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Title: Configuring Midi Instruments
Post by: Nelson on January 28, 2021, 17:51:18
Hello,
I have a Roland RD700GX keyboard.
I managed to configure OpenMPT to play some of the instruments, but some, including the drumkits need MSB/LSB bank configuration, and I didn't figured out how to set it in the software.

Looking at the instruments library, I was wondering if there was way to have a MIDI GM library for an external MIDI device?

Thanks,

Nelson.
Title: Re: Configuring Midi Instruments
Post by: Saga Musix on January 28, 2021, 19:24:02
Take the MSB and LSB values from the manual, and compute the MIDI bank number to be entered in OpenMPT's instrument library as follows: MSB * 128 + LSB + 1.
For example, assuming MSB = 93 and LSB = 2, the corresponding MIDI bank in OpenMPT would be 93*128+2+1 = 11907.

In case you have SRX boards installed and want to access them in addition to the internal sounds, here are the MIDI bank numbers:
- SRX-01: 11905
- SRX-02: 11906
- SRX-03: 11907
- SRX-04: 11908
- SRX-05: 11909-11911
- SRX-06: 11912-11915
- SRX-07: 11916-11919
- SRX-08: 11920-11923
- SRX-09: 11924-11927
- SRX-10: 11928
- SRX-11: 11929
- SRX-12: 11931
- SRX-97: 12002
- SRX-98: 12003
- subtract 128 from each of those values to access the corresponding drum kits

QuoteLooking at the instruments library, I was wondering if there was way to have a MIDI GM library for an external MIDI device?
The MIDI Library is only used for loading MIDI files (they will use the instruments defined in the library).
Title: Re: Configuring Midi Instruments
Post by: Nelson on February 03, 2021, 09:45:54
Thanks, it's working :)

Nelson.