John Richard Smith wrote:
Rezound =======
I to, am impressed with it. It looks the think I'm looking for .
Sorry to say I don't think it handles these funny yamaha sound files, which are all .mid files.
At any rate I cannot seem toget any sense out of the sound generated, maybe wrong though, as it's early days and I'm unsure of the controls.
John
Hello John,
It's been years since I looked at a Yamaha MIDI file, but if memory serves, Yamaha was not using standard MIDI instruments.
By that I mean Instrument #1 in a standard MIDI file should be an Acoustic Piano, or Piano 1. Yamaha MIDI files may have Instrument #1 set to Trumpet, or something different that Acoustic Piano.
To get the Yamaha MIDI files sounding correctly, all you may need to do is remap the Yamaha Instrument patches to Standard Midi Instruments patches in the Rezound editor.
For example. Suppose Yamaha is using Track 1 as a Trumpet. In Rezound, you would set Track 1 to the Standard Midi instrument patch for Trumpet, which is #57 on an Instrument set that is numbered 1 to 128. The Trumpet would be patch #56 on a Instrument set that is numbered 0 to 127. (Be aware of these two numbering schemes for Standard MIDI files. If the patch you've specified still sounds like the wrong instrument, then increase or decrease the patch number you're using by 1 to get to the correct patch.)
Now when Rezound plays Track 1, you should hear a Trumpet playing.
I've not used Rezound, but this is a generic concept when working with MIDI files. This is also how you can reorchestrate a MIDI piece. If you don't like an Acoustic Piano playing on a Track, change the Instrument Patch to something else; such as a Harpsichord or Organ.
Or use a different SoundFont to replace a poor sounding Acoustic Piano with a better sounding Grand Piano. When you're working with MIDI, you have great control over the final sound of the piece.
Regards, The Other
Hmmm, well, let me see, In rezound, if I, file - open <pathtosong_001.mid>
I get message, no handler found to support format for song_001.mid would you like to use raw format <yes, why not ? >
dialogue box: Raw Parameters,
sample rate 44100 ( scale 4,000 to 96,000) sample format 16bit (scale 8bit signed to 64 floating point ?) byte order 0 in bytes data length 0 in audio frames
so I go, <OK>
I then attempt to play and get a harsh mushy sound for a few seconds
so following your advice I think maybe, edit , but in there we have may parameters from undo redo, copy crop, inserte paste, overwrite paste, insert silence, mute, add channnels, swap channels, rotate, and selection , but none seem to suggest altering the patch selection , that I can see. Though I'm a total newbie here.
I would of though the first message about, no handler found to support format for song_001.mid, means just that , doesn't know and understand .mid files , but as I say I'm complete newbie here.
John
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