Re: MIDI to mp3 or wav?

[Martin Tarenskeen]

On Tue, 17 Jan 2012, Tim Roberts wrote:

> The MIDI file says "clarinet plays
> an Ab quarter note here", but it does not dictate what a clarinet sounds
> like, or what its attack/decay envelope sounds like.

It's even worse: the MIDI file says "The instrument with program change 
number xxx (which could be, according to the GM standard, a clarinet) 
plays a note with notenumber yyy (If you are lucky it is an Ab, but it can 
just as well be a soundeffect or noise without pitch)"

There is no law that says a MIDI file should follow the GM (General Midi) 
standard. MIDI already existed before the GM standard was introduced.

I have always disliked the way Program Changes are inserted in Lilypond 
syntax: by GM instrument NAME instead of by Midi Program Change NUMBER. I 
would prefer numbers.

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MT