I know PMX offers MIDI support only so that you can check for wrong notes by listening. So it does not support MIDI features that require control messages like expression or channel volume. [1]
But that does not mean that one can't exploit PMX's MIDI support to its fullest extent to make the sound as realistic as possible. Those MIDI files might for example be handed to singers who can't sight-read so they can practise their parts at home. In doing so, I'm running afoul of a restriction that might be an easy one to lift. "I commands can appear later in the file as well, but only at the start of an input block." I can see the point of that restriction for instrument choice (and it corresponds to instructions by composers: "nimmt Klarinette in Bes" etc), and I have an open (even a blank) mind on balance, but the other two parameters, tempo and velocity, affect things sent to MIDI on every note. Now I may be wrong in assumimg it's easy, but my guess is that after the initial I that opens a file, the I command merely computes and stores numbers that will later be used in generating MIDI events. It would be great if one could do an accelerando or a crescendo in the MIDI file. "The command I containing only options t and/or v, with only one number per option, may appear before any note. This will change the specified option as from that note, for that instrument only." [1] I don't really have any expertise. Everything I know comes off John Garside's site, especially http://midi-tutor.proboards.com/thread/12/9-controlling-midi-volume ------------------------------- [email protected] mailing list If you want to unsubscribe or look at the archives, go to http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/tex-music
