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Re: midi for orchestral scores
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David Kastrup |
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Re: midi for orchestral scores |
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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
- Re: midi for orchestral scores, (continued)
- Re: midi for orchestral scores, Nils, 2012/06/28
- Re: midi for orchestral scores, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, 2012/06/28
- Re: midi for orchestral scores, Ralf Mattes, 2012/06/28
- Re: midi for orchestral scores, Shevek, 2012/06/28
- Re: midi for orchestral scores, ArnoldTheresius, 2012/06/29
- Re: midi for orchestral scores, Ralf Mattes, 2012/06/28
- Re: midi for orchestral scores,
David Kastrup <=
- Re: midi for orchestral scores, Ralf Mattes, 2012/06/28