MARCHPERC3.SF2 SOUNDFONT USAGE
(for general soundfont usage, click here)
The Marching Percussion Soundfont (MARCHPERC.SF2) was originally created by Eric Landis
I created MARCHPERC3.SF2 (and, before that, MARCHPERC2.SF2), by using the above and adding some other voices from some other soundfonts to round it out (I used Vienna Soundfont Studio 2.3, available free from Creative's Website.
Use the following to set the default voices to map to the corresponding Soundfont:
UPDATE Nov. 2003 -- Soundfont should be installed in Bank 001 - see this
SET DEFAULTS=MARCHPERC.SF2,1 or MARCHPERC2.SF2,1
(The 1s above and below indicates which BANK you've installed the soundfont in)
This will do the equivalent of the following automatically (i.e. more easily)
SET TRACKBANK( 1)=1;SET TRACKBANK( 2)=1;SET TRACKBANK( 3)=1;SET TRACKBANK( 4)=1
SET TRACKPATCH(1)=0;SET TRACKPATCH(2)=0;SET TRACKPATCH(3)=0;SET TRACKPATCH(4)=0
SET BARBANK=1;SET BEATBANK=1;SET BARPATCH=0;SET BEATPATCH=0
'the above will apply for 8 tracks if SET STANDALONE=TRUE
SET TRACKVOICES(1)=77,79,81,73,111,117 (Snare, Snare Gak, Snare Ping, Stick Click,Crash,RideBell)
SET TRACKVOICES(2)=87,85,82,80,78,88 (Tenors with Gak on voice F)
SET TRACKVOICES(3)=72,69,66,63,60,57 (Basses)
SET TRACKVOICES(4)=113,114,115,116,117,118 (YamahaCrash1,ClosedHH,OpenHH,HHfoot,RideBell,RidePing)
SET VOICEBEAT=75
SET VOICEBAR=111
| Actual Voices in MARCHPERC3.SF2 |
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Note: the three HiHat voices have been updated from MARCHPERC2.SF2
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| Voice(s) | Note Range | Notes |
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| Bass 5 | 0-51 | |
| Bass 4 | 52-59 | |
| Bass 3 | 60-63 | |
| Bass 2 | 64-67 | |
| Bass 1 | 68-72 | 72 is top bass |
| Stick Click | 73 | |
| Hand Clap | 74 | taken from a different soundfont |
| Cowbell | 75 | taken from a different soundfont |
| Rim Tap | 76 | taken from a different soundfont |
| Snare | 77 | Kevlar head, of course |
| Tenor 5 | 78 | |
| Snare Gak | 79 | |
| Tenor 4 | 80 | |
| Snare Ping | 81 | |
| Tenor 3 | 82-84 | |
| Tenor 2 | 85-88 | |
| Tenor 1 | 89-109 | Experiment with tenor voices to suit yourself |
| Crash1 | 111 | taken from a different soundfont; |
| MedCrashCymbal | 112 | taken from a different soundfont; |
| YamahaCrash1 | 113 | taken from a different soundfont; |
| HiHat Closed | 114 | taken from a different soundfont; |
| HiHat Open | 115 | taken from a different soundfont; |
| HiHat foot | 116 | taken from a different soundfont; |
| Ride Bell | 117 | taken from a different soundfont; |
| Ride Ping | 118 | taken from a different soundfont; |
Click here for Soundfont Installation instructions
Click here to download the soundfont
Click here to download a MP3 example of the soundfont
(i.e. not using MARCHPERC3.SF2)
The important Drumputer statements are:
SET TRACKBANK(#)=bank number from 0 to 127 for TRACK #
SET TRACKPATCH(#)=patch number from 0 to 127 for TRACK #
SET BARBANK,BARPATCH,BEATBANK,BEATPATCH - like the above
SET TRACKVOLUMES(#)=list of volumes for TRACK #
SET TRACKVOICES(#)=list of voices for TRACK #
SET VOICEBEAT=note number from BEATPATCH
SET VOICEBAR=note number from BARPATCH
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Updated Fall 2003