Thanks Mats. You were right my problem was with the syntax; and,
importing files from midi is not going to save much work. Another
problem is that not all Type 1 midi files are recognized by midi2ly.
Conversely the midi files created by Lilypond are not recognized by my
Windows based notation program( an old version of Cakewalk). They are
recognized by Windows Media Player and Winamp. This is all very
interesting. I am not a programmer, but I am quickly getting used to
the syntax in Lilypond. It is very intuitive, and aside from a few
minor inconveniences, it is a wonderful tool. Thanks for your help.
Pat
--- Mats Bengtsson <address@hidden> wrote:
From: Mats Bengtsson <address@hidden>
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 12:21:58 +0200
To: address@hidden
Cc: address@hidden
Subject: Re: midi2ly
My guess is that your real problem is a lack of understanding about the
file system structure
in Cygwin (which is the LINUX like system that you run when you use the
Cygwin command
prompt). When you start the Cygwin command prompt, you will be in your
Cygwin home directory,
which is the folder with your login name located below C:cygwinhome.
So, you could either
use that as your working directory, i.e. move your MIDI files there, or
you could change working
directory using the command 'cd'. The conventions are slightly different
than usual Windows. For
example, to move to the folder to C:Documents and
SettingsubbagDesktop, you should
run the command
cd /cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/bubbag/Desktop/
Having said all this, I can warn you that you probably will not find
midi2ly that useful anyway,
since a MIDI file only contains a small part of the information
contained in a normal printed
score and it also is tricky for a program to get the rhythm right unless
the MIDI file was produced
by some other notation program.
/Mats