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Re: Adding a new instrument
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Tobias |
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Re: Adding a new instrument |
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Sat, 23 May 2020 11:04:32 +0200 |
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Hi Caio,
thank your for answer. I think I have a better idea now where to look
and what to try next. Thanks for pointing me into this direction -
Best regards
Tobias
Am 19.05.2020 um 23:32 schrieb Caio Barros:
> Em seg., 18 de mai. de 2020 às 15:49, Tobias <address@hidden
> <mailto:address@hidden>> escreveu:
>
> Is it possible to add a new instrument? What are the necessary steps to
> do so?
>
>
> Hey, Tobias. I think those are just names that map to General Midi [1]
> instruments. On the back-end it is just assigning a number to identify
> which instrument you choose so that in a software or hardware using the
> General Midi specification you would _more or less_ know which
> instrument you will hear. I say more or less because even if
> instrument #1 is "Acoustic Grand Piano" depending on your midi device
> and "Acoustic Grand Piano" will sound waaay different depending on the
> sample sounds. MIDI is just a pianola roll, the actual sound you will
> hear depends on the pianola.
>
> That said, what I would do if I was you is just to choose a percussion
> instrument (e.g. "taiko drum") and then using a midi software to map
> this to the zabumba sound you want, provided you have that sample.
>
> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_MIDI