Re: getting tuplets using midi2ly

[Mats Bengtsson]

I'm afraid that the best available documentation is the source code. :-(
The impression I've got from the mailing list is that most people who have
tried to use midi2ly for any serious purpose have soon realized that it's
just as quick to enter the .ly file directly. Especially considering the 
fact that
you often spend just as much time editing slurs, articulations, dynamics and
other features that are not represented in MIDI, as you spend on 
inputting the
actual music.

Regards

   /Mats

Ledocq-Boccart wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Where can I find explanations about the effect of the options of 
> midi2ly.py?
> What is "quantize"?
> What is the effect of "explicit durations"?
> etc...
> I mean I would like to understand the link between the options and its 
> action on the structure of a midi file.
> As yet I feel to "cut and try" without understanding.
>
> Best regards
>
> Charlie
>
>
> Ledocq-Boccart a écrit :
> > Thanks Mats!
> >
> > I have made some trials with various options settings: and I got 
> > something I could start with making manual corrections.
> >
> > I do not understand the effect of options like:
> > --explicit-duration
> > --start-quant=DUR        I did not see much effect
> > --duration-quant=DUR
> > With DUR=16 I get something acceptable (triplet of 8th are rendered 
> > as triplet of 16th , while        --allow-tuplet=8*2/3); if DUR=8 
> > notes of triplet are rendered as 4th.
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Charlie
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Mats Bengtsson a écrit :
> > > Don't have too high expectations on what midi2ly can do with the
> > > rhythm. As far as I know, it will only work reasonably well with
> > > MIDI files generated from other notation programs.
> > >
> > >   /Mats
> > >
> > > Ledocq-Boccart wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I'm managing converting a  *.midi  to  a *-midi.ly
> > > > *-midi is stored in "C:\...\Lilypond\usr\bin". It contains a lot of 
> > > > triplets (f8 g a)
> > > > Purpose is: avoid manualy modifying the *-midi.ly code to get all 
> > > > of the triplets!
> > > > No answer found in the forums about the use of convert-ly
> > > > Environment: is Lilypond 2.10.33 running on win XP.
> > > > _
> > > > 1.using midi2ly_
> > > > typing    "C:\...\bin\midi2ly --key=2 --allow-tuplet=8*2/3 *.midi"
> > > > produces   *-midi.ly    which version is given to be 2.7.18 
> > > > (reading with jedit);
> > > > applying     lilypond.exe   gives:
> > > > *-midi.pdf            shows the correct notes pitches (quite all 
> > > > 4-th) but without any triplet nor 8-th;
> > > > *-midi-log            recommanding to use convert-ly  ...2.7.18 ... 
> > > > (2.7.38  2.10.33) **this will part of another post**
> > > > _2.questions:_
> > > > - How could I get the tuplets?
> > > > - Have I missed something?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for answering!
> > > >
> > > > Charlie
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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