Instrument groups

[mrdahlgren]

Hi!

To my understanding multilayered soundfonts only imports a single layer, correct?
I would like to implement such a feature myself, but maybe a bit simpler...

How difficult would it be to create instrument groups?
What I mean is the ability for say instrument 1-4 to belong to a group.
Group Instruments splits the volume range between them. Volumes 1-40 is played by first Group instrument, 40-80 second... and so on.

You could then use the value from the volume row to switch instrument.

Is this a huge undertaking?

Sorry if Im mistaken about multilayered soundfonts!

Regards,
Martin

[Saga Musix]

This is a rather vague formulated idea so it's hard to estimate how difficult it would be. If this is only meant to make editing easier (and not actually modify the playback routines / file format), it might reasonably to do - in fact, keyboard splits already exist in the pattern editor (Edit -> Split Keyboard Settings) but they split based on the note that you input, not based on the volume.
Either way, this is a complex topic that needs to be well-thought through because there are many pitfalls in particular if it's going to modify instrument definitions or anything related to playback routines.

[mrdahlgren]

Thanks for answering!

I'll look into it. As a start I try to just make a python script to set it up outside of mpt. Its not really something that has to process in realtime.

Regards,
Martin.

[Saga Musix]

Yeah, that would probably be the easiest way to approach it.