Hi Arnaldo,
if I understand you correctly I suspect that you are thinking that if
you select GM2 as
the device then you are setting it as a default for all 'songs' but it
does not work like that.
The devices are saved with each 'song' (.rg file) and so you need to set
them for each 'song'
or else set up a default studio with the desired devices as a start
position for all 'songs'.
See the 'studio' menu for saving a default studio.
Apologies if I have misunderstood your issue.
Regards,
Chuck.
On 16/02/2026 15:16, Arnaldo Pirrone wrote:
Sorry for bringing this up again, the few times I open Rosegarden I'm
still facing the same issue.
I recently noticed that if I try to replace GM2.rgd in the MIDI device
settings, it will always change to GM.rgd every time I open any .rg file.
By conducting further testing with the help of a web based midifile
player found at https://chiptune.app/,
that also lets you use the fluidsynth engine that's running locally, I
noticed that the percussion track is getting initialized properly
with the standard kit, while, for some reason, I still get the
glockenspiel in Rosegarden.
So I have a question, if the problem is the autoload and GM.rgd
(whichhasalwaysworkedwithouttheslightesthiccup until mid-late 2024)
why isn't GM2.rgd set as default? BTW, I have never used a custom
autoload.rg, I don't even know where it is located.
Il giorno mar 5 ago 2025 alle ore 19:24 chuck elliot
<[email protected]> ha scritto:
I'm using GM2.rgd percussion on channel 10, Standard Kit and the
percussion map is there
in the Percussion Editor as expected, so I am not having that problem
with GM2.rgd...
Chuck.
On 05/08/2025 16:37, Ted Felix wrote:
> So it sounds like what Chuck was saying. With the GM.rgd file
> (which is included in the autoload), the bank select is not
being sent
> out on channel 10. This is causing the problem. The GM2.rgd
device
> file sends out the bank select and fixes the issue.
>
> Use GM2.rgd and you should be good. You can also replace your
> autoload with one based on GM2.rgd and you'll always be set each
time
> you start a new composition.
>
> > With GM2.rgd I have to untick "Percussion" from instrument
parameter
>
> I'm not sure why you would need to do that. GM2 has track 10
set as
> percussion as it should be. That checkbox makes sure the
percussion
> banks and percussion key maps are used on track 10. (Looks like
there
> is a bug in our GM2.rgd where the percussion key map isn't used for
> the Standard kit like it should be, but everything else looks ok.)
>
> With GS you can use track 10 for something other than
percussion if
> you want, or you can make other tracks into percussion tracks via
> sysex messages.
>
> Ted.
>
> On 8/5/25 12:57 AM, Arnaldo Pirrone wrote:
>> Just tried, I can actually hear percussion with this one.
>>
>> Il giorno lun 4 ago 2025 alle ore 21:02 Ted Felix
<[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> ha scritto:
>>
>> Everything looks good. Plays percussion for me via
fluidsynth.
>>
>> Definitely seems like something outside rg is to blame.
>>
>> I've attached a GM2 version for testing. Does this improve
>> anything?
>>
>> Ted.
>>
>> On 8/4/25 1:32 PM, Arnaldo Pirrone wrote:
>> > Here. Glockenspiel.
>> > Another test that I ran was the following command to play a
>> midi file
>> > fluidsynth -a alsa -m alsa_seq -l -i /usr/share/sounds/sf2/
>> > FluidR3_GM.sf2 [midifile]
>> > No glockenspiel but neither full percussion, so I guess
it's not
>> > rosegarden at this point.
>> >
>> > Il giorno lun 4 ago 2025 alle ore 19:09 Ted Felix
>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> ha
scritto:
>> >
>> > I'm not aware of any changes that could cause this
>> issue. There
>> > could be a problem with your autoload. Can you do this:
>> >
>> > 1. File > New
>> > 2. Create a short segment on track 10.
>> > 3. Using matrix or notation, whichever you prefer,
drop some
>> notes in.
>> > 4. Play.
>> > 5. What do you hear? Drums or glock?
>> > 6. Save the .rg file and send it to me.
>> >
>> > Ted.
>> >
>> > On 03/08/2025 20:44, Arnaldo Pirrone wrote:
>> > > I noticed that every time I load a file which
contains a
>> percussion
>> > > track, a glockenspiel sounds instead of it.
>> >
>> >
>> >
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