Re: Adding a new instrument

[Tobias]

Hi Caio,

thank your for answer. I think I have a better idea now where to look
and what to try next. Thanks for pointing me into this direction -

Best regards
Tobias

Am 19.05.2020 um 23:32 schrieb Caio Barros:
> Em seg., 18 de mai. de 2020 às 15:49, Tobias <address@hidden
> <mailto:address@hidden>> escreveu:
> 
>     Is it possible to add a new instrument? What are the necessary steps to
>     do so? 
> 
> 
> Hey, Tobias. I think those are just names that map to General Midi [1]
> instruments. On the back-end it is just assigning a number to identify
> which instrument you choose so that in a software or hardware using the
> General Midi specification you would _more or less_ know which
> instrument you will hear. I say more or less because even if
> instrument #1 is "Acoustic Grand Piano" depending on your midi device
> and "Acoustic Grand Piano" will sound waaay different depending on the
> sample sounds. MIDI is just a pianola roll, the actual sound you will
> hear depends on the pianola.
> 
> That said, what I would do if I was you is just to choose a percussion
> instrument (e.g. "taiko drum") and then using a midi software to map
> this to the zabumba sound you want, provided you have that sample.
> 
> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_MIDI