wish: more midi-functionality

[Markus W. Kropp]

dear composers and programmers,

i need more functions for midi with lilypond. i know - lilypond is NOT a 
sequencer, but i try to tell you, what i want (and i read this wish in a forum,
too)

i work often with the linuxsampler, frescobaldi, lilypond and jack. for my 
first piano concert i need more samples than 15. i try to explain with an
example:

on midi-channel 12 there is the violin. in the linuxsampler is loaded the sound 
for violin-sustain. this is ok for the first 4 measures. but then, i need
staccato-violins. and later some other articulations of the violins. i can load 
all these sounds into the linuxsampler, but i am running out of
midi-channels.

now my suggestion:

create one command, that can not only change the instrument name. create a 
command, that tells every staff (or even every voice) to change the midi
channel AND the port. perhaps it can work as follows:

linuxsampler (1) on port 128:0 with all sustain-sounds
linuxsampler (2) on port 129:0 with all staccato-sounds
linuxsampler (3) on port 130:0 with all solo-sounds

perhaps the command can look like this:

c4 d e f\midiChannelPort #12 #128
g a h c\midiChannelPort #12 #129

so you can change each channel with additional the port. so, the number of 
midi-channels are no problem any more!

AND: with this feature lilypond goes into the future. so, lilypond will have a 
GREAT functionality like rosegarden.


musical regards

Markus W. Kropp aka Musix

PS Lilypond is very, very great! i love to write my music with it.


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Markus W. Kropp
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