From: Keith OHara Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 23:32:25 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Doc: MIDI channels; issue 1591 X-Git-Tag: release/2.15.16-1~2 X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4e8daaedf481c243fdb953e1b14717d20115c262;p=lilypond.git Doc: MIDI channels; issue 1591 --- diff --git a/Documentation/notation/input.itely b/Documentation/notation/input.itely index c0f31d823f..d21c78435c 100644 --- a/Documentation/notation/input.itely +++ b/Documentation/notation/input.itely @@ -1964,10 +1964,9 @@ Standard MIDI oputput is somewhat crude; optionally, an enhanced and more realistic MIDI output is available by means of @ref{The Articulate script}. -@c TODO Check this -The midi output allocates a channel for each staff, and one for global -settings. Therefore the midi file should not have more than 15 staves -(or 14 if you do not use drums). Other staves will remain silent. +The MIDI output allocates a channel for each staff, and reserves channel +10 for drums. There are only 16 MIDI channels per device, so if the +score contains more than 15 staves, MIDI channels will be reused. @menu * Creating MIDI files::