Re: MIDI instrument for oboe d'amore

[Jacques Menu]

>> The pitch to use for \transposition should correspond to the real
>> sound heard when a c' written on the staff is played by the
>> transposing instrument. This pitch is entered in absolute mode, so an
>> instrument that produces a real sound which is one tone higher than
>> the printed music should use \transposition d'.  \transposition should
>> only be used if the pitches are not being entered in concert pitch.
> 
> After using \transpose, they are not in concert pitch.
> 
>>> BTW, it could be better named as something like
 \transposingInstrument, it seems.
>>> 
>>> Why?
>> 
>> Would be more explicit: transposition can be understood as the act of
>> transposing,
> 
> "transposition" is not a verb.  And it describes the relation between
> printed pitch and Midi pitch without necessarily referring to an
> instrument.

That wasn’t clear to me from the doc.

>\context Voice = "Part_POne_Staff_One_Voice_One" <<
> \transposition a
>  \transpose a c' % <<= HERE
>  \Part_POne_Staff_One_Voice_One

Thanks David, that solves my problem!

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Re: MIDI instrument for oboe d'amore

[Lukas-Fabian Moser]

The LPNR:

The pitch to use for |\transposition| should correspond to the real 
sound heard when a |c'| written on the staff is played by the 
transposing instrument. This pitch is entered in absolute mode, so an 
instrument that produces a real sound which is one tone higher than 
the printed music should use |\transposition d'|. *|\transposition 
|should /only/ be used if the pitches are /not/** being entered in 
concert pitch*.


Well, yeah, that _might_ be seen as a little misleading. Certainly, that 
statement is supposed to say: It does not make sense to use 
\transposition for concert-pitch music.


But using \transpose a c' \some_concert_pitch_music_for_oboe_damore in 
effect creates music _not_ in concert pitch, for which then 
\transposition can (and should) be used, like in the example I gave earlier.


Lukas


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Re: MIDI instrument for oboe d'amore

[David Kastrup]

Jacques Menu  writes:

>> Le 1 mai 2019 à 10:01, David Kastrup  a écrit :
>> 
>> Jacques Menu  writes:
>> 
>>> Unfortunately, \transposition can only be used when the notes are written 
>>> in «
>>> instrument » pitch, not concert pitch.
>> 
>> Says who?
>
> The LPNR:
>
> The pitch to use for \transposition should correspond to the real
> sound heard when a c' written on the staff is played by the
> transposing instrument. This pitch is entered in absolute mode, so an
> instrument that produces a real sound which is one tone higher than
> the printed music should use \transposition d'.  \transposition should
> only be used if the pitches are not being entered in concert pitch.

After using \transpose, they are not in concert pitch.

>> BTW, it could be better named as something like
>>> \transposingInstrument, it seems.
>> 
>> Why?
>
> Would be more explicit: transposition can be understood as the act of
> transposing,

"transposition" is not a verb.  And it describes the relation between
printed pitch and Midi pitch without necessarily referring to an
instrument.

> whereas \transpose exists too.
>
>> I started by writing the code to obtain the same score as the
>>> manuscript shown below, where the first staff is written for a viola,
>>> hence my notes are in concert pitch.
>>> 
>>> Then I added \transpose to have it printed for an oboe d'amore:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> But then I can no longer proof it by ear without changing the MIDI
>>> output too, which I don’t know how to do.
>> 
>> With \transposition .
>
> I did various attempts at that, but was unsuccessful.
>
>> I’d prefer to keep the notes unchanged, in concert pitch, instead of
>>> modifying them - hence my post.
>> 
>> How about a minimal example exhibiting the problem?
>
> I extracted the first two measures so that the phenomenon is clear, sorry if 
> that’s a bit long.
>
> Comment the line :
>
>   \transpose a c' % <<= HERE
>
> to hear the music as it I need it to sound.
>
> JM
>
>
> %
>
> \version "2.19.82"
>
> Part_POne_Staff_One_Voice_One = \relative {
>   \partial 2
>   \key bes \major
>   \numericTimeSignature \time 3/2
>   g'2 | % 1
>   g1 g2 | % 2
> }
>
> Part_PTwo_Staff_One_Voice_One = \relative {
>   \partial 2
>   \key bes \major
>   \numericTimeSignature \time 3/2
>   \clef "bass"
>   ees'2 | % 1
>   d1 ees2 | % 2
> }
>
> Part_PThree_Staff_One_Voice_One = \relative {
>   \partial 2
>   \key bes \major
>   \numericTimeSignature \time 3/2
>   \clef "bass"
>   c'2 | % 1
>   b!1 c2 | % 2
> }
>
> \score {
>   <<
>
> \new StaffGroup <<
>
>   \new Staff = "Part_POne_Staff_One"
>   \with {
> instrumentName = "Hautbois d'amour"
>   }
>   <<
> \context Voice = "Part_POne_Staff_One_Voice_One" <<
>   \transpose a c' % <<= HERE
>   \Part_POne_Staff_One_Voice_One
> >>
>   >>
>   \new Staff = "Part_PTwo_Staff_One"
>   \with {
> instrumentName = "Basson 1"
>   }
>   <<
> \context Voice = "Part_PTwo_Staff_One_Voice_One" <<
>   \Part_PTwo_Staff_One_Voice_One
> >>
>   >>
>
>   \new Staff = "Part_PThree_Staff_One"
>   \with {
> instrumentName = "Basson 2"
>   }
>   <<
> \context Voice = "Part_PThree_Staff_One_Voice_One" <<
>   \Part_PThree_Staff_One_Voice_One
> >>
>   >>
>
> >>
>
>   >>
>
>   \layout { }
>
>   \midi {
> \tempo 2 = 90
>   }
> }
>
> %
>

I hear nothing wrong with

\version "2.19.82"

Part_POne_Staff_One_Voice_One = \relative {
  \partial 2
  \key bes \major
  \numericTimeSignature \time 3/2
  g'2 | % 1
  g1 g2 | % 2
}

Part_PTwo_Staff_One_Voice_One = \relative {
  \partial 2
  \key bes \major
  \numericTimeSignature \time 3/2
  \clef "bass"
  ees'2 | % 1
  d1 ees2 | % 2
}

Part_PThree_Staff_One_Voice_One = \relative {
  \partial 2
  \key bes \major
  \numericTimeSignature \time 3/2
  \clef "bass"
  c'2 | % 1
  b!1 c2 | % 2
}

\score {
  <<

\new StaffGroup <<

  \new Staff = "Part_POne_Staff_One"
  \with {
instrumentName = "Hautbois d'amour"
  }
  <<
\context Voice = "Part_POne_Staff_One_Voice_One" <<
  \transposition a
  \transpose a c' % <<= HERE
  \Part_POne_Staff_One_Voice_One
>>
  >>
  \new Staff = "Part_PTwo_Staff_One"
  \with {
instrumentName = "Basson 1"
  }
  <<
\context Voice = "Part_PTwo_Staff_One_Voice_One" <<
  \Part_PTwo_Staff_One_Voice_One
>>
  >>

  \new Staff = "Part_PThree_Staff_One"
  \with {
instrumentName = "Basson 2"
  }
  <<
\context Voice = "Part_PThree_Staff_One_Voice_One" <<
  \Part_PThree_Staff_One_Voice_One
>>
  >>

>>

  >>

  \layout { }

  \midi {
\tempo 2 = 90
  }
}

%


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Re: MIDI instrument for oboe d'amore

[Jacques Menu]

> Le 1 mai 2019 à 10:01, David Kastrup  a écrit :
> 
> Jacques Menu  writes:
> 
>> Unfortunately, \transposition can only be used when the notes are written in 
>> «
>> instrument » pitch, not concert pitch.
> 
> Says who?

The LPNR:

The pitch to use for \transposition should correspond to the real sound heard 
when a c' written on the staff is played by the transposing instrument. This 
pitch is entered in absolute mode, so an instrument that produces a real sound 
which is one tone higher than the printed music should use \transposition d'.  
\transposition should only be used if the pitches are not being entered in 
concert pitch.

> BTW, it could be better named as something like
>> \transposingInstrument, it seems.
> 
> Why?

Would be more explicit: transposition can be understood as the act of 
transposing, whereas \transpose exists too.

> I started by writing the code to obtain the same score as the
>> manuscript shown below, where the first staff is written for a viola,
>> hence my notes are in concert pitch.
>> 
>> Then I added \transpose to have it printed for an oboe d'amore:
>> 
>> 
>> But then I can no longer proof it by ear without changing the MIDI
>> output too, which I don’t know how to do.
> 
> With \transposition .

I did various attempts at that, but was unsuccessful.

> I’d prefer to keep the notes unchanged, in concert pitch, instead of
>> modifying them - hence my post.
> 
> How about a minimal example exhibiting the problem?

I extracted the first two measures so that the phenomenon is clear, sorry if 
that’s a bit long.

Comment the line :

  \transpose a c' % <<= HERE

to hear the music as it I need it to sound.

JM


%

\version "2.19.82"

Part_POne_Staff_One_Voice_One = \relative {
  \partial 2
  \key bes \major
  \numericTimeSignature \time 3/2
  g'2 | % 1
  g1 g2 | % 2
}

Part_PTwo_Staff_One_Voice_One = \relative {
  \partial 2
  \key bes \major
  \numericTimeSignature \time 3/2
  \clef "bass"
  ees'2 | % 1
  d1 ees2 | % 2
}

Part_PThree_Staff_One_Voice_One = \relative {
  \partial 2
  \key bes \major
  \numericTimeSignature \time 3/2
  \clef "bass"
  c'2 | % 1
  b!1 c2 | % 2
}

\score {
  <<

\new StaffGroup <<

  \new Staff = "Part_POne_Staff_One"
  \with {
instrumentName = "Hautbois d'amour"
  }
  <<
\context Voice = "Part_POne_Staff_One_Voice_One" <<
  \transpose a c' % <<= HERE
  \Part_POne_Staff_One_Voice_One
>>
  >>
  \new Staff = "Part_PTwo_Staff_One"
  \with {
instrumentName = "Basson 1"
  }
  <<
\context Voice = "Part_PTwo_Staff_One_Voice_One" <<
  \Part_PTwo_Staff_One_Voice_One
>>
  >>

  \new Staff = "Part_PThree_Staff_One"
  \with {
instrumentName = "Basson 2"
  }
  <<
\context Voice = "Part_PThree_Staff_One_Voice_One" <<
  \Part_PThree_Staff_One_Voice_One
>>
  >>

>>

  >>

  \layout { }

  \midi {
\tempo 2 = 90
  }
}

%

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Re: MIDI instrument for oboe d'amore

[Lukas-Fabian Moser]

Hi,

Am 01.05.19 um 09:55 schrieb Jacques Menu:
Unfortunately, \transposition can only be used when the notes are 
written in « instrument » pitch, not concert pitch. BTW, it could be 
better named as something like \transposingInstrument, it seems.


I started by writing the code to obtain the same score as the 
manuscript I’m using, where the first staff is written for a viola, 
hence my notes are in concert pitch.


Then I added \transpose to have it printed for an oboe d’amore.
But then I can no longer proof it by ear without changing the MIDI 
output too, which I don’t know how to do.


I’d prefer to keep the notes unchanged, in concert pitch, instead of 
modifying them - hence my post.


But \transposition and \transpose may be used together.

So, of course you may very well enter your Oboe d'amore part in concert 
pitch. Then \transpose lets you get the correct written pitch, and 
\transposition takes care of keeping the generated MIDI in check.


For example, try this:

\version "2.19.82"

oboe_d_amore_concertpitch = \relative c' {
  \key e \major
  e4. 8 8 8 dis e
  fis4 fis fis r
}

\score {
  \new Staff \transpose a c' { \transposition a 
\oboe_d_amore_concertpitch }

  \layout {} \midi {}
}

Lukas

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Re: MIDI instrument for oboe d'amore

[David Kastrup]

Jacques Menu  writes:

> Unfortunately, \transposition can only be used when the notes are written in «
> instrument » pitch, not concert pitch.

Says who?

> BTW, it could be better named as something like
> \transposingInstrument, it seems.

Why?

> I started by writing the code to obtain the same score as the
> manuscript shown below, where the first staff is written for a viola,
> hence my notes are in concert pitch.
>
> Then I added \transpose to have it printed for an oboe d'amore:
>
>
> But then I can no longer proof it by ear without changing the MIDI
> output too, which I don’t know how to do.

With \transposition .

> I’d prefer to keep the notes unchanged, in concert pitch, instead of
> modifying them - hence my post.

How about a minimal example exhibiting the problem?


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Re: MIDI instrument for oboe d'amore

[Jacques Menu]

Unfortunately, \transposition can only be used when the notes are written in « 
instrument » pitch, not concert pitch. BTW, it could be better named as 
something like \transposingInstrument, it seems.

I started by writing the code to obtain the same score as the manuscript I’m 
using, where the first staff is written for a viola, hence my notes are in 
concert pitch.

Then I added \transpose to have it printed for an oboe d’amore.
But then I can no longer proof it by ear without changing the MIDI output too, 
which I don’t know how to do.

I’d prefer to keep the notes unchanged, in concert pitch, instead of modifying 
them - hence my post.

JM

> Le 30 avr. 2019 à 11:20, David Kastrup mailto:d...@gnu.org>> a 
> écrit :
> 
> David Kastrup mailto:d...@gnu.org>> writes:
> 
>> Jacques Menu mailto:imj-muz...@bluewin.ch>> writes:
>> 
>>> Thanks Lukas and Aaron for your help.
>>> 
>>> In fact, my use case is merely to listen to the MIDI file from within
>>> Frescobaldi, to ear-proof the score. I don’t have any MIDI equipment,
>>> and organ sound is fine for that purpose.
>>> 
>>> I got the surprise that transposing a voice for the oboe d’amore in A,
>>> in Lully’s « Dormez beaux yeux » for the needs of our oboes band, lead
>>> to quite modern music being heard...
>>> 
>>> What would best suit my need is a way to counter-balance the effect of
>>> \transpose in the \midi block. This way, one would get both the
>>> printed score and the MIDI pitches alright, even for instruments
>>> unknown to standard MIDI.
>>> 
>>> Can that be done?
>> 
>> That's what \transposition is for.  Look it up in the manual.
> 
> Note: as opposed to \transpose (completely different thing in both
> semantics and syntax though looking rather similar).
> 
> -- 
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Re: MIDI instrument for oboe d'amore

[David Kastrup]

David Kastrup  writes:

> Jacques Menu  writes:
>
>> Thanks Lukas and Aaron for your help.
>>
>> In fact, my use case is merely to listen to the MIDI file from within
>> Frescobaldi, to ear-proof the score. I don’t have any MIDI equipment,
>> and organ sound is fine for that purpose.
>>
>> I got the surprise that transposing a voice for the oboe d’amore in A,
>> in Lully’s « Dormez beaux yeux » for the needs of our oboes band, lead
>> to quite modern music being heard...
>>
>> What would best suit my need is a way to counter-balance the effect of
>> \transpose in the \midi block. This way, one would get both the
>> printed score and the MIDI pitches alright, even for instruments
>> unknown to standard MIDI.
>>
>> Can that be done?
>
> That's what \transposition is for.  Look it up in the manual.

Note: as opposed to \transpose (completely different thing in both
semantics and syntax though looking rather similar).

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Re: MIDI instrument for oboe d'amore

[David Kastrup]

Jacques Menu  writes:

> Thanks Lukas and Aaron for your help.
>
> In fact, my use case is merely to listen to the MIDI file from within
> Frescobaldi, to ear-proof the score. I don’t have any MIDI equipment,
> and organ sound is fine for that purpose.
>
> I got the surprise that transposing a voice for the oboe d’amore in A,
> in Lully’s « Dormez beaux yeux » for the needs of our oboes band, lead
> to quite modern music being heard...
>
> What would best suit my need is a way to counter-balance the effect of
> \transpose in the \midi block. This way, one would get both the
> printed score and the MIDI pitches alright, even for instruments
> unknown to standard MIDI.
>
> Can that be done?

That's what \transposition is for.  Look it up in the manual.

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Re: MIDI instrument for oboe d'amore

[Jan-Peter Voigt]

Hi Aaron,

just a question: Did you set "\transposition a"?
(http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/displaying-pitches.html#instrument-transpositions)

HTH
Jan-Peter

Am 30.04.19 um 09:33 schrieb Jacques Menu:
> Thanks Lukas and Aaron for your help.
>
> In fact, my use case is merely to listen to the MIDI file from within 
> Frescobaldi, to ear-proof the score. I don’t have any MIDI equipment, and 
> organ sound is fine for that purpose.
>
> I got the surprise that transposing a voice for the oboe d’amore in A, in 
> Lully’s « Dormez beaux yeux » for the needs of our oboes band, lead to quite 
> modern music being heard...
>
> What would best suit my need is a way to counter-balance the effect of 
> \transpose in the \midi block. This way, one would get both the printed score 
> and the MIDI pitches alright, even for instruments unknown to standard MIDI.
>
> Can that be done?
>
> JM
>
>> Le 29 avr. 2019 à 20:53, Aaron Hill  a écrit :
>>
>> On 2019-04-29 9:28 am, Jacques Menu wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> I find oboe and french horn, but no oboe d’amore in A.6 MIDI instruments.
>>> Which other setting can I use for this instrument in A?
>>
>> General MIDI does not define such an instrument in the standard, and neither 
>> did GS nor XG.  In fact, the reed section of GM Level 2 has no extended 
>> patches at all.  (GS and XG do have variations like the "bass clarinet" and 
>> some alternate saxophone patches.)
>>
>> While it would not be standards-compliant, you could certainly select an 
>> alternate bank for the oboe patch with the intention that it means an oboe 
>> d'amore.  For your own usage, it would require you to manually configure 
>> your synth to load a suitable sound for the instrument.  For other folks 
>> using your MIDI file, their synths should fall back using a standard oboe 
>> patch which might work, except for lower notes that could be outside the 
>> playable range.
>>
>> From what I understand, an oboe d'amore has a timbre between the normal oboe 
>> and the cor anglais.  What I would do in my virtual instrument software is 
>> load up an oboe patch but then apply some EQ to soften the sound a bit so it 
>> is not quite as assertive.  For the fact that the playable range is lower, I 
>> might also need to mix in a little of the English horn patch to fill out the 
>> lower notes, which will require blending to balance the timbre.  But it must 
>> be noted that this work is beyond the scope of MIDI.
>>
>>> There’s no clarinet in A either.
>>
>> For better or worse, a "clarinet in A" is simply a clarinet as far as 
>> General MIDI is concerned.  In MIDI you typically specify the pitch you want 
>> played, not the note that is written that may sound higher or lower 
>> depending on the instrument.  As such, MIDI note 60 would most often refer 
>> to the equal-tempered middle C whose fundamental is approximately 261.63 Hz, 
>> and one should expect that any GM-compliant synth to render the pitch 
>> properly.  That said, I have encountered some sound libraries that 
>> intentionally transpose samples from their nominal pitches; and that 
>> requires manually transposing a MIDI track to compensate.  I dislike this 
>> practice as it is not very portable.
>>
>>
>> -- Aaron Hill
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Re: MIDI instrument for oboe d'amore

[Jacques Menu]

Thanks Lukas and Aaron for your help.

In fact, my use case is merely to listen to the MIDI file from within 
Frescobaldi, to ear-proof the score. I don’t have any MIDI equipment, and organ 
sound is fine for that purpose.

I got the surprise that transposing a voice for the oboe d’amore in A, in 
Lully’s « Dormez beaux yeux » for the needs of our oboes band, lead to quite 
modern music being heard...

What would best suit my need is a way to counter-balance the effect of 
\transpose in the \midi block. This way, one would get both the printed score 
and the MIDI pitches alright, even for instruments unknown to standard MIDI.

Can that be done?

JM

> Le 29 avr. 2019 à 20:53, Aaron Hill  a écrit :
> 
> On 2019-04-29 9:28 am, Jacques Menu wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I find oboe and french horn, but no oboe d’amore in A.6 MIDI instruments.
>> Which other setting can I use for this instrument in A?
> 
> General MIDI does not define such an instrument in the standard, and neither 
> did GS nor XG.  In fact, the reed section of GM Level 2 has no extended 
> patches at all.  (GS and XG do have variations like the "bass clarinet" and 
> some alternate saxophone patches.)
> 
> While it would not be standards-compliant, you could certainly select an 
> alternate bank for the oboe patch with the intention that it means an oboe 
> d'amore.  For your own usage, it would require you to manually configure your 
> synth to load a suitable sound for the instrument.  For other folks using 
> your MIDI file, their synths should fall back using a standard oboe patch 
> which might work, except for lower notes that could be outside the playable 
> range.
> 
> From what I understand, an oboe d'amore has a timbre between the normal oboe 
> and the cor anglais.  What I would do in my virtual instrument software is 
> load up an oboe patch but then apply some EQ to soften the sound a bit so it 
> is not quite as assertive.  For the fact that the playable range is lower, I 
> might also need to mix in a little of the English horn patch to fill out the 
> lower notes, which will require blending to balance the timbre.  But it must 
> be noted that this work is beyond the scope of MIDI.
> 
>> There’s no clarinet in A either.
> 
> For better or worse, a "clarinet in A" is simply a clarinet as far as General 
> MIDI is concerned.  In MIDI you typically specify the pitch you want played, 
> not the note that is written that may sound higher or lower depending on the 
> instrument.  As such, MIDI note 60 would most often refer to the 
> equal-tempered middle C whose fundamental is approximately 261.63 Hz, and one 
> should expect that any GM-compliant synth to render the pitch properly.  That 
> said, I have encountered some sound libraries that intentionally transpose 
> samples from their nominal pitches; and that requires manually transposing a 
> MIDI track to compensate.  I dislike this practice as it is not very portable.
> 
> 
> -- Aaron Hill
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Re: MIDI instrument for oboe d'amore

[Aaron Hill]

On 2019-04-29 9:28 am, Jacques Menu wrote:

Hello,

I find oboe and french horn, but no oboe d’amore in A.6 MIDI 
instruments.

Which other setting can I use for this instrument in A?


General MIDI does not define such an instrument in the standard, and 
neither did GS nor XG.  In fact, the reed section of GM Level 2 has no 
extended patches at all.  (GS and XG do have variations like the "bass 
clarinet" and some alternate saxophone patches.)


While it would not be standards-compliant, you could certainly select an 
alternate bank for the oboe patch with the intention that it means an 
oboe d'amore.  For your own usage, it would require you to manually 
configure your synth to load a suitable sound for the instrument.  For 
other folks using your MIDI file, their synths should fall back using a 
standard oboe patch which might work, except for lower notes that could 
be outside the playable range.


From what I understand, an oboe d'amore has a timbre between the normal 
oboe and the cor anglais.  What I would do in my virtual instrument 
software is load up an oboe patch but then apply some EQ to soften the 
sound a bit so it is not quite as assertive.  For the fact that the 
playable range is lower, I might also need to mix in a little of the 
English horn patch to fill out the lower notes, which will require 
blending to balance the timbre.  But it must be noted that this work is 
beyond the scope of MIDI.



There’s no clarinet in A either.


For better or worse, a "clarinet in A" is simply a clarinet as far as 
General MIDI is concerned.  In MIDI you typically specify the pitch you 
want played, not the note that is written that may sound higher or lower 
depending on the instrument.  As such, MIDI note 60 would most often 
refer to the equal-tempered middle C whose fundamental is approximately 
261.63 Hz, and one should expect that any GM-compliant synth to render 
the pitch properly.  That said, I have encountered some sound libraries 
that intentionally transpose samples from their nominal pitches; and 
that requires manually transposing a MIDI track to compensate.  I 
dislike this practice as it is not very portable.



-- Aaron Hill

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Re: MIDI instrument for oboe d'amore

[Lukas-Fabian Moser]

Hi Jacques,


I find oboe and french horn, but no oboe d’amore in A.6 MIDI instruments.

Which other setting can I use for this instrument in A? There’s no clarinet in 
A either.


To be honest, I fail to see the relation between the transposition of an 
instrument and the MIDI instruments to be used for it.


Of course, an Oboe d'amore has a unique sound distinct from the oboe 
(and the English Horn/Cor anglais, for that matter - I'm not sure what 
you mean by mentioning the french horn in this context?), but of all the 
standard midi instruments, I would assume that an Oboe sound should come 
closest. (Just like, for most MIDI patch sets, the distance between 
their "Clarinet" sound and any real clarinet, be it in b-flat, a or even 
c, is probably much larger than the difference between those instruments 
in real life.)


Someone interested in obtaining realistic sounds would probably a) not 
use LilyPond as a MIDI generator anyway, and b) use a dedicated 
collection of sampled instruments where it does not matter much which 
MIDI instrument number is used, as long as the right patch set is going 
to be connected.


Lukas


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MIDI instrument for oboe d'amore

[Jacques Menu]

Hello,

I find oboe and french horn, but no oboe d’amore in A.6 MIDI instruments.

Which other setting can I use for this instrument in A? There’s no clarinet in 
A either.

Thanks for your help!

JM


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