04-02-2017, 04:35 PM
Anyway, back on topic.
I have finally figured out how to use both A and B synths on the E-MU APS card. I've tried loading sf2 banks into synth B, but despite setting the correct bank number (the manual says to use 1-127) synth B stubbornly plays the same patches as synth A. As it turns out, the manual is incorrect! Synth B needs to be set to bank 128, which I discovered purely by accident. So now I have 32 separate midi channels from the APS alone, which gives me a total of 96 different channels/patches. That's a whole friggin' lot for a system like this.
Since I got the APS figured out I've also started experimenting with using the various orchestral soundfont banks that came with the card. It's not exactly a bountiful selection by modern standards, but it does have all the meat and potatoes. Some of it is kind of crap I guess, but here's the nice thing: in addition to those 32 channels I have four separate GM/GS synths that I can use to augment the APS patches where necessary. This project is just getting more and more fascinating, and has far more potential than one might assume.
I have finally figured out how to use both A and B synths on the E-MU APS card. I've tried loading sf2 banks into synth B, but despite setting the correct bank number (the manual says to use 1-127) synth B stubbornly plays the same patches as synth A. As it turns out, the manual is incorrect! Synth B needs to be set to bank 128, which I discovered purely by accident. So now I have 32 separate midi channels from the APS alone, which gives me a total of 96 different channels/patches. That's a whole friggin' lot for a system like this.
Since I got the APS figured out I've also started experimenting with using the various orchestral soundfont banks that came with the card. It's not exactly a bountiful selection by modern standards, but it does have all the meat and potatoes. Some of it is kind of crap I guess, but here's the nice thing: in addition to those 32 channels I have four separate GM/GS synths that I can use to augment the APS patches where necessary. This project is just getting more and more fascinating, and has far more potential than one might assume.