Shoemaker 001 v01 (Reads "Shoemaker 001 version 01")
Subtitle: Stranded Prelude
The movie file contains the strand of music, one channel, which each of the six channels in the MIDI sequence use. The strand of music often has six held notes, thus, you need a set-up which allows you to sustain 36 simultaneous voices (but don't worry, I don't have such a set-up and I have heard the piece).
The movie file contains only one strand; when I tried to add another strand (to create a two-track MIDI movie file) it would not play back correctly. Oh, well. The movie file doesn't give you any idea of what the real MIDI file sounds like; but, I included it anyway for those without MIDI hardware.
The Type 1 MIDI file was created by the public domain program MiniTrax; as you may or may not be aware, some sequencers crash or can't read this file so created. So, if you can, use MiniTrax to play the sequence. This file is included so that you can play with the assignment of instruments and easily turn off certain channels if you have to (i.e., if your machine doesn't have enough voices).
The Type 0 MIDI file was created by the public domain program MiniTrax; although I'm making no promises, I believe modern day commercial sequencers should be able to read this file without any problem. I'm including this file because modern day commercial sequencers can read it. Since I don't own a modern day sequencer, I don't know if such programs can easily edit and alter a Type 0 MIDI file (if not, use the Type 1 file with its limitations as described above).
Details:
There are six tracks (or MIDI channels) used. Here is a set-up for the Proteus/2 Orchestral machine:
Channel 1: preset 46 "Back Brass"
Channel 2: preset 93 "Electrovocal"
Channel 3: preset 50 "Timpani"
Channel 4: preset 18 "Pizzicato 2"
Channel 5: preset 60 "Harp"
Channel 6: preset 60 "Harp"
The volume of each channel may be set at 127 (reads "Vol127" on the machine).
The Proteus only allows 32 simultaneous sounding voices. If a patch uses two samples (primary and secondary) or uses chorusing or uses linking, these activities use up one of the 32 voices.
The presets given above (which come with the Proteus when you buy it) quickly max out the machine way passed 32 voices since some of these presets use two samples, etc. However, the effect will have to do, I guess. Because voices are cut out when the machine maxes out the climax of the piece is somewhat obscured; hopefully you will still feel that this part of the piece is the climax even though the notes (especially the brass notes) don't remain sustained. If you have two Proteus machines then you probably can hear all the voices.
If you own a commercial sequencing software package, you can edit the harp and pizz. string channels so that no notes overlap; doing this will result in these channels using, in total, four voices instead of 24! The same goes for the timpani (saving another 5 voices). The Brass and the Vocals should keep the sustained notes (using 12 voices in total). Since I don't have a commercial sequencer I couldn't do this.
The pitches that one should hear when each patch plays its first note are as follows:
Channel 1: the first D below middle-C
Channel 2: ditto
Channel 3: one octave and a perfect fifth below channel 1 (or is it a perfect fifth below
channel 1, I've forgotten).
Channel 4: same as channel 1 and also doubled an octave higher in this same patch.
Channel 5: same as channel 1.
Channel 6: one octave higher than channel 5 (i.e., doubles an octave higher).
If you have a Proteus and you literally want to hear all the voices, without the sustaining brass instruments, for instance, being turned off when the machine maxes out, you'll have to trim down the "thickness" of the patches. A patch file called "Proteus Patches 64,65,68,69,71" has been provided; it is a start only, you can play with it and perhaps set up the patches a little better; the patch file is of type BULK; it was created using Bulk Sysex Utility. You'll have to mute one track if you only have one proteus: so mute channel 5; this leaves five tracks, six single voices each (because each track contains six sounding notes usually), equals 30 voices total and so everything should sound.
If you have a Roland with only 24 simultaneous voices, your job will be harder. The importance of the channels (or timbres) is as follows, ordered from most important to least important:
Channel 1: brass, most important.
Channel 6: harp, second in importance
Channel 4: pizz strings, third in importance
followed by channels 2 (voices), 3 (timpani), and 6 (the remaining harp doubling) in some order of importance (probably voices, timpani, harp, but it depends on how it's put together).
