I don’t think this is documented anywhere, I only found it 
> in the code.
> 
> --
> Peter Crighton | Musician & Music Engraver based in Mainz, Germany
> http://www.petercrighton.de

If someone who knows more than I wishes to help document this or perhaps
at least suggest a place it could be added (I don't understand the
thread technically) am happy to try to improve our current document with
this addition.

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James