Re: Using the "articulate.ly" script AND getting nice-looking engraved output - how to

[Peter Chubb]

>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Cloyd <address@hidden> writes:

Thanks Tom

Tom> While the slight separation of notes in the midi output often
Tom> seems to improve the sound of music for instruments which don't
Tom> normally sound legato, such as classic guitar, it can also make
Tom> other instruments, such as organ, sound unrealistic. One approach
Tom> to reducing or eliminating this problem is to experimentally
Tom> alter a single line in the articulate.ly script - here is an
Tom> example of such an alteration:

Tom> #(define ac:normalFactor '(15 . 16))

Can anyone suggest a way that this can be changed outside the script?
I tried
  legato=#(set! ac:normalFactor '(1 . 1))
in a normal lily file, but it didn't seem to work.  The value in the
#(define...) statement in the included file was the one used.

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