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Re: midi for orchestral scores


From: David Kastrup
Subject: Re: midi for orchestral scores
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:35:10 +0200
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Ralf Mattes <address@hidden> writes:

> On Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:46:59 +0200, Nils wrote:
>
>> 
>> Yes. 16 sounds because we have 16 channels max. 
>
> No. Channels (as the name implies) are a way to address more than one
> sound over a communication channel (used to be a serial cable). Think
> of bus architecture. But the OP doesn't need to use cables (who does
> these days?). With a decent player you can assign a different sound 
> to each track (actually you _could_ use up to 16 simultaneous addressable
> sounds per track). 
>  
>> And you can double two
>> horns on one channel but you can't pan one to the left and one to the
>> right. So in the end its 16 instruments + tricks like sharing one
>> instrument patch for all strings.
>
> You can do all this _per track_ ....

Patch or it doesn't happen.

Seriously: theoretic arguments will not get us far.  Whatever the theory
might be, it needs to get folded into LilyPond, and the results still
have to work under practical circumstances.

I have no clue about the Midi area myself.

-- 
David Kastrup




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