Re: [Denemo-devel] table of midi-to-percussion values

[Bric]

> On October 2, 2013 at 2:46 PM Richard Shann <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2013-10-02 at 13:15 -0400, Bric wrote:
> > 
> > > On September 30, 2013 at 12:18 PM Richard Shann <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Mon, 2013-09-30 at 09:26 -0400, Bric wrote:
> > > > > On September 30, 2013 at 3:35 AM Richard Shann <address@hidden>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sun, 2013-09-29 at 16:54 -0400, Bric wrote:
> > > > > > In percussion mode (clef) denemo assigns particular percussion 
>instruments
> > > > > > to
> > > > > > particular notes (pitches)
> > > > > Well, what Denemo is doing is assigning channel 10 to the staff (see
> > > > > staff properties)
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Is there a correspondence list for this somewhere?  (E.g., 64 -> 
>bass drum,
> > > > > > 65
> > > > > > -> hi-hat, 66 -> low tom, etc., etc. (the example has bogus 
>correspondence))
> > > > >
> > > > > The default soundfont that is packaged with Denemo has channel 10
> > > > > assigned to those things
> > > > >
> > > > 
> > > > I see one *.sf2 file in the source tree:  soundfonts/A320U.sf2
> > > > 
> > > > This is the one and only, right?
> > > yes
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I guess I need to use and external tool to manifest the midi 
>instruments with
> > > > English labels (?)
> > > 
> > > ???
> > > In the staff properties dialog, MIDI tab the instrument names are taken
> > > from the sound font that you have loaded.
> > > 
> > 
> > (1) I don't see percussion instruments listed there (even when i've 
>designated
> > the primary clef as percussion clef)
> 
> yes, that's true: the channel 10 = percussion thing is one percussion
> sound per MIDI note, whereas the other instruments are a single
> instrument with different pitches for each note.
> 
> > 
> > (2) even if thery /were/ listed, I'd have to retype it all by hand.  (Well, 
>OK,
> > I could do that, but wouldn't the list vary according to the font, as you
> > indicate?
> 
> The list is the list of instruments provided by the soundfont one for
> each program number, they can be assigned to any channel except channel
> 10 (I think that's the way it works).
> 
> > 
> > (3) In wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_MIDI , the percussion
> > mapping shown doesn't seem to correspond to the default percussion in the 
>denemo
> > soundfount.  Correct me if i'm wrong and crazy. 
> 
> I just tested, e.g. 71 is short whistle 72 is long whistle (72 is the C
> above middle C). The drum clef is based on a bass clef as far as MIDI
> key numbers is concerned, so the bottom line of the staff is g (low tom
> 1).

OK. Yes, i've confirmed that they actually do correspond.  However: the
published list in wikipedia is values 35 through 81.

The default denemo font has a slightly wider range:  It seems to start at 27
(with 8 extra instruments below the wikipedia range) and end on 87 (with 6 extra
above the range).

No big problem — though would be nice to know the official names for those extra
sounds... I can guess a few of them