Re: Is anyone maintaining midi2ly?

[Michael Ellis]

David Kastrup wrote:

• I get correct PDF output on 2.21.0 but a nonsensical wash of bar checks that appear to cater to 2/4 throughout.

Thanks for testing it, David.  What options did you use for midi2ly and lilypond?  My command lines were:

./midi2ly.py -o meter.ly -n -V 1 meter.midi

lilypond meter.ly

I only got one bar check complaint when LP processed meter.ly which contains:

TrackA = {

  \numericTimeSignature\time 4/4  c'4 d'4 e'4 f'4  |  % orig

  \numericTimeSignature\time 2/4  g'8 a'8 g'8 g'8 a'8 g'8 c''4  |  % orig

  \numericTimeSignature\time 6/8  c''4 g'8 a'8 g'8 g'8 a'8 g'8  |  % orig

  \numericTimeSignature\time 2/4  c''4 c''4 r2  |  % orig

}

It was on the 6/8 line in the above which contains 8 eighth-notes.

I'll try upgrading to 2.21 and see if that makes any difference.

On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 5:15 PM David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:

Michael Ellis <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi, It's been a few years since my last post here.  I'm wondering about the status of
> midi2ly.  I just tried the version that came with 2.18.2 and it seems to handle meter
> changes incorrectly.  Here's a short example produced from a midi file imported into
> MuseScore 2.1
>
> msc2-meter-example.png
>
> and here's the result of processing what midi2ly produced from the same file
>
> ly-meter-example.png
>
> The MuseScore output is correct and matches the tempo and meter items
> embedded in the original midi file (attached).  I've also verified with 2 different
> DAW's (Reaper and Logic X) that the midi file is imported correctly.
>
> The application that produced the midi file is called tbon. It's a shorthand notation
> language I wrote for projects where fast notation entry is more important than
> having the full capabilities of LilyPond.  If you're curious about tbon, go to
> https://github.com/Michael-F-Ellis/tbon . The README has a link to a live online
> demo.
>
> I'd really rather use LP than MuseScore for the times when I want to engrave the
> output from tbon since LP still produces better looking scores, imo, but not being
> able to handle meter changes is a showstopper.

I get correct PDF output on 2.21.0 but a nonsensical wash of bar checks
that appear to cater to 2/4 throughout.

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David Kastrup

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