Stephan Schöll: > I'm investigating whether I can produce vocal rehearsal tracks with > Synthesizer V Studio 2 Pro by importing MIDI files which I rendered with > Lilypond based on the score.
Just for reference, Stephan is talking about Standard Midi file format (SMF) files. I have seen two versions of that format, 1.0 and 1.1, and a version 2 seems to be in the works. They should be available at https://midi.org/file-formats though I cannot verify that at the moment. I have uploaded copies of them at https://aspodata.se/choir/midi/ > My research suggests that synthV has some specific requirements for MIDI > files in order for lyrics to be imported directly with the melody. > Initial tests have failed in any case. > > So with the help of a HEX editor I started investigating the MIDI files > rendered by Lilypond. Find an MWE attached. > > My findings so far: > > Lilypond... > > 1.) uses SMF Type 1 -> ok for Synth > > 2.) saves lyrics as Lyric Events (not Text Events) -> ok for SynthV > > 3.) saves notes and lyrics in separate MIDI tracks -> nok! SynthV needs > notes and lyrics combined in one track I think that you want to look at: Recommended Practice (RP-017) SMF Lyric Meta Event Definition available somewhere at https://midi.org/ and also at https://aspodata.se/choir/midi/rp17.pdf Lilypond doesn't follow that practice, I guess since lyrics is separate and more or less independent to the music. > My questions: > > a) Lilypond-related: Can somebody confirm 3.) - if confirmed: Is there a > way to control/change that (for a non-programmer?), by juggling with > contexts e.g. (see MWE)? Yes, it is so. You can confirm it with https://aspodata.se/git/musik/bin/midi.pl I provide two examples https://aspodata.se/choir/midi/example/ Use it as: midi.pl <SMF file> I don't think you can control nor change that from within lilypond. > b) Off-topic: Is there anybody with a working workflow to render vocal > rehearsal audio tracks including lyrics rooted in Lilypond except for > recording one's own voice ;-) ? If yes, I'll kick off a separate OT thread. Sorry I don't have a solution to offer you. It would be nice if we could implement RP-017 for a subset of lilypond file syntax, I guess at least \lyricsto would be requied. Regards, /Karl Hammar
