From: fred Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 01:00:38 +0000 (+0000) Subject: lilypond-1.3.147 X-Git-Tag: release/1.5.59~784 X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6a1e8832f2a88956a9097cf0b36e5b4e112120a1;p=lilypond.git lilypond-1.3.147 --- diff --git a/Documentation/user/converters.itely b/Documentation/user/converters.itely index 84077b7130..945f4f15d2 100644 --- a/Documentation/user/converters.itely +++ b/Documentation/user/converters.itely @@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ Midi2ly translates a MIDI input file to a LilyPond source file. MIDI (Music Instrument Digital Interface) is a standard for digital instruments: it specifies cabling, a serial protocol and a file format. +The MIDI file format is a de facto standard format for exporting music +from other programs, so this capability may come in useful when you want +to import files from a program that has no converter for its native +format. + It is possible to record a MIDI file using a digital keyboard, and then convert it to @file{.ly}. However, human players can not rhythmically exact enough to make a MIDI to .ly conversion trivial. midi2ly tries to @@ -31,10 +36,6 @@ lot of time. Hackers who know about signal processing are invited to write a more robust midi2ly. -MIDI is also a de facto standard format for exporting music from other -programs, so this capability may come in useful when you want to import -files from a program that has no converter for its native format. - @subsection Invoking midi2ly @example @@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ Report bugs to @email{bug-gnu-music@@gnu.org}. @section pmx2ly PMX is a Musixtex preprocessor written by Don Simons, see -@uref{http://www.gmd.de/Misc/Music/musixtex/software/pmx/}. +@uref{http://icking-music-archive.sunsite.dk/Misc/Music/musixtex/software/pmx/}. Report bugs to @email{bug-gnu-music@@gnu.org}. @@ -188,13 +189,13 @@ Written by @email{Han-Wen Nienhuys,hanwen@@cs.uu.nl}. @node musedata2ly @section musedata2ly - Musedata (@uref{http://www.musedata.org/}) is an electronic library of +Musedata (@uref{http://www.musedata.org/}) is an electronic library of classical music scores, currently comprising about 800 composition dating from 1700 to 1825. The music is encoded in so-called Musedata format (@uref{http://www.ccarh.org/publications/books/beyondmidi/online/musedata}). musedata2ly converts a set of musedata files to one .ly file, and will -include a \header field if a .ref file is supplied +include a @code{\header} field if a @file{.ref} file is supplied @subsection Invoking musedata2ly