Midi dynamics

[studio32]

One weak point of Lilypond is that the midi output is not that great when it comes to dynamics. Is there software to improve the dynamics of an midi file?

I saw dp mentioning this: http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=192282

Could that plugins help me a bit for example?

[StudioDave]

One weak point of Lilypond is that the midi output is not that great when it comes to dynamics. Is there software to improve the dynamics of an midi file?

I saw dp mentioning this: http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=192282

Could that plugins help me a bit for example?

I don't think so. What you need is a MIDI velocity randomizer/humanizer. I use the velocity randomizer function in Sequencer Plus Gold, but beware, random velocity isn't nearly so effective as going through the performance to change velocities note-by-note. A major hassle, I know, but if "life-like" is what you're after it'll cost you some effort.

For example, the dynamics in this piece were entered note by note:

http://linux-sound.org/audio/trio4fgb.ogg

It's based on a 12-tone row, so it might sound a little weird if you're not used to that kind of thing.

dp

[studio32]

but beware, random velocity isn't nearly so effective as going through the performance to change velocities note-by-note. A major hassle, I know, but if "life-life" is what you're after it'll cost you some effort.

For example, the dynamics in this piece were entered note by note:

http://linux-sound.org/audio/trio4fgb.ogg

It's based on a 12-tone row, so it might sound a little weird if you're not used to that kind of thing.

dp

What app do you use to add it note by note?

[StudioDave]

What app do you use to add it note by note?

Sequencer Plus Gold, a MIDI sequencer for MS-DOS. It's more than twenty years old and still better (for me) than anything else I've tried. When the whole UI paradigm switched to the mouse-driven GUI I gave up on Windows-based MIDI sequencers. I was amazed to learn that I could run SPG under the DOS emulator (dosemu) in Linux, and even more amazed to find that it ran much better there than in native DOS. I think that was about the time I realized that Linux was The Way for me.

I still do all my MIDI sequencing with it, still running it under DOSemu.

dp

[studio32]

mmh also better then oomidi?
That's not an compliment for the Linux sequencers...

Is it possible to download that sequencer somewhere?