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Re: Doc: Issue 4059: Document MIDI mapping and MIDI effects (issue 24998
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Doc: Issue 4059: Document MIDI mapping and MIDI effects (issue 249980043 by address@hidden) |
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Tue, 07 Jul 2015 09:01:08 +0200 |
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"Keith OHara" <address@hidden> writes:
> That programmer who added the code didn't know about Lilypond's
> engraver/performer method of routing events and property-changes to
> output, and didn't know much about midi, so the data flow doesn't make
> much sense in the context of Lilypond and MIDI.
git log -S midiChannelMapping
flags the culprit as a certain Jan Nieuwenhuizen. Our current dearth of
development power makes it inadvisable to discourage contributors
showing a certain promise. There was obviously a perceived need for
this feature: maybe is could better be met with different semantics? If
so, which?
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David Kastrup