home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
-
- GUS Musician's Digest Sun, 13 Feb 94 3:22 Volume 5: Issue 11
-
- Today's Topics:
- GUS Musician's Digest V5 #10
- Reseting controllers
-
- Standard Info:
- - Meta-info about the GUS can be found at the end of the Digest.
- - Before you ask a question, please READ THE FAQ.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Date: Sat, 12 Feb 94 12:03:47 CST
- From: cowles@hydra.convex.com (John Cowles)
- Subject: Re: GUS Musician's Digest V5 #10
-
- Jim Buja writes:
- >
- > I finally discovered the cause of the problem last night. It turned out that
- > one midi file named IFULEAVE.MID has a series of the following Controller
- > Changes at the end of every track:
- >
- > Channel#, Controller 11, value (decreasing from say 99----> 0)
- >
- > I stuck a Controller 11, 99 at the beginning of the NEXT song I wanted to
- > play and the volumes were back to normal. Also the Winjammer player RESET
- > option did not entirely fix the problem although you would think so when
- > reading the description of what it does. Maybe the RESET doesn't apply
- > entirely to the GUS?? The RESET didn't mention a Controller 11 change as
- > a method for resetting the channel volumes to maximum.
- > person can give an explanation of the Controller 11 function I'd like to see it.
- > Also, I assume the fix is to do a final Controller 11, 127 change in the IFULEAVE.MID
- > file and any others that have this offending change. If there's a better way
- > of resetting let me know.
- >
- > Jim
- >
- You are exectly right in your analysis. Controller 11 is the 'expression'
- controller, and is meant to vary the note volume within the parameters
- set by the "volume" controller (Controller 7 - default 100) and the actual
- "note velocity" (present in each "note on" event, value 0-127). I would
- use it when I start a note at high volume, but want to decrease the
- volume as the note it playing. Most synths default the value of this to
- 127. There is a 6-byte general midi sysex reset that is SUPPOSED to be
- recognized by all general midi compliant synths to reset all values,
- including the expression controller, but the GUS does not yet recognize
- it. Please drop a note to Dan McKee (author of Winjammer) and ask him to
- include the expression controller in his reset sequence. You might also
- drop a note to Gravis and ask them to recognize the "general midi reset
- sysex".
-
- John
- --
- John Cowles cowles@hydra.convex.com CompuServe: 72074,451
- Convex Computer Corp. 214 497 4375
- 3000 Waterview Pkwy
- Richardson, Tx. 75080
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Sun, 13 Feb 1994 01:25:28 -0500 (EST)
- From: Phat H Tran <ptran@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca>
- Subject: Reseting controllers
-
- > Date: Fri, 11 Feb 1994 12:34:50 -0500
- > From: jimb@etgn01.webo.dg.com (Jim Buja)
- > Subject: MIDI tracks go silent in Windows
- >
- > Fellow GUS'ers,
- > I have had a nagging problem for the last month or so running Winjammer player
- > or the JUKER player. While playing a list of songs, all of a sudden, almost
- > all of the tracks would go silent in the next and subsequent songs. No WIN
- > application would play patches or songs after that, although if I went thru
- > enough songs I might hear a track playing. Does any of this sound familiar?
- >
- > I finally discovered the cause of the problem last night. It turned out that
- > one midi file named IFULEAVE.MID has a series of the following Controller
- > Changes at the end of every track:
- >
- > Channel#, Controller 11, value (decreasing from say 99----> 0)
-
- Controller 11 is called the "expression" controller, and is very much
- like a second volume knob (with controller 7, the "main" channel volume
- controller, being the other).
-
- I'm familiar with the problems of having to reset the controllers after
- playing certain MIDI files. There are lots of controllers to worry
- about, not just controller 11. I've asked Gravis to put a "reset" button
- on the GUS mixer, but they haven't listened.
-
- If you have an event list editor handy, you can create a MIDI file
- to issue the "Reset all controllers" controller (controller 121) for
- you. (The GUS driver does seem to respond to that.)
-
- Phat.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- End of GUS Musician's Digest V5 #11
- ***********************************
-
- To post to tomorrow's digest: <gus-music@dsd.es.com>
- To (un)subscribe or get help: <gus-music-request@dsd.es.com>
- To contact a human (last resort): <gus-music-owner@dsd.es.com>
-
- FTP Sites Archive Directories
- --------- ------- -----------
- Main N.American Site: archive.orst.edu pub/packages/gravis
- wuarchive.wustl.edu systems/ibmpc/ultrasound
- Main Asian Site: nctuccca.edu.tw PC/ultrasound
- European Callers ONLY: theoris.rz.uni-konstanz.de pub/sound/gus
- Submissions: archive.epas.utoronto.ca pub/pc/ultrasound/submit
- Newly Validated Files: archive.epas.utoronto.ca pub/pc/ultrasound
- Mirrors: garbo.uwasa.fi mirror/ultrasound
-
- MailServer For Archive Access: Email to <mail-server@nike.rz.uni-konstanz.de>
-
- Hints:
- - Get the FAQ from the FTP sites or the request server.
- - Mail to <gus-music-request@dsd.es.com> for info about other
- GUS related mailing lists (general use, programmers, etc.).
-
-
-