I’ve decided to start a topic / challenge for the creation of a collaborative “General Midi” library.
The aim is to have a bunch of patches, easy to use, and useful to learn understand basic axoloti patching. It would be great to cover all the main sounds included in the GM 1 sound set, but it’s only names, so we’re very free to do whatever it inspires us. It’s not very important to be realistic, everybody has probably very different visions of what a synthesized acoustic patch may sound like, many sounds are synth oriented too.
All kind of synthesis are welcome, and we can propose multiple patches for the same patch number (we can never have enough warm pads).
If you use wavetables or samples, you need to host them somewhere, and link here, with your patch.
You can share your patch by using your contrib patch folder or host it directly on this thread (or both).
Lets try and keep the patches simple to use (midi note, velocity, note on, mod wheel #1, pitch bend, aftertouch... if needed). They should respect a certain logic concerning polyphony (a piano’ish sound should be playable with at least 8 voices, but a bass a lot less)
I will update this post with links to the thread post that includes your patch.
Piano
1 Acoustic Grand Piano
2 Bright Acoustic Piano
3 Electric Grand Piano
mtyas - electric grand piano
4 Honky-tonk Piano
mtyas - Honky piano
5 Electric Piano 1
mtyas - Electric piano 1
6 Electric Piano 2
mtyas - FM electric piano
7 Harpsichord
8 Clavinet
tiar - 008-Clavinet
Chromatic Percussion
9 Celesta
mtyas - Celesta
10 Glockenspiel
mtyas - Glockenspiel
11 Music Box
12 Vibraphone
13 Marimba
14 Xylophone
15 Tubular Bells
16 Dulcimer
Organ
17 Drawbar Organ
mtyas - Drawbar Organ
18 Percussive Organ
19 Rock Organ
20 Church Organ
tiar - ChurchOrgan
21 Reed Organ
mtyas - Street Organ
22 Accordion
mtyas - Accordion
23 Harmonica
tiar - Harmonica
24 Tango Accordion
Guitar
25 Acoustic Guitar (nylon)
26 Acoustic Guitar (steel)
27 Electric Guitar (jazz)
28 Electric Guitar (clean)
29 Electric Guitar (muted)
30 Overdriven Guitar
31 Distortion Guitar
tiar - Distortion Guitar
32 Guitar Harmonics
Bass
33 Acoustic Bass
mtyas - acoustic bass
34 Electric Bass (finger)
35 Electric Bass (pick)
36 Fretless Bass
37 Slap Bass 1
38 Slap Bass 2
39 Synth Bass 1
mtyas - Synth Bass 1
40 Synth Bass 2
tiar - Synth Bass 2
Strings
41 Violin
mtyas - Violin
tiar - Violin
42 Viola
43 Cello
44 Contrabass
45 Tremolo Strings
46 Pizzicato Strings
47 Orchestral Harp
48 Timpani
mtyas - Timpani
Ensemble
49 String Ensemble 1
50 String Ensemble 2
51 Synth Strings 1
52 Synth Strings 2
tiar - Synth Strings 2
53 Choir Aahs
54 Voice Oohs
55 Synth Choir
56 Orchestra Hit
Brass
57 Trumpet
58 Trombone
59 Tuba
60 Muted Trumpet
61 French Horn
62 Brass Section
63 Synth Brass 1
64 Synth Brass 2
mtyas- Synth Brass
Reed
65 Soprano Sax
66 Alto Sax
67 Tenor Sax
68 Baritone Sax
69 Oboe
70 English Horn
71 Bassoon
72 Clarinet
Pipe
73 Piccolo
74 Flute
mtyas - Flute
75 Recorder
76 Pan Flute
77 Blown bottle
78 Shakuhachi
79 Whistle
80 Ocarina
Synth Lead
81 Lead 1 (square)
82 Lead 2 (sawtooth)
83 Lead 3 (calliope)
84 Lead 4 (chiff)
85 Lead 5 (charang)
86 Lead 6 (voice)
87 Lead 7 (fifths)
88 Lead 8 (bass + lead)
Synth Pad
89 Pad 1 (new age)
mtyas - Pad 1
90 Pad 2 (warm[disambiguation needed])
91 Pad 3 (polysynth)
tiar - Pad 3
92 Pad 4 (choir)
93 Pad 5 (bowed)
94 Pad 6 (metallic)
95 Pad 7 (halo)
96 Pad 8 (sweep)
Synth Effects
97 FX 1 (rain)
98 FX 2 (soundtrack)
99 FX 3 (crystal)
100 FX 4 (atmosphere)
101 FX 5 (brightness)
102 FX 6 (goblins)
103 FX 7 (echoes)
104 FX 8 (sci-fi)
Ethnic
105 Sitar
106 Banjo
107 Shamisen
mtyas - Shamisen
108 Koto
109 Kalimba
110 Bagpipe
111 Fiddle
112 Shanai
Percussive
113 Tinkle Bell
114 Agogo
115 Steel Drums
116 Woodblock
117 Taiko Drum
118 Melodic Tom
119 Synth Drum
120 Reverse Cymbal
Sound effects
121 Guitar Fret Noise
122 Breath Noise
123 Seashore
124 Bird Tweet
125 Telephone Ring
126 Helicopter
127 Applause
128 Gunshot
Drums
mtyas - SynthDrums
You may find more information about the GM 1 Sound Set here.
This job / challenge will probably take a long time, but it could be very rewarding to use the library, and see how others perceive a “given” sound and the ways they use the axo to achieve their goal.
