Wow,
have not checked that out, go for it in the future and will give feedback as
first time tutorial tester.
It is great not needing to learn all alone, I dare to express.
Thanks a lot so far.
25.08.2016, 21:28, "Yves Guillemot" :
> Le lundi 22 août 2016, 14:42:05 Mario Gummies a écrit :
>> - is there a way you can prove all 24 instruments do noise all together, and
>> not that it seems only like that? Could you take my example midi file of
>> the initial post, so I could verify and learn from it?
>
> I downloaded the midi file and discovered that only 11 voices are needed.
> So it almost works out of the box with any MIDI synthetizer.
> I'll try to explain it below.
>
>> - is there a way to
>> document the doings of the configurations: command line scripting would be
>> ideal for communication imho, because of its secondary use of being able to
>> be read by third communicated?
>
> Unfortunately there is currently no scripting language embedded in RG.
>
>> - so given us poor set out to a overall
>> great ui world: could you sketch the dialog lead, by screen shots or a
>> pointer to a tutorial?
>
> You can find some documentation in RG Wiki, but it's frequently outdated or
> incomplete.
> http://rosegardenmusic.com/wiki/doc:manual-en#devices_instruments_and_connections
>
> Step 1 - How to set up (I presume timidity is already working):
>
> - Start RG, then load the midi file:
> File -> Import -> Import MIDI File...
>
> - Open the MIDI devices manager dialog:
> Studio -> Manage MIDI Devices
>
> - Connect the General Midi Device to a Timidity input:
> 1 - Click on "General Midi Device" in the upper left box to select it
> (well, it should already be selected as it should be the only one device in
> this window).
> 2 - Click on a Timidity input in the upper right box.
>
> You should see something like that:
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5R8K4qNasR0X3YwMXBvR0JrR0k/view?usp=sharing
>
> The "General MIDI Device" device is now connected to a timidity port.
>
> - Close the Midi Devices manager dialog.
>
> - The setup is finish and you can press the play button to hear the midi file.
>
> Step 2 - How the MIDI instruments (or "programs") are mapped to the
> tracks:
>
> Here is a snapshot of the main window:
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5R8K4qNasR0OTU3S0wzNngyZVk/view?usp=sharing
>
> and a diagram showing the relations between devices, instruments, banks and
> programs:
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5R8K4qNasR0RlVHa0F4bFBOZ00/view?usp=sharing
>
> To click on the name in front of a track in the main window selects this
> track.
> Once the track is selected, we can see the associated Midi device (here
> "General MIDI Device") in the Track Parameters box.
> The instrument name and its number are visible under the Midi device name.
> The instruments in the same MIDI device can't be more than 16.
>
> This instrument is an element in the list of the instruments used in the
> composition.
>
> The bank and program in the Instrument Parameters box show what sound this
> logical instrument gives. In the main window snapshot, the track #6 is using
> the program "Piccolo" which has number 73 in the "General MIDI" bank.
>
> Successively looking all the tracks, we see that:
> - Track 1 is not used
> - Tracks 2 and 3 have the same instruments (75. Recorder)
> - Tracks 4 and 5 have the same instrument (70. English Horn)
> - Tracks 6 and 7 have the same instrument (73. Piccolo)
> etc...
>
> Eventually, instruments beeing shared between tracks, there are 19 tracks, but
> only 11 instruments used.
> As 11 < 16, only one MIDI device is needed (and using more than one Timidity
> port is unnecessary here).
>
> Here there is something weird: Why is GM Recorder used in place of flute ?
> Why English Horn in place of oboe ? Why Piccolo in place of clarinet ? etc...
>
> This looks like a bug somewhere:
> Recorder is #75 in GM and Flute is #74
> English Horn is #70 in GM and Oboe is #69
> Piccolo is #73 in GM and Clarinet is #72
> etc... : The N+1 GM instrument is always used in place of the N.
>
> To fix this, you have to select successively each track, then, in the
> Instrument parameter box, to use the Program dropdown to select the correct
> instrument.
>
> Step 3 - Why, in your screenshot, is there sometimes no vu-meter visible on
> some tracks at a place where this track is making sound ?
>
> Some similar thing is easy to notice looking tracks 10 and 11 (the horns)
> while playing bars 84 to 91.
>
> I didn't look at the code and I don't have a certitude, but I presume that
> there is a level treshold under which the track number is displayed rather
> than the vu-meter.
> So when a track is playing with a very low level no vu-meter is
> displayed.
>
> An easy way to know if a track is making sound is to mute all the other tracks
> (clicking on the blue "LED button" near each track number).
> The last RG release provides a solo button (a third "LED" in front of each
> tra
