Re: Rest skipped in MIDI when music starts with it

[PMA]

My hack around this is to begin (each part) with
some arbitrary pitch/duration at _zero_ Velocity
(with the Rest just following, of course).

This has suited my purposes, though I expect it
might invite trouble for others.

Pete


Martin Tarenskeen wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Jan 2014, Eluze wrote:
>
> > Martin Tarenskeen wrote
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > When, using Lilypond 2.19.0, if my score starts with a rest, the
> > > resulting
> > > MIDI file does NOT start with a rest.
> > >
> > > %minimal example
> > > \score {
> > > \version "2.19.0"
> > > \relative c' {
> > > R1 | c d e f | R1 | f e d c |
> > > }
> > > \midi {}
> > > }
> > > %end of example
> > >
> > > Result: The MIDI file starts without a rest in the first bar.
> > > The rest in the 3rd bar behaves normally.
> > >
> > > Is this a bug, or intentional?
> >
> > I can't reproduce that - could it be your midi player is wrong?
>
> You're right. It's my midiplayer, timidity, that doesn't "count" the
> first rest.
>
> When I use rosegarden or midi2ly I can see the rest is simply there.
> Nothing wrong with lilypond.