bug-lilypond
[Top][All Lists]
Advanced

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: Defect: quarter tones sound bad before rest


From: Ralph Palmer
Subject: Re: Defect: quarter tones sound bad before rest
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:50:40 -0500

On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 5:38 PM, Pavel Roskin <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hello!
>
> I'm trying to make a MIDI file for vocal warm-ups with a simple melody
> that is transposed higher and higher by one quarter tone.
>
> I have discovered that notes that use quarter tone sound bad before
> rests or at the end of the melody.  Here's an example:
>
> \version "2.14.2"
> \score {
>  { cih' eih' gih' eih' cih' eih' gih' eih' cih' }
>  \layout { }
>  \midi { }
> }
>
> Everything sounds right until the last cih' that bends at the end.
>
> I'm not 100% sure that it's not a problem with the sound font or with
> the player.  However, I observed the effect in 3 configurations:
>
> timidity as is (with fluid-soundfont-gm)
> timidity with /etc/timidity++.cfg removed (fluid-soundfont-lite)
> frescobaldi 2.0.2 player that used fluidsynth, not timidity
>
> The effect is less pronounced with instruments other than piano, but I
> believe it's still not sounding right.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Pavel Roskin


Greetings, Pavel Roskin and list members -

It is my understanding that midi is not officially supported. Is that
correct, or not?

Yours in uncertainty,

Ralph


reply via email to

[Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread]