From: hanwen <hanwen>
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2004 11:39:23 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (Sound):
X-Git-Tag: release/2.1.20~12
X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=51057f310627e6d12af3f1b97a3912243a9c268a;p=lilypond.git

(Sound):
note about number of channels.
---

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 06e1170816..8d9c36a591 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2004-02-07  Han-Wen Nienhuys   <hanwen@xs4all.nl>
 
+	* Documentation/user/refman.itely (Sound): 
+	note about number of channels.
+
 	* scm/music-functions.scm (voicify-music): add \context Staff for
 	<< \\ >> polyphony.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/user/refman.itely b/Documentation/user/refman.itely
index 56a31c8c0b..7cbd118c57 100644
--- a/Documentation/user/refman.itely
+++ b/Documentation/user/refman.itely
@@ -8701,6 +8701,10 @@ slurring, etc., are not translated to MIDI.
 Since slurs are not interpreted, @code{\lyricsto} and
 @code{\addlyrics} sections will be interpreted wrongly.
 
+The MIDI output allocates a channel for each Staff, and one for global
+settings.  Hence, the MIDI file should not have more than 15 staves
+(or 14 if you do not use drums). 
+
 
 @menu
 * MIDI block::