From be1005a6031861b91e1a2df33f62e1c5a0a2aeb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Tim E. Real" <termtech@rogers.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 04:49:31 +0000
Subject: Finished Aftertouch controllers Feature: Piano KB / drum list show
coloured dots when per-pitch controllers exist / have data.
---
muse2/README.instruments | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
(limited to 'muse2/README.instruments')
diff --git a/muse2/README.instruments b/muse2/README.instruments
index adb12dab..1bc66e7f 100644
--- a/muse2/README.instruments
+++ b/muse2/README.instruments
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
================================================
MusE loadable Midi Instrument Definitions
- (valid from around MusE 0.8.1, Edited by Tim APR.25.2010, at MusE 2.0alpha)
+ (valid from around MusE 0.8.1, Edited by Tim NOV.11.2012, at MusE 2.1rc1)
================================================
- File Extension ".idf"
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
...
<Controller name="Pan" l="10" min="-64" max="63" init="0" />
<Controller name="PitchBendSensitivity" type="RPN" h="0" l="0" max="24" init="2" />
+
...
</MidiInstrument>
</muse>
@@ -62,7 +63,9 @@
A XG-Patch looks like:
<Patch name="Electro" drum="1" hbank="127" lbank="0" prog="24"/>
- (5) A patch can be associated with a "mode" with one of
+ (5) Prior to version 2.1:
+ ---------------------
+ A patch can be associated with a "mode" with one of
1 - GM
2 - GS
@@ -76,6 +79,12 @@
<Patch name="Grand Piano" mode=7" hbank="0" lbank="0" prog="0"/>
+ From version 2.1:
+ -----------------
+ There is no 'mode' parameter. The selection of GM, GS, or XG instruments
+ or other instruments with an sysex 'Init' section, determines what 'mode'
+ the device is in.
+
(4) example for MusE event (Sysex "XG-On"):
<event tick="0" type="5" datalen="7">
@@ -84,8 +93,14 @@
(5) <Init> ... </Init> part can be omitted
+ From version 2.1:
+ -----------------
+ This section contains initialization events to be sent to the devices
+ upon certain changes such as device selection, change of instrument etc.
+ Usually it contains a brief series of sysex commands such as (4) to set the
+ device to a 'mode'.
- (6) Controller have the following porperties:
+ (6) Controllers have the following properties:
name: arbitrary unique (short) string describing the controller
@@ -97,15 +112,20 @@
NRPN14 non registered parameter 14-bit
Pitch pitch mod wheel
Program program
+ From version 2.1:
+ PolyAftertouch key pressure controller
+ Aftertouch channel pressure controller
Default Controller7 if omitted.
- Pitch and Program are convenience controllers which
- wrap pitch or program functionality in one controller.
+ Pitch Program PolyAftertouch and Aftertouch are convenience controllers which
+ wrap functionality in one controller. They translate to and from the real midi messages
+ which are behind the scenes such as Pitch -> midi 0xE0. Their controller numbers are
+ internal and cannot be changed. PolyAftertouch is really an internal per-pitch controller.
h: controller number MSB. Default 0 if omitted.
l: controller number LSB. Default 0 if omitted.
- For drum controllers, this can also be "pitch" indicating
- each drum 'note' has its own controller.
+ For per-pitch controllers, 'l' can also be "pitch" indicating each 'note' or
+ 'drum sound' has its own controller. Some devices such as XG support this.
min: minimum value for controller
max: maximum value for controller
@@ -118,3 +138,12 @@
pan = -64 -> 63, MusE automatically displays this range,
yet uses the true range of 0-127 'behind the scenes'.
+ From version 2.1:
+ ----------------
+ showType: Combination of 1: Show controller in drum tracks.
+ and 2: Show controller in midi tracks.
+ Default is to show in both drum and midi tracks if omitted (same as "3").
+
+ Here is a per-pitch drum controller example from the XG instrument definition file:
+ <Controller name="Drum Pan" type="NRPN" h="28" l="pitch" min="-64" max="63" showType="1" />
+
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