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Instruments
Using Instrument
Definitions
Instrument deÞnitions are a powerful feature of Pro Audio that gives
you greater access to the features and capabilities of your MIDI
instruments. An instrument deÞnition is a Þle that contains information
about the banks, patches, controllers, and other features of an
instrument. Instrument deÞnitions for many popular MIDI instruments
are included with Pro Audio or available on the Cakewalk web site
(www.cakewalk.com). If an instrument deÞnition is not available for
your instrument, and you are familiar with MIDI and how it works, you
can use Pro Audio to create your own instrument deÞnition.
Most MIDI instruments available today are General MIDI (GM)
compatible, which means that they come with the standard set of sounds
or patches deÞned by the GM standard. Pro Audio generally assumes
that your MIDI instruments are GM compatible. The lists of patches and
controllers that you normally see displayed throughout Pro Audio are
drawn from the GM speciÞcation.
At the same time, many MIDI instruments provide additional sounds,
controllers, and other capabilities beyond those required by the GM
standard. In addition, some older MIDI instruments are not GM
compatible. If you are using one of these instruments with Pro Audio,
you can use instrument deÞnitions to make sure that the lists of banks,
patches, and so on are appropriate for the equipment you have available.
In This Chapter
Assigning Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Importing Instrument Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Creating Instrument Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
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Using Instrument
Definitions
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