Re: [jazzplusplus-devel] Trying to use the Roland RS-50 with Jazz++

[Kevin C. <ke...@do...>]

On 26 December 2004 at 18:44, Alexander Toresson <ale...@gm...> wrote:

> I'm not certain if this should be in the dev or user list, but here goes:
> 
> The Roland RS-50 is GM2 compatible. It's not XG or GS compatible, so
> if I do not make my own .jzi then I can only use the 128 GM1 sounds,
> which sounds crap compared to the other 512 patches. It has 384 native
> patches and 256 GM2 patches.
> To make my own .jzi, I started out with the Roland JV-1000 .jzi.
> Everything works as it should when I'm selecting instruments for
> tracks in jazz, however, when I try to play something I've recorded,
> it by some reason only can use the gm1 sounds, ignoring the bank
> number and using the programchange as if it was a programchange for
> gm1. Is this a bug in Jazz++? I've downloaded jazz++ 4.1.1, maybe it
> has the bug fixed, however I do not know if I can get it running,
> because I do not have a linux driver for my midi interface.
> And anyway, is there any way to make jazz use more than one of the 16
> parts of the synth? This way, an effect (eg cutoff, resonance) is
> applied to all instruments instead of only the one I'd want.

I had the same problem with my Alesis QS8.  My workaround for the 
problem was to configure the keyboard to ignore program changes.  Of 
course, this means I don't get program change abilities within a 
song.  But, for me that's not too much of an issue.

I've now upgraded my computer hardware and it has enough power to run 
Rosegarden (a KDE application, i.e. resource-HUNGRY!).  It does 
program change things correct.  I created a keyboard patch file for 
the QS8 and Rosegarden per their FAQ and it works great.  
Unfortunately there is A LOT of stuff in Jazz++ that is missing from 
Rosegarden, e.g. the harmony browser, but there's a lot that's great 
about Rosegarden, e.g. score view.

G'luck...
 
--
Kevin