Instrument Definition files

[Sherry C]

Hi,

Originally Posted by jhwater

So INS files allow Composer to recognize more than the 128 GM instruments that are a specific keyboard. Is there anyway to create one that is not available?

Sort of

You can always enter the specific bank and patch numbers for your device in the Staff/Setup of any staff in order to get the special sounds from any MIDI playback device that you have.

An INS is a file that is set up with all the bank numbers, instrument patch numbers, and names for all the special sounds of the particular MIDI playback device (eg. a Yamaha PSR-8000). By having an INS file, you don't have to manually enter the bank and patch numbers (or manually modify the device description yourself by typing in all the information in Setup/MIDI Device Configuration/Properties). If you import the INS file and then select that device as the playback device, you will see all the "cool instruments" listed in the instrument grid (rather than just the General MIDI list) and when you select one, the bank numbers will be for the particular instrument you select.

If you cannot find your MIDI device among the files we already have here, or at the sites in the links of this thread, or by using a search engine to look for it, you can create your own. The following are some links to information and tutorials (and a few more INS downloads, too):

• http://www.cakewalk.com/Support/kb/r...spx/2007013272
• http://tweakheadz.com/how-to-build-a-cakewalk-ins-file/
• http://faq.yamaha.com/us/en/article/...DI_Instruments
• http://www.fumph.com/?page_id=13

There is another site for Yamaha INS files at http://www.jososoft.dk/yamaha/ins_files.htm


ttfn,
Sherry