Re: how to hide dynamics? Only solution is to have a dedicated midi music variable?

[Kenneth Wolcott]

Hi David;

  Thank you for the tip regarding DAW; seems a bit over my head for
now, but I will put it in my ToDo list for future reference.

Ken

On Mon, Jun 6, 2022 at 10:44 PM David Bellows <davebellows@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> If you care a lot about how it sounds then you'll want to import the
> MIDI into a DAW and make your adjustments there.
>
> If you are content with just the MIDI sounds then what I have done in
> the past is to make a copy of the LilyPond file and make all the
> adjustments I want to the dynamics on that version and generate a MIDI
> file from it. This way you can also change tempo slightly frequently,
> add ornaments, etc. The pdf you print from that will now be a visual
> representation of the DAW-like changes you've made and you can
> continue to work from that to get the kind of performance you want.
>
> On Mon, Jun 6, 2022 at 9:20 PM Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolcott@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> >
> > HI;
> >
> >   Frequently I have engraved music that doesn't sound good when the
> > corresponding midi is played, usually with regards to two (or more)
> > instruments that are overwhelmed by one of them.
> >
> >   In this case, I have a piece which has a Contrabass with Piano
> > accompaniment, with two different kinds of unwanted domination.  In
> > the first case I have to specify the dynamics for the right hand and
> > the left hand separately (a human pianist would not need this).
> > Secondly, the left hand encounters polyphony about fifteen bars into
> > the piece.  Then, these notes are played at mezzo forte or forte when
> > I want them to be the same dynamic as previously (ppp).  I can't have
> > the Contrabass and the Piano playing at piano dynamics because the
> > Contrabass is completely dominated by the Piano.
> >
> >   I guess I could solve this problem by having four variables for the
> > left hand (lh_one, lh_two, lh_one_midi and lh_two_midi), but that
> > seems quite a bit of work.
> >
> >   Am I the only one that would like to have the midi output sound at
> > least somewhat pleasant?  Or am I the only one who has this problem
> > with the midi dynamics being wonky?
> >
> >   See attached files for details.
> >
> >   Mac Mini
> >   Lilypond 2.22.2 (from home brew)
> >   Fluidsynth (from home brew)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ken Wolcott
>