Hi again, David.
Forgive my previous reply, which I sent before I received this on.
I have bee working with a large sample library, which allows for multiple articulations. This can mean, for example, that for violin I you use note expressions to change midi channels for each articulation. For example:
vn. legato vn. legato crescendo/dim vn. staccato vn. short vn. tremolo vn. tremolo crescendo/dim vn. pizz. vn. harmonic vn. espressivo
with each of these potentially requiring a different midi channel.
With a full orchestra piece this eats up midi channels like crazy.
Best,
Michael
On Dec 6, 2004, at 12:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I see what the limitation is now -- the program only appeared to accept the devices for which I assigned numbers higher than 64 -- when I went back into the Midi Devices dialog, all the higher numbers were set to 64.
My bad.
I haven't requested an expansion of the channels because I don't have any need for more than 64. I find that if I were to write a work for concert band, with an incredibly rich instrumentation (2 oboe parts, 2 bassoon parts, Eb clarinet, contra-alto clarinet, contrabass clarinet, cornets and trumpets, lots of percussion parts) I max out at needing around 40 channels.
An orchestral score might (If I were to use a complete band's scoring plus flesh it out with strings, even divisi parts) would only boost it to around 50 or 55 (depending on the number of divisi parts.)
So I don't see a need. Which isn't the same thing as saying I wouldn't encourage MakeMusic to implement it, nor would I mind if they were to implement it.
What sort of musical works are you working on that require more than 64 simultaneous different sounds? Just curious -- I'll be glad to add my voice to those requesting it if you wish.
David H. Bailey
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