I've been experimenting with midiPanPosition:
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/context-properties-for-midi-effects
I find the following works:
\version "2.19.83"
\include "english.ly"
sopStaff = \new Staff = "sop" {
\set Staff.midiPanPosition = #-1.0
\relative c' { e4 f g a }
}
altoStaff = \new Staff = "alto" {
\set Staff.midiPanPosition = #1.0
\relative c' { c4 d e f }
}
\score {
<<
\sopStaff
\altoStaff
>>
\midi { }
}
... with a wav built like this:
$ lilypond midiPanPosition.ly
$ fluidsynth -O s32 -F midiPanPosition.wav
/opt/local/share/sounds/sf2/GeneralUser_GS_v1.471.sf2 midiPanPosition.mid
But it doesn't work if I try to set the midiPanPosition inside a midi
context block like this:
\version "2.19.83"
\include "english.ly"
sopStaff = \new Staff = "sop" {
\relative c' { e4 f g a }
}
altoStaff = \new Staff = "alto" {
\relative c' { c4 d e f }
}
\score {
<<
\sopStaff
\altoStaff
>>
\midi {
\context Staff = "sop" {
\set Staff.midiPanPosition = #1.0
\set Staff.midiBalance = #1.0
}
\context Staff = "alto" {
\set Staff.midiPanPosition = #-1.0
\set Staff.midiBalance = #-1.0
}
}
}
Furthermore, the result of doing this is that both staffs are played
through the left, and nothing on the right.
Am I doing something wrong?
I want to do the setting in the midi context block because I require
different pan positions for a staff depending on which score it appears in.
---
Matt Wallis
