On 11/21/20 11:38 AM, David Sumbler wrote: > > Using the MIDI tab of Qtractor's Connections window I have "Midi > Through" and "Qtractor" in the Readable column, and "Midi Through", > "Timidity" and "Qtractor" in the Writable column. If I connect > Qtractor to Timidity, I hear the FluidR3_GM sound regardless of which > Instrument I have selected in Track Properties. If I disconnect > Qtractor and Timidity, then I hear nothing at all. > > I am sure there must be something very basic I am missing here, but I > have no idea what to do next. How do I get the Instrument I specify > for a track in the Track Properties window actually to sound when I > play the track in Qtractor? > you probably miss that on qtractor track properties, the Instrument definition only relates and only to instrument channel presets *names* : it translates into MIDI bank_select+program change messages to the target instrument, external or plugin. again, it only gives you the human intelligible names for banks and programs: they not necessarily translate into that particular sound being selected unless of course the target instrument or plugin recognizes it through its implementation. so, selecting "FluidR3_GM" as instrument definition for a given track will only make sense if that track and channel is driving a soft-instrument (eg. Timidity) or plugin that implements a SF2 engine and has the FluidR3_GM.sf2 loaded at that moment. hth. cheers -- rncbc aka. Rui Nuno Capela rncbc@xxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
