Re: LilyPond MIDI and sustain pedal

[Jean Abou Samra]

Le 18/10/2020 à 10:17, Aaron Hill a écrit :
> On 2020-10-17 11:33 pm, Andrew Bernard wrote:
> > I think it is the case that LilyPond can't output sustain pedal
> > information in MIDI files. So, how do people work with this? For
> > piano, or vibraphone, for example.
>
> Which version are you using?  The Piano_pedal_performer *should* be 
> outputting events for the following:
>
> MIDI CC 64 (0x40) - Damper Pedal On/Off
> MIDI CC 66 (0x42) - Sostenuto Pedal On/Off
> MIDI CC 67 (0x43) - Soft Pedal On/Off
>
> %%%%
> \version "2.20.0"
>
> \score {
>   {
>     | d'16 \sustainOn fis' g' b'~ 4 r2 \sustainOff
>     | c'16 \sustainOn e' f' a'~ 4 r2 \sustainOff
>     | cis'16 \sustainOn eis' fis' ais'~ 4 r2 \sustainOff
>   }
>   \midi { \tempo 4 = 120 }
> }
> %%%%
>
>
> -- Aaron Hill

Hi,

On the output of this file, `lilymidi --pretty` indeed gives:

Filename:     tmp.midi
MIDI format:  1 (one or more simultaneous tracks)
Divisions:    1536 per whole note
#Tracks:      2

Track 1:
    Time 0:
        Track name:
        Text:       creator:
        Text:       GNU LilyPond 2.20.0
        Time signature: 4/4, metronome 3/16
        Tempo:      500000 msec/quarter
    Time 4608:
        End of Track

Track 2:
    Time 0:
        Track name: \new:
 ***    Control mode change: 0, 64127
        Note on: Channel 0, D4.166666666666667(62)
    Time 96:
        Note off: Channel 0, D4.166666666666667(62)
        Note on: Channel 0, Fis4.5(66)
    Time 192:
        Note off: Channel 0, Fis4.5(66)
        Note on: Channel 0, G4.583333333333333(67)
    Time 288:
        Note off: Channel 0, G4.583333333333333(67)
        Note on: Channel 0, B4.916666666666667(71)
    Time 768:
        Note off: Channel 0, B4.916666666666667(71)
        Control mode change: 0, 640
    Time 1536:
        Control mode change: 0, 64127
        Note on: Channel 0, C4.0(60)
    Time 1632:
        Note off: Channel 0, C4.0(60)
        Note on: Channel 0, E4.333333333333333(64)
    Time 1728:
        Note off: Channel 0, E4.333333333333333(64)
        Note on: Channel 0, F4.416666666666667(65)
    Time 1824:
        Note off: Channel 0, F4.416666666666667(65)
        Note on: Channel 0, A4.75(69)
    Time 2304:
        Note off: Channel 0, A4.75(69)
        Control mode change: 0, 640
    Time 3072:
        Control mode change: 0, 64127
        Note on: Channel 0, Cis4.083333333333333(61)
    Time 3168:
        Note off: Channel 0, Cis4.083333333333333(61)
        Note on: Channel 0, F4.416666666666667(65)
    Time 3264:
        Note off: Channel 0, F4.416666666666667(65)
        Note on: Channel 0, Fis4.5(66)
    Time 3360:
        Note off: Channel 0, Fis4.5(66)
        Note on: Channel 0, Ais4.833333333333333(70)
    Time 3840:
        Note off: Channel 0, Ais4.833333333333333(70)
        Control mode change: 0, 640
    Time 4608:
        End of Track


Best,
Jean