(according to this in Midiplayer up to 4.7 and in Midiplayer 4.8 if ‘Use bank LSB’ is not selected Ctrl + x always sets Bank MSB value never bank LSB. Let me repeat it: Bank LSB does not play. #Miditrail note limit seriesIt works the exact same way as SB series soundfont manager (sfman32). )īut if you use multiple soundfonts and any of the soundfonts has a variation bank defined at 121 – bank offset and you try to use a GM2 midi file it will sound bad.īut let’s see how soundfont management works in Midiplayer (up to 4.7). #Miditrail note limit Patch(If you want to see the result of CTF and so want to see the used program +bank combination instead of the real bank values the file sends, you can enable ‘Main menu -> Intruments -> Use Patch Info for Capital Tone Fallback’ in Midiplayer. And if it meets a Bank MSB + program combination that does not exist it uses its Capital Tone Fallback (CTF) mechanism and simply use the given instrument at Program + Bank 0. Usually simple playback with only a default soundfont (placed at bank 0) is not a problem.īy default bassmidi similarly to most GS devices and SB hardware simply does not use/ignores the Bank LSB value. That’s why testing soundfonts with XG/GM2 midi files is not a good choice. #Miditrail note limit fulla full SC-55 GS implementation with a soundfont (I mean the full programs/banks combinations) you cannot implement even the XG Lite standard with a soundfont. But XG/GM2 midi files that use variation banks usually cannot be used with good result. So it is realistic that GM/GS midis can be played back with good results if you use/configure soundfonts properly. #Miditrail note limit softwareBut they are all compatible with GM that does not use Banks at all.īassmidi as a software soundfont engine (used by Midi Player and many other player softwares to handle soundfont based playback) is more versatile than hardware implementations but cannot overcome the SF2 format’s limits. Regarding Bank/Preset selections GS, XG, GM2 are incompatible with each other. (Soundfont capable hardwares such as SB AWE, Live, Audigy series always use Bank MSB for variations.) Soundfonts are tightly linked to GS and they can only use 128 banks that are usually addressable by Bank MSB. GM2 is a special beast since it does not use Bank 0 for Capital Tones but Bank 121 (and 120 for drums).Īnd it uses Bank LSB for variation banks (thus similar to XG). Since I do not want to spam the other topic I answer his questions here, but I think it can be useful also for song you tested ‘NighCaro’ is intended to play on GM2 devices. In the 'Soundfonts and Retrogaming MIDI' topicģ3oldnew had some problems understanding it fully. It seems soundfont management logic + different midi systems is not an easy subject and implementing the 'Use Bank LSB' option have not made it easier. However, those audio players that play midi through directsound will play noisily and the ones that use FluidSynth won't play at all. Among general purpose audio players, all the ones which use modern versions of bassmidi are able to play them correctly. Summarizing, from 10 different specialized midi players, only this beta version of FSMP and Timidity++ are able to play type 2 midi files. Resonic v0.8.7b (uses bassmidi) -> Good! Light Alloy v4.10.2 (uses bassmidi) -> Good! Foobar2000 v.1.3.15 with all MIDI plugins -> Good! AIMP v4.13 with MIDI plugin (Bassmidi) -> Good! Spider Player v2.5.3 (uses very old version of bassmidi) -> Not noisy, not good. PotPlayer v (uses directsound) -> Noisy. VLC v3.0.0 last nightly (uses FluidSynth Midi) -> No sound at all. FalcoSoft Midi Player 4.8 test -> Good! MAM 2006 Player -> Load the file but no sound at all. Piano From Above v1.1.0 -> Error message. VanBasco Karaoke Player v2.53 -> Noisy. (They play the tracks simultaneously just like in case of Type 1 files and it can result in a big noise.)įor fun, I have been trying the file dune20.mid with different midi players and general purpose audio players. They are rare and other known players (VBKP, WMP, Winamp) do not handle them properly. They work like XMI files regarding multiple tracks. Added proper support for Type 2 midi files. Added native XMI files support together with multiple tracks/songs.ģ. It seems this can be handy in other situations as well: When 'Use Bank LSB' is checked the Ctrl+x bank switching hotkeys also use Bank LSB. There can be subtle bugs in proper preset naming since the logic is quite complex now (soundfonts still cannot use Bank LSB adressing natively). Real time loaded soundfonts still use Bank MSB exclusively for SB compatibility reasons (they always contain variations banks anyway.) This way you can test more full GS soundfonts at once together with variation banks so you can emulate a similar behavior like SC-55/88/88pro maps in Roland devices and SC-VA. Added ability for complete GS soundfonts to use Bank LSB.
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