Lmms: SF2 with no "default" patch

Created on 16 Feb 2014 · 9Comments · Source: LMMS/lmms

Some soundfonts have a default bank number a default a patch number that is higher than zero.

Download 045_Florestan_Pizzicato.sf2 (or any SF2 where the default patch is non-zero)
Drag it into the Song Editor
Try playing a note

This is minor, as the SF2 still works great with LMMS, except when browsing sounds, the SF2 doesn't make a sound.

The request is to allow SF2's to "automagically" choose the first patch that is available for initial preview and playback.

Pictured is an example of a free soundfont that has a "default" patch of 45.

bug good first issue

Source

tresf

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All 9 comments

I would vote for this and also to make channel 10 switch to bank 128/patch 0 automagically when importing a MIDI file as almost all have their drums on channel 10/bank 0/patch 0.
As it is now this produces a grand piano instead of drums sound in 99% of the MIDI sound fonts I know of.
This would allow for something roughly correct to listen to right after importing a MIDI file.
This is not the case at the moment.

midi-pascal on 11 Apr 2014

This appears to be fixed in RC5.

SecondFlight on 18 May 2018

This appears to be fixed in RC5.

I don't see this. @tresf Do you see this issue solved?

zonkmachine on 31 Mar 2019

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This appears to be fixed in RC5.

@SecondFlight on what evidence?

I don't see this. @tresf Do you see this issue solved?

Thanks for catching this. Of course not. Nothing's changed to warrant a close.

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tresf on 1 Apr 2019

Huh. I know I tested this and thought the issue was solved, but I guess I didn't hit this specific edge case? And I certainly didn't document my process. Sorry about that!

SecondFlight on 2 Apr 2019