Re: GM Percussion bank not initialized

chuck elliot <[email protected]> Tue, 5 Aug 2025 18:23:44 +0100
Newsgroups	gmane.comp.audio.rosegarden.user
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I'm using GM2.rgd percussion on channel 10, Standard Kit and the 
percussion map is there

in the Percussion Editor as expected, so I am not having that problem 
with GM2.rgd...

Chuck.


On 05/08/2025 16:37, Ted Felix wrote:
>   So it sounds like what Chuck was saying.  With the GM.rgd file 
> (which is included in the autoload), the bank select is not being sent 
> out on channel 10.  This is causing the problem.  The GM2.rgd device 
> file sends out the bank select and fixes the issue.
>
>   Use GM2.rgd and you should be good.  You can also replace your 
> autoload with one based on GM2.rgd and you'll always be set each time 
> you start a new composition.
>
> > With GM2.rgd I have to untick "Percussion" from instrument parameter
>
>   I'm not sure why you would need to do that.  GM2 has track 10 set as 
> percussion as it should be.  That checkbox makes sure the percussion 
> banks and percussion key maps are used on track 10. (Looks like there 
> is a bug in our GM2.rgd where the percussion key map isn't used for 
> the Standard kit like it should be, but everything else looks ok.)
>
>   With GS you can use track 10 for something other than percussion if 
> you want, or you can make other tracks into percussion tracks via 
> sysex messages.
>
> Ted.
>
> On 8/5/25 12:57 AM, Arnaldo Pirrone wrote:
>> Just tried, I can actually hear percussion with this one.
>>
>> Il giorno lun 4 ago 2025 alle ore 21:02 Ted Felix <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> ha scritto:
>>
>>         Everything looks good.  Plays percussion for me via fluidsynth.
>>
>>         Definitely seems like something outside rg is to blame.
>>
>>         I've attached a GM2 version for testing.  Does this improve
>>     anything?
>>
>>     Ted.
>>
>>     On 8/4/25 1:32 PM, Arnaldo Pirrone wrote:
>>      > Here. Glockenspiel.
>>      > Another test that I ran was the following command to play a 
>> midi file
>>      > fluidsynth -a alsa -m alsa_seq -l -i /usr/share/sounds/sf2/
>>      > FluidR3_GM.sf2 [midifile]
>>      > No glockenspiel but neither full percussion, so I guess it's not
>>      > rosegarden at this point.
>>      >
>>      > Il giorno lun 4 ago 2025 alle ore 19:09 Ted Felix
>>     <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>      > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> ha scritto:
>>      >
>>      >         I'm not aware of any changes that could cause this
>>     issue.  There
>>      >     could be a problem with your autoload.  Can you do this:
>>      >
>>      >     1. File > New
>>      >     2. Create a short segment on track 10.
>>      >     3. Using matrix or notation, whichever you prefer, drop some
>>     notes in.
>>      >     4. Play.
>>      >     5. What do you hear?  Drums or glock?
>>      >     6. Save the .rg file and send it to me.
>>      >
>>      >     Ted.
>>      >
>>      >     On 03/08/2025 20:44, Arnaldo Pirrone wrote:
>>      >      > I noticed that every time I load a file which contains a
>>     percussion
>>      >      > track, a glockenspiel sounds instead of it.
>>      >
>>      >
>>      >
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