Tin whistle
The instrument list contains two entries for "tin whistle" - I can't tell any difference - plus a "Bb tin whistle". All produce an absolutely monstrous electronic sound, in no way resembling the actual sound of a tin whistle. In fact "slide whistle", whilst not perfect, is much closer to a tin whistle sound than any of those produced under a "tin whistle" option. Is this going to be rectified or do you need some examples of what a tin whistle actually sounds like?
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The 1st Tin Whistle is like a generic one, the 2nd Tin Whistle is a D Tin Whistle (as a variant to the Bb one), not sure why the D is left out from the instrument name.
For playback GM channel 78, 'Whistle' got used for all 3 (same as for the various Flageolets). Slide Whistle uses channel 79, 'Ocarina'
In reply to The 1st Tin Whistle is like a by Jojo-Schmitz
Thank you for that, but it doesn't solve the problem, which is that the sound produced from selecting any of the tin whistle options bears absolutely no resemblance to a tin whistle (or a flageolet, for that matter).
In reply to Thank you for that, but it by AOD
Then change it to Ocarina?
Or find and use a (presumably non-GM) soundfont that does provide a proper sound for this instrument?
I would think that the recorder patch #74 would be the closest to an actual flageolet (tin whistle) sound.
In reply to I would think that the by ChurchOrganist
Ah, yes, 'patch' was the work I was looking for, not 'channel'...
In reply to I would think that the by ChurchOrganist
isn't recorder patch #75 (and flute patch #74)?
See http://www.midi.org/techspecs/gm1sound.php
In reply to isn't recorder patch #75 (and by Jojo-Schmitz
Should we make a patch to the instrument list?
In reply to Should we make a patch to the by [DELETED] 5
are the number used in instrumnets.xml off by one vs. the midi patches?