Re: Off-topic: Automatically create rehearsal files from SATB midi file

[Shane Brandes]

After beating my head against the wall on a problem like that for days
i would change the dynamics in the LilyPond file and run a special
rehearsal version, until you figure out the more clever method you
propose.

Shane

On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 7:51 AM, Speldosa <address@hidden> wrote:
> I'm sorry that that I'm going off-topic here (well, it's not /that/
> off-topic), but I thought that if I could find anybody who knew how to do
> what I'm trying to achieve right now, it would be a hardcore LilyPond user
> :)
>
> Anyhow, I'm using LilyPond to output midi files of my SATB arrangements.
> Now, I want to create individual mp3 rehearsal files for each voice. That
> is, for sopranos, I want a file that is mixed so that the soprano part is
> the loudest, for the altos I want the alto part to be the loudest, and so
> on.
>
> I'm writing a bash script for achieving all this, but where I run into
> trouble is when I try to play a midi file from the terminal while setting
> the initial volume for each track. I simply don't know how to achieve this.
>
> I've tried using  timidity <http://timidity.sourceforge.net/>   but it
> doesn't seem to have any way of achieving this. I've also tried fluidsynth,
> and have managed to send CC#7 and CC#11 commands at very start, but
> fluidsynth seems to send these before the midi file has been properly set
> up, which mean they don't have any effect (see discussion of this attempt
> here
> <http://nongnu.13855.n7.nabble.com/How-can-I-start-fluidsynth-playback-with-certain-cc-commands-specified-from-the-very-start-td177680.html>
> ).
>
> So, right now, I'm kind of stuck. I've been trying to solve this problem for
> a couple of days now but without geting anywhere. Does anyone in the
> LilyPond community have any suggestions on how to do it?
>
>
>
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