Lilypond now helps beams avoid collisions with other grobs! This feature
works completely with manual beams. It also works for all automatic beams
that do not end right before a change in staff. For this special case, please
-use manual beams. Note that beam collision avoidance does not kick in for
-cross-staff beams.
+use manual beams.
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The Articulate script by Peter Chubb, which is GPLv3 licensed, is now
@item optimal channel distribution: identical instruments share the same channel. This means that e.g. for a full orchestral score there are always 16 (15 plus percussion) diffently sounding instruments available, unrestricted by the number of staves or voices.
@item @code{\set Score.midiChannelMapping = #'staff} assigns one MIDI channel per staff, previously the default behavior. This setting is required if you want instrument changes to create MIDI program changes on a single MIDI channel.
@item dynamics are now rendered as note velocities, no longer as midi volume. This improves the sound on [high end] midi renderers.
-@item @code{midiMaximumVolume = #0.0} no longer silences a channel; use @code{0.01} instead.
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