Henrik Norbeck wrote:
>
> Frank Nordberg wrote:
> > Well, if the voices are hard wired to midi channels, you can't have more
> > than 16. That's one of the many fatal errors of the original midi
> > specifications. :-(
>
> Well, I meant for printed music primarily.
Sure, but that's not an issue in this case.
>
> For listening to the
> music, it's possible to have more than one note simultaneously
> on each midi channel, so with some smart matching from the
> player program you can probably play rather complicated scores.
It all depends. You certainly can't have a full symphonic marching band
with all the instruments right.
This was one of the reason for introducing General Midi, btw. One of
General Midi's great features was the introduction of an unlimited
number of "tracks" in addition to the original channels.
Anyway, the answer to Michael's question seems to be: sorry, abc2midi
can't do that :-(
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>
> > True, the guys who came up with the midi standard weren't nearly as
> > drunk as those who are guilty of ascii, but it's still pretty bad....
>
> I'm not too sure... At least ascii is easy to extend by just adding
> extra characters after the original 128 (as is indeed done).
Yes, it's very easy. Lots of people have already done it - each their
own special way, of course!
But there's still no way for me to write my adress in an online form...
� DET BURDE DA ITT� HA V�RI S� F�RJ�VLI UMMULI � TALA DIAL�KT P� NETTE!!!!!
>
> Midi on
> the other hand has loads of hardwired peculiarities which cause
> immense trouble for all programmers who ever delve into it.
I don't know about programmers, but I take your word for it.
I think the main reason why I'm more sympathetic (or rather less
unsympathetic) towards midi, is that midi actually was a rather good
standard when it first arrived. The problem is that nobody was able to
foresee the future of electronic music back in '81.
Ascii on the other hand, was a terrible mistake right from day one.
Frank Nordberg
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