[Rosegarden-devel] Studio: drum type banks?

[Pedro Lopez-C. <pl...@te...>]

Hi,

I was making a .rgd file for my SC-88 (a Roland GS synth on steroids), but 
i've found that its 2 drum banks have the same lsb/msb numbers than other 
regular banks. It is not possible to define two banks with the same lsb/msb 
numbers, right?

I want to have patch names for the drum sets, so i modified by hand the .rgd 
file, and added the drum set names to the banks. Surprise: it is possible to 
have duplicate patch names for the same patch number ;-)

This is not a solution, and has ugly effects. Although it is possible to 
select the drum patch name in the instrument parameter's program list, the 
track list shows only the first patch name found. For instance, the "standard 
drums" has  patch#0, like the piano patch. When i select the standard drums 
in the instrument parameters, the track list shows "Piano". Furthermore, when 
i  select "Piano" in the parameter's program list, then switch to another 
track, then return to the piano track, the parameter's program control says 
"standard drums" ;-)

Of course, i will not commit this broken .rgd file yet. What i would like is 
to have drum type banks, to hold the drum set patch names for drum tracks. 
The drum type banks could have duplicate lsb/msb numbers with other non-drum 
banks. What do you think? 

Regards,
Pedro

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