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Re: Yamaha KX 49 & Composer problem
Hi Sherry,
Sorry to hear about the emergencies. I hope they pass and all is well. I'll be quick. 1. I found that for the 4 banks added to Merlin Creative, if I click through the banks and find the instrument I'm looking for, say it's a piccolo, bank 4, patch 73, if a put a 4 in ctrl 0 and 73 ub ctrk 32, the Bank four names disappear, 73 is hilighted, and I get the instrument. 2. If I knew the ctrl 0 numbers for GM and Merlin, I suppose I could do the same there. I assume Composer uses one of those GM files in Win\Sys 32, and loading one in SF Library might show the answer to what might go into ctrl 0. 3. To get 48 channels, wouldn't I have to be able to use Maple Midi in Composer so that it would translate to Synthfont? The only way to do so appears to be to set Maple 1,2,3, or 4 as both input and output. (If I load a midi file into SF, btw, and choose it for output, a popup says the device can't be opened, though it is listed. I've done the suggest reading, again, and everything related to "patch" in the manual. Maybe I'm beginning to understand it a bit. all best, mgj |
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Re: Yamaha KX 49 & Composer problem
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Only set the Maple cables to "Out" in Composer, not as "In"s - otherwise you'll get a feedback loop going that will slow your computer to a painful crawl that you may have to shutdown the computer to get out of. Actually you'll only need one cable (eg. Maple 1) to go out to Synthfont, where you can use 16 channels and even assign different fonts to each channel (this is done within SynthFont). You'll still need to select the correct Instrument Patch number in Composer's Staff Setup. For example, say you have just two instruments, Guitar and Flute, in your composition. You want to use SynthFont, and you want to use a Ramirez Classical Guitar soundfont for the first instrument (the patch number is 25), and the Haggia Flute soundfont for the second one (with its patch number of 74). It might look like this: In Composer: Guitar/Staff 1 - Maple 1 - Channel 1 - Instrument patch 25 Flute/Staff 2 - Maple 1 - Channel 2 - Instrument patch 74 In SynthFont: Channel 1 - Ramirez Classical Guitar (you don't have to set the instrument patch number because that's already being transmitted from Composer) Channel 2 - Haggia Flute (ditto) You're using the same cable - Maple 1 - for both instrument staves to go from Composer to SynthFont. Composer tells Synthfont which instrument patches get played on each channel, and in Synthfont you just have to pick which soundfont goes with each channel. Alternatively, you could use a guitar font that is already loaded in Synth A and has the instrument at patch 25, and then use the Haggia flute which is in SynthFont: In Composer: Guitar/Staff 1 - Synth A - Channel 1 - Instrument patch 25 Flute/Staff 2 - Maple 1 - Channel 2 - Instrument patch 74 Hopefully the above is helpful ttfn, Sherry
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Re: Yamaha KX 49 & Composer problem
Hi Sherry,
I think I've got it!!!! Played in Synthfont and made changes and added a couple of measures and SF picked them all up. First time SF displayed a midi file of 32 channels, listing the instruments from Composer (only strings missing?). Hope it does it again next time. Changes I made were only to set SF for the 1-128 patches. Guess I'll have to learn SF now, like how to make a recording, save the arrangement, etc. Many thanks, and glad things are working out well. all best, mgj |
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