Exploded MIDI Files

[garww]

Originally Posted by mojo69

I had to enter numbers 1-128 in the programme slot of the track inspector in Cubase but at least I can hear the samples - so are the instruments numbered the same as in GM - ie Piano -1, Trumpet 57,?

How do I locate Funk Guitar for example? It's listed as 029 008 in Roland Sound Canvas

No clue ? SC is a hardware MIDI Device and I thought you acquired the software SC VSTi. If so, you send MIDI to the VSTi. You really need to read the instructions with these things : )

[mojo69]

It is software! I'm not using the SC as a Vsti - simply as a sound palette in conjunction with MIDI and Cubase using GS - 1-128. For example SC has - Piano as 01 but also Piano with Strings as 01 024.

If Timidity doesn' t have similar features then I'd be be better sticking with Roland SC - Tim seems like CAcK!

[mojo69]

My sound card - M-Audio 2496 - doesn't have an onboard synth so I have to have a sound palette such as SC to create sounds!

[garww]

Originally Posted by mojo69

It is software! I'm not using the SC as a Vsti - simply as a sound palette in conjunction with MIDI and Cubase using GS - 1-128. For example SC has - Piano as 01 but also Piano with Strings as 01 024.

If Timidity doesn' t have similar features then I'd be be better sticking with Roland SC - Tim seems like CAcK!

Then you need to use it as a VSTi. That's what is commonly sold for.

"You cannot use the HQ-QT/HQ-GM2/HQ-OR and VSC-MP1 plug-in (VSC-DXi, VSC-VST) alone. You should install a compatible host application to use them.

* DXi host applications include Cakewalk SONAR, Cakewalk PLASMA, and Cakewalk HomeStudio.
* VST host applications include Cubase, Cubasis, FruityLoops, and a variety of other applications".

There is no sound in MIDI, so it's just controller programming.

These DAW don't really use a dedicated sequencer anymore, but they provide linkage from MIDI to some device that will be triggered by the MIDI control and produce audio at whatever audio device is selected.

So, you have Tim set-up as a system GM soft device that can use any of a handful of sample bank formats.

Usually these specific MIDI emulators can't be set-up as a system device, but you can use them stand alone or called from a DAW.

Since Tim is now a system device it should be easily selected as a MIDI out in Cubase. Unless VSC is a device (they say it has a driver mode), you have to use it as a VSTi on a MIDI Track. The DAW has a WRAPPER for the VSTi and may provide a "select sound", but usually you are better-off selecting the sound sample from within the VSC display.