[directmusic] Re: Problem with General MIDI instruments not playing
- From: "Ciaran Walsh" <ciaran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <directmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 13:12:25 -0000
I've done what you suggest here before - copying a single instrument out of
GM.dls into your own dls bank. It works fine and I'm pretty sure it does
save memory too. They tend to be pretty tiny in size, the individual GM
instruments so if you're only using a small number of them it makes a lot of
sense to do it this way. Of course you can also modify the sounds this way
too.
-----Original Message-----
From: directmusic-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:directmusic-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Saul Bottcher
Sent: 31 October 2002 13:01
To: directmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [directmusic] Re: Problem with General MIDI instruments not
playing
Hi Bjorn,
> Whilst all my jingles play just fine inside DMProducer, those jingles that
> use General MIDI instruments do not play outside DMProducer.
Just to clarify - your "main" music *does* play the GM samples, and only
the jingles *do not*?
(If no GM sounds were playing whatsoever, then I'd assume the GM.dls
bank hadn't been loaded - but if they only play on certain channels, it's
obviously a more complicated bug).
Secondly, have you only tested the music in DMDemo? Is it possible
there's a bug in DMDemo itself?
It's a hack, but if necessary you could make custom instruments that
mimic the GM instruments, and dispense with the GM.dls bank entirely. I was
wondering if this saves memory as well - does DM load instruments from
within a DLS bank on demand, or does it load the whole bank at once?
(There are bound to be GM instruments not being used in almost every
composition).
I haven't encountered any similar problems, so that's about all I can
offer. Good luck solving it! :^)
Saul.
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