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John Peterson
2012-06-04
2013-02-09

  • John Peterson

    John Peterson - 2012-06-04

    Importing http://zenvoid.org/audio/acoustic_grand_piano_ydp_20080910.sf2 produce this acoustic_grand_piano_ydp_20080910.ins 

    ; Name: Yamaha Grand Piano
; Version: 2.1
; Copyright: 
.Patch Names
[Bank0]
0=piano
1=piano layer 1
2=piano layer 2
3=piano layer 3
4=piano layer 4
5=piano layer 5
.Controller Names
[Standard]
1=1-Modulation
2=2-Breath
4=4-Foot controller
5=5-Portamento time
7=7-Volume
8=8-Balance
10=10-Pan
11=11-Expression
64=64-Pedal (sustain)
65=65-Portamento
66=66-Pedal (sostenuto)
67=67-Pedal (soft)
69=69-Hold 2
91=91-External Effects depth
92=92-Tremolo depth
93=93-Chorus depth
94=94-Celeste (detune) depth
95=95-Phaser depth
.Instrument Definitions
[Yamaha Grand Piano]
Control=Standard
Patch[0]=Bank0

    How does this translate into the intended sound? The resulting sound is the same as with 

    [General MIDI]
0=Acoustic Grand Piano
[Roland GS Capital Tones]
0=Piano 1
[XG Bank 0]
0=01 GrandPno

    in gmgsxg.ins.

    Thanks!

     

  • Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas

    Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas - 2012-06-04

    You need to load the soundfont file into a MIDI synthesizer, and connect VMPK to that synthesizer. For more details, please read http://vmpk.sourceforge.net/#MIDI_concepts

    VMPK does not produce sound by itself. This sentence is written on several places, but is seldom understood.