Percussion playback doesn't sound like the instrument

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gbthomas66
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Post by gbthomas66 » Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:10 am

I added a timpani part to a score. But when I play it back, the timpani sounds like a tuba. The Instrument List has timpani for both the instrument and the GM. I even changed the GM to harmonica and it still sounds like a tuba. I'm sure this is something simple that I just am missing. Please help. Thanks.
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Post by TWW » Tue Jul 28, 2009 3:16 am

...but I couldn't stop mentally hearing the tubas replacing tympani in the opening to Thus Spake Zarathustra... Vronk, vronk, vronk, vronk... that does mess up the drama a bit, doesn't it?

(Ahem) Back to the question: On the instrument list, did you confirm that the MIDI channel is unique for the tympani?

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Post by miker » Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:29 am

I believe that you also need your percussion on Channel 10.
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Post by gbthomas66 » Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:04 pm

Thanks for the advice. I first tried just simply changing it to channel 10, but it just sounded like the normal drum sounds (bass, snare, cymbal, etc.). So I tried channel 3 and it now sounds like a timpani. Problem solved!
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