Re: [fluid-dev] Drum is not working on Channel 10

[David Henningsson]

On 2010-12-01 17:59, Element Green wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 11:34 PM, yanli lei<address@hidden>  wrote:
> >  From this FAQ:
> > http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora_Draft_Documentation/0.1/html/Musicians_Guide/chap-Musicians_Guide-FluidSynth.html
> >
> > When we tested our drum on Channel 10 and maybe other channel is also
> > reserved by FluidSynth, it doesn't seem to produce any sound, would it be
> > possible for this channel to work?
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> It certainly should work.  If you described how you are using it, it
> might make it easier for us to help you.  Does the SoundFont you are
> loading have a preset on bank 128, program 0?  Are you using the
> FluidSynth shell for this test?  If so, what do you get when you type
> the "channels" command?  How are you sending note events to the
> channel (via a MIDI connection or via the shell?)  If you are using
> MIDI, try and send an event using the shell:
> noteon 9 60 127
> noteoff 9 60
>
> That will send a note on/off event to channel 10 (note that channels
> start at 0, so 9 is channel 10).  If you are still having problems,
> are you sure that the other channels are working and its just an issue
> with channel 10?

There also was changes in bank selection logic between 1.1.1 and 1.1.2, 
you might want to try a later version of FluidSynth and see if that helps.

// David