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dave 2016-01-28T00:59:55.000026Z

@yjmbo: yep, that's the beauty of it -- anyone can use whatever soundfont they'd like!

dave 2016-01-28T01:01:21.000027Z

so up until the latest alda release, the only MIDI percussion instruments available in alda were the "percussive" set, general MIDI patches 113-120

dave 2016-01-28T01:01:59.000029Z

each of these patches is just like any other MIDI patch -- the higher notes you use, the higher/lower the sample is played

dave 2016-01-28T01:02:26.000030Z

but there is also a dedicated MIDI percussion channel, on which you can use these instruments: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_MIDI#Percussion

dave 2016-01-28T01:02:50.000031Z

these work differently than the patches you can use on all the other MIDI channels

dave 2016-01-28T01:03:22.000032Z

each note is mapped to a different drum/percussion sound

dave 2016-01-28T01:03:26.000033Z

and you can't change the pitch