I am using QSynth too - 'no problem getting percussion sounds using either GM or GM2...


On 17/02/2026 15:58, Arnaldo Pirrone wrote:
There's no point, GM2.rgd is affected too, and a piano will sound instead of glockenspiel depending on your luck. No drums though.
The culprit is QSynth and it was acknowledged here this morning:
https://github.com/rncbc/qsynth/issues/90

Il giorno mar 17 feb 2026 alle ore 14:12 chuck elliot <[email protected]> ha scritto:

    ok. Just to be sure, try the following:

    open an existing problem 'song'.

    open device manager and import the GM2.rgd device.

    Change all the tracks assigned to 'General Midi' (GM.rgd) to use GM2.

    Delete the 'General Midi' (GM.rgd) device from the device manager
    list.

    Save the 'song'.

    Close the 'song'.

    Re-open the 'song'

    Check the tracks are assigned to GM2...

    ???


    On 17/02/2026 09:21, Arnaldo Pirrone wrote:
    Thank you, that makes me aware how to save a default studio with
    GM2.rgd, but it won't fix the songs already created.
    I have dozens of rg files that I have put together over time and
    these are always loading the previous GM.rgd studio settings,
    which, I can assure you, were working fine.
    By the way, it looks like I'm not the only one:
    
https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/141604/wrong-drum-percussion-sound-in-rosegarden


    Il giorno lun 16 feb 2026 alle ore 23:12 chuck elliot
    <[email protected]> ha scritto:

        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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