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Channel 10

Not NW specific, but hoping people can help...

Recently, I discovered that changing the instrument patch on ch. 10 (on my SB PCI card, at least) offers a different percussive set than the default set. For instance, one set features toms tuned lower than the default, another offers a remapped set appropriate for concerts or marches, yet another has techno/house stylings. The perc sets seem to vary with the patch groups (pianos, organs, guitars, brass, etc.). I've been searching for information related to this online, with no success. Anyone care to help?

Re: Channel 10

Reply #1 –
This feature is not standard in General MIDI, so it will vary based on the type of sound card/synthesizer you are using. The best way to find out what your synth can do is by reviewing its documentation.

Re: Channel 10

Reply #2 –
The AWE family cards use the GS preset maps as follows:-
(Subtract 1 if your card is zero-based rather than 1 based)

Standard........Patch 1
Room Set........Patch 9
Power Set.......Patch 17
Electronic Set..Patch 25
TR-808 Set......Patch 26
Jazz Set........Patch 33
Brush Set.......Patch 41
Orchestral Set..Patch 49 (inc. tuned timpani)
Sound Effects..Patch 57
MT-32 Set.......Patch 128 (Drums at low pitches and effects at high pitches)

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Reply #3 –
Thanks a lot. Now to find out just what each tone sounds like. Glad to have a starting point.

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Reply #4 –
I know this was discussed before but it's related to the topic:

Some synthesizers treat patch #48 (String Ensemble 1) on ch. 10 as Timpani, between the range of F2 and E3. I've tested this with several synths:

SB Live MIDI Synth (A and B)supports
Roland VSC-88 Soft Synthesizer supports

Creative S/W Synth doesn't support
Yamaha S-YXG 50 (and 100) doesn't support

Hth

Re: Channel 10

Reply #5 –
What I do is create a font with the specific sounds I want and put it on an arbitrary address. This allows playing each drum instrument on a different channell, which is usefull for putting effects on them, or recording them onto a multitrack as a wave file for downstream editing. With a single channel, all the MIDI controller changes affect all teh drums and cymbals and so do the effects. If you also want to do downstream processing, you cannot separate each drum sound (as would be the case in a studio recording).

Keep in mind though that by doing this you forsake the General MIDI standard, and the file will not playback teh same on somebody else's PC /MIDI instrument.