[goodfeel] Re: changing instrument
- From: Bill McCann <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "goodfeel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <goodfeel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 23:01:36 +0000
Hi, Liz,
Very good question and not a bit stupid. I have pasted in below a response
sent a while back on this list to someone who had the same question.
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Q. How can I assign specific instrumental sounds to various parts in Lime?
A. If your piece has more than 1 staff, you must assign each part to its own
MIDI channel in order to associate it
with one of the possible 128 general MIDI instruments available. The sounds of
the Microsoft Wavetable soft synthe that ships with Windows are of reasonable
quality but the general MIDI sounds of most electronic musical keyboards are
far superior. For example, check out the Yamaha PSR-E433 61 key portable
Keyboard on our page at:
http://www.dancingdots.com/prodesc/MIDIEquip.htm
which has an excellent set of general MIDI instruments. Once you install the
device driver software that comes with the PSE-E423 on your PC, you simply
connect it using the USB cable provided and select it under the MIDI Output
entry of Lime's Hear menu.
Specific Steps for Assigning Instrumental Sounds in Lime
1. Move to first note or rest of the part.
2. ALT+V, C and enter a number from 1 to 16 to set MIDI channel for that
part.
3. ALT+A, X, I and select instrument sound for that part.
Lime then enters the General MIDI annotation into your score. If you do not
want it to appear on the screen and to be printed on the music, you can hide it
by following these steps:
ALT+LEFT ARROW or ALT+RIGHT ARROW to select the General MIDI annotation
ALT+A, S, H for Annotation | Style | Hidden
Q. What clef should I use for a part for drum set?
A. Use the bass clef. If you want to hear percussion instruments, assign the
part to MIDI channel 10. However, Lime does not automatically map specific
drum sounds to the specific note typically used to represent drums on the
staff. For example, third octave D is usually the place where you would write
notes for the snare drum. But Lime sounds a different percussion instrument
when you play that note back using MIDI channel 10. If your aim is to produce
a score that looks right, that's fairly easy to do in Lime. But if you also
want accurate sounding playback, you have to study the Lime manual to learn how
to map percussion notes to specific percussion sound. I know I started to
write up a brief tutorial on that once but I do not think I ever finished it.
HTH,
Bill
From: goodfeel-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:goodfeel-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Liz Wade
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 2:06 PM
To: goodfeel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [goodfeel] changing instrument
Hi to all of you? I am a new user of the limeproducts so I hope this doesn't
sound too stupid. Is there any way of (after you scan a selection and have it
ready to play) that you can alter the sound of the instrument from the piano
sound that plays by default? I realise there are templates for other
instruments but was not sure if they could be changed. Example: I am scanning
an oboe selection and was hoping there was a way to have playback with more of
a band instrument sound. Thanks in advance.
Liz
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