Re: Bug in articulate.ly

[Simon Albrecht]

Am 28.02.2015 um 20:11 schrieb H. S. Teoh:
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 05:14:09PM -0800, Flaming Hakama by Elaine wrote:
> [...]
> > I've recently been using lilypond with articulate.ly to produce midi
> > versions of pieces and have to say that, despite its limitations, I've
> > been getting results that are not terrible.
> I've been getting mixed results.
[snip]
> Another example is that you could indicate "tempo rubato" and then
> specify as interpretation one of the many possible actual tempo(s) that
> would be used for rendering the MIDI.
If I may chime in with my opinion on this: there may be some point in 
translating articulations into midi, but tempo rubato is in itself meant 
to be subjective and thus marks the point where a human performer cannot 
and must not be replaced by a machine. Thus I find the sketched approach 
more than a little absurd, if you permit the remark. It’s neither 
possible, nor rewarding, nor even desirable to substitute real music 
making by electronic simulation, (at least for most kinds of music, and 
certainly every music which can be reasonably typeset with lilypond 
belongs in this category).

Yours, Simon