Reply 20 of 97, by Falcosoft
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- l33t
Hi,
as others before have already mentioned the problem is polyphony related. With a modern SF2 soft synth this Midi file easily produces 64+ voice polyphony that is more than double what early SC devices can produce. Besides the limited polyphony SC-55/SC-55 mkII has a default voice reserve algorithm that is not ideal and perform particularly bad with this title. Namely the default voice reserve algorithm gives more preference for 1st Midi channel and neglects any channels after channel 10. But this Midi file gives strong emphasis on Channel 11-14 what is more uses a 2-voice instrument (French Horn) on Channel 13.
You can try the following GS SysEx message (after a GS Reset) at least on your SC-55 mkII:
F0 41 10 42 12 40 00 7F 00 41 F7
F0 41 10 42 12 40 01 10 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 01 01 01 01 13 F7
It distributes the voices more evenly this way :
More Info:
Re: Falcosoft Soundfont Midi Player
You can use FSMP to test the SysEx message directly:
Right click on the first aid like Reset button at the right hand side of the player. Then choose 'Select/Send Custom SysEx'. In the opening dialog select 'Use Hex String' then paste the above SysEx messages. Close the dialog and then Right click on the first aid like Reset button again and make sure that 'Custom SysEx' option is selected. Now the custom SysEx is sent each time you load and play the song but you can also send the SysEx by pressing the Reset button manually.
@Edit:
Instead of the above SysEx (that is more appropriate for generel usage) you should try this instead since your Midi file does not use channels 15 and 16 at all:
F0 41 10 42 12 40 00 7F 00 41 F7
F0 41 10 42 12 40 01 10 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 00 00 13 F7