Re: MIDI Channel 10 on the DLSMusicDevice?
Re: MIDI Channel 10 on the DLSMusicDevice?
- Subject: Re: MIDI Channel 10 on the DLSMusicDevice?
- From: "Jean-Alexis Montignies" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2002 14:51:25 +0200
On Thu, 5 Sep 2002 22:27:18 +1000
Pete Yandell <email@hidden> wrote:
> I've noticed that MIDI Channel 10 (or 9 if you're counting from 0
> rather than 1) behaves differently to the rest when using the default
> QuickTime instrument set on the DLSMusicDevice. It seems to be geared
> towards percussion: for example, selecting instrument ID zero gives you
> the standard drum kit rather than the normal "Piano 1".
>
> I've a sneaking suspicion I'm demonstrating a lack of general MIDI
> knowledge by asking this, but does anybody know why this is or where
> this behaviour is documented? I've noticed that MIDI files do tend to
> use channel 10 for percussion. Is there something in the General MIDI
> standard about this?
>
> Pete Yandell
>
http://pete.yandell.com/
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You are right, in General MIDI, the channel 10 is always percussions.
Probably the way to pass around this limitation (or feature ?),and also the
limitation of one note by pitch is to use the extended note API, rather than
the
MIDI api.
Jean-Alexis Montignies
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