Re: [fluid-dev] invalid instrument/drum selection problem

[Josh Green]

Hello Jimmy,

Seems reasonable to me to use the last selected instrument when an
invalid bank and/or program change is received.  I've added it as ticket
#8: http://fluidsynth.resonance.org/trac/ticket/8

I'll try and get to this sometime soon, so that you can take advantage
of its benefits.  Hopefully you don't mind building from subversion,
until a new release is made.  Best regards,

        Josh Green


On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 05:16 -0800, jimmy wrote:
> Thanks for the soundfont pointers, I'll try those
> soundfonts.
> 
> I still think FluidSynth should "ignores invalid
> request" rather than void the channel.  Imagine a
> hardware sound-module, or any hardware midi-connected
> keyboard that would silent the channel because you
> punch in an instrument number that is "out of range"
> like 999 if it has only 100 instruments.  That would
> sound really awful, which is what FluidSynth does.  I
> don't think I heard anything that awful on any
> hardware keyboard because it won't play the drums.
> 
> Sorry, I don't mean to make it sound like an attack or
> a put down in anyway, I hope to see FluidSynth improve
> and be really versatile in MIDI and/or soundfont
> handling.  I think coding wise, this is very minimal
> change for a simple lookup/check for someone familiar
> with the code base.  If it bothers me enough, I might
> have to look into doing that myself someday.
> 
> I'm a newbie at the musical keyboard.  I'd rather run
> 2 instances of FluidSynth, hopefully it can reduce
> memory on soundfont loading on some older
> desktop/laptop.
> 
> Besides playing MIDI file and learn to play along. I
> also try to use Qsynth to with 2 instances of
> FluidSynth - one as a sound module for StyGMorgan, the
> other to play along with a keyboard, or vkeybd.  With
> Qsynth, I can try to change the instruments for the
> styles played by StyGMorgan, which can play Yamaha
> style files directly.  For some styles which uses a
> few different drumsets, or different instruments in
> the style variations, I run into the same problem, but
> worse - backing styles are just short MIDI segments
> being looped.  Even if I try to change the instrument
> with Qsynth/FluidSynth, it will reset the instrument
> or the drumset at the next loop, or as I select
> different variation, or fills within the style.
> 
> If anyone plays the keyboard, you should try
> StyGMorgan, I just recently tried it.  Pretty good,
> still have some rough edges I think, but better than
> anything else on Linux right now as far as style
> playing for auto accompaniment.  There are tons of
> style files to try, too.
> 
> Jimmy
> 
> 
> --- Julien Claassen <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > Hi!
> >   I suppose timidity just should be your choice for
> > simply playing midi-files. 
> > Fluidsynth (and thus qsynth) can play midi-files,
> > but I always felt that 
> > fluidsynth's main-gola was to play sounds yourself
> > and record them or use them 
> > during performance.
> >   But you could use a complete midi-soundfont. There
> > are a few nice ones: 
> > fluidr3, Hubbe64 and a couple more, although these
> > two are the best I found 
> > for free. Really good work they did.
> >   Check out:
> > http://www.hammersound.net
> >   There you should find both of them. If not jst ask
> > around, I believe the 
> > fluidr3 is around a lot.
> >   About the warning messages: I don't really know,
> > but fluidsynth should have 
> > a debug compilation/configuration option, that you
> > could use.
> >   Kindest regards
> >           Julien
> > 
> > --------
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> > Miles)
> > 
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> > 
> 
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