Re: MIDI & repeats

[Benjamin Tordoff]

I’ll give that a go - thanks for both suggestions.

Ben

> 
> On 2 Aug 2022, at 19:25, Lukas-Fabian Moser <lfm@gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> Hi Benjamin,
> 
>> Am 02.08.22 um 18:10 schrieb Benjamin Tordoff:
>> Hi all, I’m wondering if there’s a smart way to make the midi output for a 
>> particular part do the following two things (both common in Sousa marches):
>> 
>> 1. Have a part play only on 2nd time through the repeat.
>> 2. Have different dynamic for 1st and 2nd times through repeat.
>> 
>> A minimal example of how I would typically typeset this is below but 
>> produces midi output that plays all repeats with uniform volume. I've had a 
>> good hunt around the internet for examples of doing this but either I'm 
>> searching for the wrong things or this is a somewhat obscure request!
>> 
>> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Some of this can be achieved using the \volta command:
> 
> \version "2.23.7"
> 
> myScore =
> \relative {
>   <>^"2nd time left, 3rd time right!"
>   \repeat volta 3
>   {
>     \tag MIDI \volta 2 \set midiPanPosition = -1
>     % \tag MIDI \volta 2 \set midiMaximumVolume = 0 % does not do anything; 
> why?
>     \tag MIDI \volta 3 \set midiPanPosition = 1
>     c'4 d \tag MIDI \volta 3 <>\pp e f
>   }
> }
> 
> \score {
>   \removeWithTag MIDI \myScore
> }
> 
> \score {
>   \unfoldRepeats \myScore
>   \midi {}
>   \layout {} % for debugging only
> }
> 
> Here I used a tag to keep the print version of the score clean from all the 
> MIDI stuff.
> 
> I just do not know why the setting of midiMaximumVolume does not do anything 
> if put inside a \volta construction. For the pan position, it works like a 
> charm...
> 
> Lukas
>