On Friday, 6 August 1999, Dirk Lattermann writes:
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> On Thu, Aug 05, 1999 at 10:35:14PM +0200, Mats Bengtsson wrote:
> > > Which version of lilypond do you use? With recent versions
> > > up to 1.2.0, midi output is really unusable for me, because
> > > very many notes 'get stuck', i.e. aren't turned off when they
> > > should (it's a bit like on a piano with the pedal never
> > > lifted...)
> >
> > I've experienced this problem once or twice with an old version
> > of Lilypond, but only when I tried to play it using the
> > Microsoft Media player. I've never had any problem with
> > the Midi sequencers in Linux. Are you sure that the
> > problem has appeared in the recent versions?
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> It appeared in every version I tried since I first noticed
> it in a version around 1.1.50. (where I noticed for the first time
> that ties caused notes not to be played twice).
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> I'm using playmidi 2.3 by Nathan I. Laredo on linux 2.2.10,
> maybe I should use something different? (I searched quite some
> time to find a midi player that doesn't need X).
>
> I'm attaching the midi file as produced by lily 1.2.0.
Sounds fine here too. Can you upgrade to playmidi 2.4 and confirm
the problem is fixed?
Jan.
Jan Nieuwenhuizen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | GNU LilyPond - The music typesetter
http://www.xs4all.nl/~jantien/ | http://www.lilypond.org/
