Hi Caio, thank your for answer. I think I have a better idea now where to look and what to try next. Thanks for pointing me into this direction -
Best regards Tobias Am 19.05.2020 um 23:32 schrieb Caio Barros: > Em seg., 18 de mai. de 2020 às 15:49, Tobias <tobn...@freenet.de > <mailto:tobn...@freenet.de>> escreveu: > > Is it possible to add a new instrument? What are the necessary steps to > do so? > > > Hey, Tobias. I think those are just names that map to General Midi [1] > instruments. On the back-end it is just assigning a number to identify > which instrument you choose so that in a software or hardware using the > General Midi specification you would _more or less_ know which > instrument you will hear. I say more or less because even if > instrument #1 is "Acoustic Grand Piano" depending on your midi device > and "Acoustic Grand Piano" will sound waaay different depending on the > sample sounds. MIDI is just a pianola roll, the actual sound you will > hear depends on the pianola. > > That said, what I would do if I was you is just to choose a percussion > instrument (e.g. "taiko drum") and then using a midi software to map > this to the zabumba sound you want, provided you have that sample. > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_MIDI
