Re: How I can control a name of midi output, file?

[Ian Hulin]

Hi Oleksandr,

On 30/05/10 21:05, Oleksandr Gavenko wrote:
> On 2010-05-30 22:07, Xavier Scheuer wrote:
> > 2010/5/30 Oleksandr Gavenko<address@hidden>:
> >
> > > If I want generate many midi fragment I repeat text
> > >
> > > \score { \new Staff { ... }
> > > \layout { }
> > > \midi { }
> > > }
> > >
> > > as many times as need. And when I run
> > >
> > > $ lilypond my.ly
> > >
> > > I get a lot of my.midi, my-1.midi, ..., my-17.midi, ...
> > >
> > > It is possible to control names of generated midi files
> > > in .ly source file?
> >
> > Hi again!
> >
> > Well, yes and no. :D
> >
> > #(define output-suffix "mysuffix")
> >
> > See AU 3.2.1 Invoking lilypond
> > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond-program/Invoking-lilypond.html
> Thanks! Almost that I need.
If you are using a recent 2.13 version, you can do this:

\book {
  \bookOutputName = "track-one"
  \score { \new Staff { ... }
  \layout { }
   \midi { }
 }
}
\book {
  \bookOutputName = "track-two"
  \score { \new Staff { ... }
  \layout { }
   \midi { }
 }
}
etc.
Though any .pdf files generated will also be called track-one.pdf, 
track-two.pdf etc.

Hope this helps,

Cheers,
Ian Hulin