Re: How do I conver to midi

[Felipe Massia Pereira]

Hello Ohannes,

you must add 

\midi {}

inside \score {} just after the \paper {} command. If you omit \midi
lilypond does no generate MIDI output.

You can convert .midi to .ly (the reverse) using midi2ly.

[]s
Felipe

On Mon, 1 Jul 2002, Ohannes Murat Berin wrote:

> I finally got lilypond working on my RedHat 7.2. I was able to run the
> sample .ly file and create .dvi and .ps files. One question I have is
> how do I convert a .ly file to a midi file. I see there is an -m option,
> but I am not sure if this option is supposed to play the song or create
> a midi file. It does not create a file and I do not hear anything. My
> sound card works because I am able to play midi and mp3 files
> 
> Ohannes
> 
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