On 2019-03-12T19:01:44 +0100 "Tom M." <tom.m...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > I was under the impression that I could actually define this in the > SoundFont itself > > You can, but only through modulators, I'm afraid: You need to add a modulator > to the global zone of the instrument of your interest. > > Source1 of that modulator is bipolar, linear, positive. > Source2 is =1, i.e. no source2. > The destination is the coarse pitch tune generator. > The amount of that modulator is the desired_pitch_bend_range minus two. > > Why two? The "General MIDI Protocol Implementation Requirements" require a > default pitch bend range of +- 2 semitones for each MIDI channel. That is: a > range of two semitones come from the MIDI spec, any additional semitones come > from your modulator.
Thanks, this worked. I needed to specify 20 as the amount in order to get +- 12 semitones in Fluidsynth. I'm assuming this is due to the full size of the range being 24 semitones, minus two at both ends of the range. -- Mark Raynsford | http://www.io7m.com
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