Re: unspecified starting volume in MIDI

[Federico Bruni]

Thank you Harm,  I've added a single issue marked as enhancement:
https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=3945



2014-05-20 1:30 GMT+02:00 Thomas Morley <address@hidden>:

> Hi,
>
> refering to a discussion on the user list, especially:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2014-05/msg00425.html
> I'd like to report some bugs/enhancements.
>
>
> First:
> the following gives a warning with midi:
>
>   \score {
>       { c'1\> c' c'\! }
>       \midi { }
>   }
>
> --> (De)crescendo with unspecified starting volume in MIDI.
>
> Though
>
>   \score {
>       { c'1 c'\> c' c'\! }
>       \midi { }
>   }
>
> does not warn. From a _musical_ point of view I can see no difference
> in the starting volume.
>
>
>
> Second:
> In order to avoid the midi-warning a workaround would be to specify
> the starting volume explicitly and hide or omit the
> DynamicText.stencil.
>
>    { c'1-\hide\mf\> c' c'\! }
>    { c'1-\omit\mf\> c' c'\! }
>
> Though, the Hairpin will start at the right of the now
> invisible/non-existent DynamicText.
> I'd think "... the code for typesetting the hairpin should
> explicitly check for an _omitted_ stencil (one being #f) and in that
> case revert to the anchorless behavior", as David K pointed out.
>
>
>
>
> Third:
> According to \omit a shortcut for setting the stencil to point-stencil
> may be quite handy.
>
>
> Cheers,
>   Harm
>
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