[linux-audio-dev] Extreme (midi) omni-mode

[Jens M Andreasen]

Thanx Clemens!

For a moment I thought might have had been on to something here ...

Back to the drawing board!  :)


On Mon, 2005-04-11 at 15:14 +0200, Clemens Ladisch wrote:
> Jens M Andreasen wrote:
> > Say you had an external single channel midi module, and it wakes up in
> > omni-mode (all channels are equal), you will ofcourse expect it to make
> > a sound, no matter the settings on your sending keyboard.
> >
> > Now, suppose the module is multi-timbral?
> > What is the expected result?
> 
> Multi-timbral modules typically don't support omni mode.
> 
> > 16 different sounds layered?. How?
> > Prior art?
> 
> GS and XG devices (and probably most other modules, too) have SysEx
> commands to reassign parts (or whatever they're called) to any MIDI
> channel.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Clemens
> 
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