Re: Problems with midi2ly

[Simon Albrecht]

On 05.03.2016 18:37, mark damerell wrote:
> 3. Lyrics get mangled. To see this, go to
>
> manuals > learning > 3.4.2 Four part SATB
>
> and extract the Handel example. Add
>
> \layout {}
> \midi {}
>
> just above the very last  }   which terminates the \score.
>
> Save, say as handel.ly <http://handel.ly>   . Run  lilypond on this. 
> The   pdf  looks exactly as it
> says in the manual. But run  midi2ly  on the  midi  file. This gives 
> handel-midi.ly <http://handel-midi.ly>
> Now run  lilypond  on that file and 3 lines of lyrics have 
> disappeared. With more
> complicated lyrics, you get error messages about simultaneous lyrics.

midi2ly and other conversion tools are known to be incomplete, so you 
can’t expect such a workflow to return satisfying results in all 
cases/without manual adjustment.
And, for future cases: You are more likely to get help if you actually 
include example files, i.e. in this case the handel.midi and 
handel-midi.ly files as attachments.

Best, Simon