Re: MIDI instrument for oboe d'amore

[Lukas-Fabian Moser]

Hi Jacques,

> I find oboe and french horn, but no oboe d’amore in A.6 MIDI instruments.
>
> Which other setting can I use for this instrument in A? There’s no clarinet in 
> A either.

To be honest, I fail to see the relation between the transposition of an 
instrument and the MIDI instruments to be used for it.

Of course, an Oboe d'amore has a unique sound distinct from the oboe 
(and the English Horn/Cor anglais, for that matter - I'm not sure what 
you mean by mentioning the french horn in this context?), but of all the 
standard midi instruments, I would assume that an Oboe sound should come 
closest. (Just like, for most MIDI patch sets, the distance between 
their "Clarinet" sound and any real clarinet, be it in b-flat, a or even 
c, is probably much larger than the difference between those instruments 
in real life.)

Someone interested in obtaining realistic sounds would probably a) not 
use LilyPond as a MIDI generator anyway, and b) use a dedicated 
collection of sampled instruments where it does not matter much which 
MIDI instrument number is used, as long as the right patch set is going 
to be connected.

Lukas