Re: dynamic and midi velocity

[Hugh Myers]

Go right a head and implement your suggestion--- Lilypond is open
source you know...

---hsm

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 8:38 AM, David Raleigh Arnold
<address@hidden> wrote:
> On Saturday 06 March 2010 03:12:11 David Kastrup wrote:
>> David Raleigh Arnold <address@hidden> writes:
>> > Ideally the volume should be preset for each instrument according to
>> > ratios expressing the relative natural loudness of the instrument, IOW
>> > set it and forget it, and only velocity should be used for dynamics.
>> > That is obviously the purpose of the design.  Why fight it?  No good
>> > can come from twiddling the volume in the middle of the performance.
>>
>> I have a (not quite cheap) Ketron Keyboard with a volume pedal.  I was
>> rather surprised to realize that putting it to zero would
>> a) considerably lower the volume of notes already hit
>> b) completely stop new notes from being sounded
>>
>> I would have thought that it would act more or less as a simple analog
>> volume control, but it would appear that it _partially_ affects notes
>> already hit.
>>
>> Interesting.  I have not checked the corresponding Midi messages,
>> though.
>>
>
> Ha!  The volumes should be part of the instrument specifications for
> any lilypond/midi document, and dynamics should relate to velocity
> alone.  To do otherwise was a major mistake in the midi implementation in
> lilypond.  It would be a very good idea to quit trying to make
> it work in some other way.
>
> Of course the "solution" to the "problem" is to instantiate a new
> voice, instrument and volume for every dynamic.  Surely a lot
> of trouble for nothing.  Regards, daveA
>
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