Re: midi-output using one midi channel per string?

[Marc Hohl]

Am 10.02.2011 08:59, schrieb Ingo Glöckner:
> Hello,
>
> I am using Lilypond for writing guitar music.
> In this process, the generated midi output can
> be a useful control.
> In order to get a more realistic impression,
> I would like to send the notes for each guitar
> string to a separate midi channel so that it can
> trigger specific sound samples for each string.
>
> So far I have only found out how to assign
> distinct midi channels to distinct Lilypond
> voices, but I cannot enter the guitar music
> using one voice per string.
>
> My question is if is possible to split the midi
> output by strings.
AFAIK, this is not possible.
> In case there is no simple way to achieve this:
> The association of the individual notes and
> corresponding strings is obviously known somewhere
> in the TabStaff code. Would this be a possible
> starting point for implementation?
The performers are responsible for MIDI output, IIUC.
So probably the note-performer has to take the string
numbers into account. Or you'll have to create a kind of
"string-channel-performer" which does the right thing.

Performers are written in C++, but that's all I know about
this stuff.

Regards,

Marc
> Thanks in advance for help!
>
> - Ingo
>
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