VLC as a MIDI player - OT from "Lilypond's English Horn MIDI instrument is non-transposing?"

Just to add clarity (I hope!) to VLC being used as a MIDI player... If you do nothing but install VLC, it doesn't play MIDI. However, it has a built-in MIDI synthesiser (good ol' FluidSynth). The 2nd 'however' is that there is no soundfont bound to this built-in synthesiser. I've no idea why,

Re: Lilypond's English Horn MIDI instrument is non-transposing?

[OT] It goes back beyond Mahler. St. Gregory is reputed to have said of some fair-haired English slaves for sale in Rome, "Non Angli sed Angeli." > On 15 Jan 2022, at 10:58, Lukas-Fabian Moser wrote: > > Hi Wol, > >> Out of curiosity, and speaking as a Brit! what on earth is an "English >>

Re: Lilypond's English Horn MIDI instrument is non-transposing?

- Original Message - > From: "Wols Lists" > To: "Lillypond Users Mailing List" > Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2022 10:38:05 AM > Subject: Re: Lilypond's English Horn MIDI instrument is non-transposing? > On 13/01/2022 21:40, James B. Wilkinson wrot

Re: Lilypond's English Horn MIDI instrument is non-transposing?

"James B. Wilkinson" writes: >> On Jan 14, 2022, at 6:37 PM, Valentin Petzel wrote: >> >> ... >> Lilypond uses these GM names, which makes Lilypond a somewhat GM compatible >> source. This means that as long as we use a GM compatible synth everything >> should have the right sound. > > > I

Re: Lilypond's English Horn MIDI instrument is non-transposing?

Hi Wol, Out of curiosity, and speaking as a Brit! what on earth is an "English Horn"? Is the instrument the English call a Cor Anglais? Yes. The etymology seems to be a bit involved here - although it seems certain that the name has nothing to do with England. :-) Two standard explanations

Re: Lilypond's English Horn MIDI instrument is non-transposing?

And yes, the scores are written in the treble clef. JM > Le 15 janv. 2022 à 11:41, Jacques Menu a écrit : > > Hello Wol, > >> Le 15 janv. 2022 à 11:38, Wols Lists > > a écrit : >> >> On 13/01/2022 21:40, James B. Wilkinson wrote: >>> If I make it with the

Re: Lilypond's English Horn MIDI instrument is non-transposing?

On 13/01/2022 21:40, James B. Wilkinson wrote: If I make it with the English horn part correctly transposed, the MIDI sounds terrible. If I make it with the English horn part untransposed, it sounds fine. My conclusion is that the midiInstrument "english horn" reads its part in C rather than

Re: Lilypond's English Horn MIDI instrument is non-transposing?

Hi James, Lilypond uses these GM names, which makes Lilypond a somewhat GM compatible source. This means that as long as we use a GM compatible synth everything should have the right sound. I was using VLC to play it. Does this mean that VLC is not GM compatible? "Sounding like" (= using

Re: Lilypond's English Horn MIDI instrument is non-transposing?

On 15/01/2022 03:01, James B. Wilkinson wrote: 1) why do I need  "\transpose f c \tenor" instead of "\transpose f c' \tenor"? If I use c' it goes an octave too high. \transpose f c' is transposing UP a fifth, it will play a fifth higher than written. \transpose f c takes it down a fourth. I

Re: Lilypond's English Horn MIDI instrument is non-transposing?

> On Jan 14, 2022, at 6:37 PM, Valentin Petzel wrote: > > ... > Lilypond uses these GM names, which makes Lilypond a somewhat GM compatible > source. This means that as long as we use a GM compatible synth everything > should have the right sound. I was using VLC to play it. Does this mean

Re: Lilypond's English Horn MIDI instrument is non-transposing?

That is not in fact worded correctly. The midi standard allows a midi controller to specify a program to the midi synthesizer, which is a number in 0-127 and is intended to allow for switching between different sounds (although it is in fact the decision of the synthesizer what to do with

Re: Lilypond's English Horn MIDI instrument is non-transposing?

On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 04:40:17PM -0500, James B. Wilkinson wrote: [...] > If I make it with the English horn part correctly transposed, the MIDI > sounds terrible. If I make it with the English horn part untransposed, > it sounds fine. My conclusion is that the midiInstrument "english > horn"

Re: Lilypond's English Horn MIDI instrument is non-transposing?

"James B. Wilkinson" writes: > I'm working on an arrangement fordable-reed quartet. Here's the score block: > > \score > { > \new StaffGroup ><< > \new Staff = "oboe1" \with { instrumentName = "oboe1" midiInstrument = > "oboe" } >{ \clef "treble" \soprano } > \new Staff

Lilypond's English Horn MIDI instrument is non-transposing?

I'm working on an arrangement fordable-reed quartet. Here's the score block: \score { \new StaffGroup << \new Staff = "oboe1" \with { instrumentName = "oboe1" midiInstrument = "oboe" } { \clef "treble" \soprano } \new Staff = "oboe2" \with { instrumentName = "oboe2"