Re: [fluid-dev] presets

2015-10-29 Thread Peter Billam
Greetings. bfc0713 wrote: > I recently got an m-audio 88es going with Linux/jack/fluid-synth > mostly to just play live. Very much like my setup :-) except I work on one host so use alsamidi. > how do people setup their favorite tones to be in the default > 1st 16 channels? Do they make their

Re: [fluid-dev] presets

2015-10-29 Thread Bill Stuart-Bruges
Apologies I think you have missed the essential “Program Change” midi message, sent with the patch number in the second (data) byte Thus 1100 0nnnall binary, where =channel & nnn=patch From: Bill Stuart-Bruges Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 4:36 PM To: FluidSynth mailing

Re: [fluid-dev] presets

2015-10-29 Thread Bill Stuart-Bruges
You have confused "Channel" with "Preset/Patch" Your font will have up to 127 Presets (=Patches or instruments) and you can play any Preset on any of the Midi Channels, thus up to 16 simultaneous Presets at once Strictly a Midi Preset can be made up of more than one instrument, an instrument be

Re: [fluid-dev] presets

2015-10-29 Thread Aere Greenway
On 10/29/2015 09:18 AM, bfc0...@comcast.net wrote: I expect this is a dumb question that belongs elsewhere, but I have to start somewhere. I recently got an m-audio 88es going with Linux/jack/fluid-synth mostly to just play live. It's a substitute for my usual slab, but I definitely wanted to g

[fluid-dev] presets

2015-10-29 Thread bfc0713
I expect this is a dumb question that belongs elsewhere, but I have to start somewhere. I recently got an m-audio 88es going with Linux/jack/fluid-synth mostly to just play live. It's a substitute for my usual slab, but I definitely wanted to get around to it, and I'm really enjoying some of the