How did this end up in unsent drafts? Sorry for the late reply.
Kenneth Wolcott <[email protected]> writes: > Hi; > > My Tuba+Piano engravings: during midi playback, the Piano dominates > the Tuba; why? > > I know that this is really a midi versus live performance question... > > I can change the dynamics of the Tuba to be "fff" and both the left > hand and right hand of the Piano to be "ppp", and yet the Piano > dominates the Tuba during midi playback. > > I'm not expecting a midi playback to sound as good as a live > performance, but this seems...odd. > > Is there anything I can do with Lilypond to generate a midi playback > of Tuba+Piano pieces that sound more realistic? You can fix unbalances in your MIDI-interpreter by extending the following from ly/midi-init.ly: instrument-equalizer-alist = #'( ("flute" . (0 . 0.7)) ("oboe" . (0 . 0.7)) ("clarinet" . (0 . 0.7)) ("bassoon" . (0 . 0.6)) ("french horn" . (0.1 . 0.7)) ("trumpet" . (0.1 . 0.8)) ("timpani" . (0.2 . 0.9)) ("violin" . (0.2 . 1.0)) ("viola" . (0.1 . 0.7)) ("cello" . (0.2 . 0.8)) ("contrabass" . (0.2 . 0.8)) ) I don't know what MIDI-expander those values were intended for, to be honest. -- David Kastrup
