Hi Mr Eltes,
I think the way of using it depends a little on your system.
Under Linux, the easy way is to open a terminal and run the .midi file through midi2ly and the resulting .ly file through lilypond and there you'll have the .pdf file to print.
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$ midi2ly myfile.midi
[...]
$ lilypond
myfile.ly[...]
$ lpr myfile.pdf
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Each program have a pack of running options that you could read in the manuals.
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$ midi2ly --help
Usage: midi2ly [OPTION]... FILE
Convert MIDI to LilyPond input.
Options:
-a, --absolute-pitches
print absolute pitches
-d, --duration-quant=DUR
quantise note durations on DUR
-D, --debug debug printing
-e, --explicit-durations
print explicit durations
-h, --help show this help and exit
-i, --include-header=FILE
prepend FILE to output
-k, --key=ALT[:MINOR]
set key: ALT=+sharps|-flats; MINOR=1
-o, --output=FILE write output to FILE
-p, --preview preview of first 4 bars
-q, --quiet suppress progress messages and warnings about excess
voices
-s, --start-quant=DUR
quantise note starts on DUR
-S, --skip use s instead of r for rests
-t, --allow-tuplet=DUR*NUM/DEN
allow tuplet durations DUR*NUM/DEN
-V, --verbose be verbose
--version show version number and exit
-w, --warranty show warranty and copyright
-x, --text-lyrics treat every text as a lyric
Examples:
$ midi2ly --key=-2:1 --duration-quant=32 --allow-tuplet=4*2/3 --allow-tuplet=2*4/3 foo.midi
Report bugs via
http://post.gmane.org/post.php?group=gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.bugs####