Re: [Rosegarden-devel] Re: [Rosegarden-user] soundfonts/synths with no program changes...

[Mark K. <mar...@at...>]

On Tue, 2003-02-18 at 01:49, Richard Bown wrote:
> On Tuesday 18 February 2003 07:08, Silvan wrote:
> 
> > Your setup doesn't respond to program changes, and the Studio isn't
> > directly useful to you as a way of making it clear that "Port 1,
> > channel 5" will play "Bob's guitar licks" because the Studio is
> > designed to name program changes
> 
> Is this GigaStudio then where the channels are hard-coded or something?  
> This is presumably because GigaSampler acts similar to a hardware 
> sampler?   

Yes, GigaStudio is GigaSampler on steroids. It is a sampler. The samples
are too large to switch in real time with a program change, so they
don't support it. Most sample players that play large samples do not
respond to program changes, AFAIK.

> I've not used anything like an Akai but I presume they all 
> have their own method of patch selection specifying.  My little Yamaha 
> SU-10 responds like a mapped device (like a drum channel) i.e. each 
> sample is mapped to a different Note value.
> 
> > > I've been wanting RG to be very clear about what physical port a
> > > track is driving. If I know it's driving Port 1, track 5, then I
> > > know I'll get a piano. I'll name the track piano, but I don't care
> > > at all about
> >
> > Yeah, I understand your problem for sure!  I'm just saying RG can't
> > really help you at this point.  I was just prattling on about some
> > cheap hack you could do to try to help yourself keep it straight once
> > you discover what does what, but it can't help you figure it out in
> > the first place.
> 
> Indeed - this problem is pretty specific - there's certainly something 
> we could do to support this kind of behaviour but our obvious 
> priorities for the moment are GM, GS, XG and getting things working for 
> the majority of users.  I suggest we try and capture all this 
> toing-and-froing in a concise statement for a feature request.
> 
>

OK, OK, I give. I think you guys are off target though. IMO a 'Studio'
isn't a collection of patches. A studio is a wiring diagram. It's pieces
of hardware hooked to wires, and it's audio send and return paths.


Anyway, I give.