Re: Midi not playing note I expect

Op 05-05-11 23:12, Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas schreef:
> On Thursday 05 May 2011, Koenraad Lelong wrote:
>> You can do this also via the Format/Staff
>> Properties menu. That's what I always use to set the wanted instruments.
>> *But* what I didn't notice until you pointed it out is the possibility
>> to "play transposed". Now I have to find out what values to enter.
>> Unfortunately, I'll have do do this for every score I make :-(.
>> Do you happen to know if the midi-export uses these values also ?
> 
> Yes, it does.
> 
>> Sometimes I want to email a tune, so I use timidity to convert the midi
>> to wav/mp3 (is it possible do do this with fluidsynth ? Didn't find out
>> yet). I'll have to try, export and re-import should prove this.
> 
> Yes, FluidSynth converts MIDI files to wav and other audio formats, if it was compiled with libsndfile support.  openSUSE 11.4 contains the latest FluidSynth release: 1.1.3
> 
> To find out the available output formats type this command:
> $ fluidsynth -T help
> 
> For instance, to convert in batch mode a MIDI file to wav audio, use a command like this:
> $ fluidsynth -F music.wav soundfont.sf2 music.mid 
> 
> You will need a good soundfont (sf2). For classic orchestral instruments I like GeneralUser (available in packman repo: http://packman.links2linux.org) and FluidR3 available in Jan Engelhardt's repo: http://jftp.medozas.de).
> 
> Regards,
> Pedro

Hi Pedro,

Many thanks for this information.
About the soundfont : I"m using one supplied with my SBLive soundcard,
but I'll try GeneralUser (had this already installed) and the FluidR3.
Generally, the sound of bagpipes is not good, but the one I use
(8mbgmsfx.sf2) from Creative is not too bad. I was making my own
soundfont (with Swammy) but I'll have to work on it.

Regards,

Koenraad.