21 Nov
2020
21 Nov
'20
6:21 p.m.
On 11/21/20 11:38 AM, David Sumbler wrote:
Using the MIDI tab of Qtractor's Connections window I have "Midi
Through" and "Qtractor" in the Readable column, and "Midi
Through",
"Timidity" and "Qtractor" in the Writable column. If I connect
Qtractor to Timidity, I hear the FluidR3_GM sound regardless of which
Instrument I have selected in Track Properties. If I disconnect
Qtractor and Timidity, then I hear nothing at all.
I am sure there must be something very basic I am missing here, but I
have no idea what to do next. How do I get the Instrument I specify
for a track in the Track Properties window actually to sound when I
play the track in Qtractor?
you probably miss that on qtractor track properties, the Instrument
definition only relates and only to instrument channel presets *names* :
it translates into MIDI bank_select+program change messages to the
target instrument, external or plugin.
again, it only gives you the human intelligible names for banks and
programs: they not necessarily translate into that particular sound
being selected unless of course the target instrument or plugin
recognizes it through its implementation.
so, selecting "FluidR3_GM" as instrument definition for a given track
will only make sense if that track and channel is driving a
soft-instrument (eg. Timidity) or plugin that implements a SF2 engine
and has the FluidR3_GM.sf2 loaded at that moment.
hth.
cheers
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