Re: Doubling a note makes MIDI output louder

2023-07-09 Thread mskala
On Sun, 9 Jul 2023, Knute Snortum wrote: > note out of the other hand.  This is why I suggested that the MIDI performer > could ignore \parenthesize notes.  Would this create a pile of workarounds > for you? Not as long as I don't use \parenthesize. But I think it's preferable not to have a

Re: Doubling a note makes MIDI output louder

2023-07-09 Thread Knute Snortum
On Sun, Jul 9, 2023 at 7:54 AM wrote: > On Sun, 9 Jul 2023, David Wright wrote: > > > players. But that's the problem here. When two real voices happen on > > the same note, the result doesn't sound like one louder voice, yet > > that's the effect you get from MIDI,¹ where the "two" voices are >

Re: Doubling a note makes MIDI output louder

2023-07-09 Thread David Wright
On Sun 09 Jul 2023 at 10:53:58 (-0400), msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca wrote: > On Sun, 9 Jul 2023, David Wright wrote: > > > players. But that's the problem here. When two real voices happen on > > the same note, the result doesn't sound like one louder voice, yet > > that's the effect you get from

Re: Doubling a note makes MIDI output louder

2023-07-09 Thread David Kastrup
Knute Snortum writes: > On Sun, Jul 9, 2023 at 6:57 AM wrote: > >> On Sun, 9 Jul 2023, Knute Snortum wrote: >> >> > I'm not sure exactly how one would deal with this problem, other than >> with >> > tags. Maybe \parenthesize could not produce MIDI output? Or is there a >> way >> >> Is that a

Re: Doubling a note makes MIDI output louder

2023-07-09 Thread mskala
On Sun, 9 Jul 2023, David Wright wrote: > players. But that's the problem here. When two real voices happen on > the same note, the result doesn't sound like one louder voice, yet > that's the effect you get from MIDI,¹ where the "two" voices are Not on *my* MIDI synthesizer. Two notes are two

Re: Doubling a note makes MIDI output louder

2023-07-09 Thread David Wright
On Sun 09 Jul 2023 at 09:57:23 (-0400), msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca wrote: > On Sun, 9 Jul 2023, Knute Snortum wrote: > > > I'm not sure exactly how one would deal with this problem, other than with > > tags.  Maybe \parenthesize could not produce MIDI output?  Or is there a way > > Is that a

Re: Doubling a note makes MIDI output louder

2023-07-09 Thread mskala
On Sun, 9 Jul 2023, Knute Snortum wrote: > In the MWE the instrument is a piano, so you wouldn't want the note to sound > louder than the surrounding notes, because the doubled note is played by > only one hand.  But I can see this might be a problem if the two staves were > for two voices. 

Re: Doubling a note makes MIDI output louder

2023-07-09 Thread Knute Snortum
On Sun, Jul 9, 2023 at 6:57 AM wrote: > On Sun, 9 Jul 2023, Knute Snortum wrote: > > > I'm not sure exactly how one would deal with this problem, other than > with > > tags. Maybe \parenthesize could not produce MIDI output? Or is there a > way > > Is that a problem? If these are two notes in

Re: Doubling a note makes MIDI output louder

2023-07-09 Thread David Kastrup
Michael Gerdau writes: > AFAICT the note is not played louder. However it is played twice and > then depending on your sound device that may or may not result in that > note being louder. When my sound device is a violin, I can testify that playing the same note simultaneously on two different

Re: Doubling a note makes MIDI output louder

2023-07-09 Thread mskala
On Sun, 9 Jul 2023, Knute Snortum wrote: > I'm not sure exactly how one would deal with this problem, other than with > tags.  Maybe \parenthesize could not produce MIDI output?  Or is there a way Is that a problem? If these are two notes in different MIDI channels, then the MIDI output is just

Re: Doubling a note makes MIDI output louder

2023-07-09 Thread Michael Gerdau
AFAICT the note is not played louder. However it is played twice and then depending on your sound device that may or may not result in that note being louder. Mobil gesendet > Am 09.07.2023 um 15:46 schrieb Knute Snortum : > >  > Hi everyone. > > If two voices play the same note, the MIDI

Doubling a note makes MIDI output louder

2023-07-09 Thread Knute Snortum
Hi everyone. If two voices play the same note, the MIDI output for that note is louder (twice as loud?) than the surrounding notes. %%% \version "2.25.6" \score { \new PianoStaff << \new Staff { g'8 d' e' d' g'2 } \new Staff { \clef bass b8 d' c' d' b2 } >> \layout {} \midi {} }