[ Phil Dayson wrote in 050416 MMDigest:


>> For those of you who download a lot of MIDI files from the Internet,
>> minimum inter-note spacing is an important factor.  On a synthesizer
>> repetition will often sound fine but on an acoustic instrument it can
>> disappear.  To correct this with very little effort I use a special
>> CAL program, "unlap31", within the Cakewalk MIDI editor.  This allows
>> you the set the minimum gap between any successive notes.


I wonder if the "31" refers to the Raffin 31-note crank organ scale?
I arrange and punch my own Raffin 31er rolls, and am all too aware
of the recovery time problem.  I audit for problems in my editor's
piano-roll view format, then check again while punching by hand.

But I have to limit triplets and other fast bursts of repeated notes
when editing the music in score format.  Otherwise, enforcing the gap
limit would make some of the notes just disappear.  Often the best
solution is to "repeat" on a different note.


>> P.S.: I have just recently taken delivery of a brand new self-contained
>> MIDI-operated concert organ from David Leach in England.  Voiced at
>> only 1-3/4 inches of water, it plays wonderful, light classical music
>> on 180 pipes but has a much smaller footprint than a piano.  In addition
>> to being a master organ builder, David is a superb music arranger.


Sort of a modern Welte Orchestrion!  Could we please have more details,
like a list of stops and note ranges?   Are the pipes mostly wooden, or
metal?

Thanks, Mike Knudsen