Sophie: kdemultimedia-1:2.1.1-5mdk i586

kdemultimedia-2.1.1-5mdk.i586.rpm

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<HTML
><HEAD
><TITLE
>Do I need a midi map ?</TITLE
><META
NAME="GENERATOR"
CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.61
"><LINK
REL="HOME"
TITLE="The KMid Handbook"
HREF="index.html"><LINK
REL="UP"
TITLE="Midi Maps"
HREF="midimaps.html"><LINK
REL="PREVIOUS"
TITLE="Midi Maps"
HREF="midimaps.html"><LINK
REL="NEXT"
TITLE="Creating a midi map"
HREF="creatingamidimap.html"><META
HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Style-Type"
CONTENT="text/css"><LINK
REL="stylesheet"
HREF="common/kde-common.css"
TYPE="text/css"><META
HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type"
CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><META
HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Language"
CONTENT="en"><LINK
REL="stylesheet"
HREF="common/kde-localised.css"
TYPE="text/css"
TITLE="KDE-English"><LINK
REL="stylesheet"
HREF="common/kde-default.css"
TYPE="text/css"
TITLE="KDE-Default"></HEAD
><BODY
CLASS="SECT1"
BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"
TEXT="#000000"
LINK="#AA0000"
VLINK="#AA0055"
ALINK="#AA0000"
STYLE="font-family: sans-serif;"
><DIV
CLASS="logoheader"
><A
HREF="http://www.kde.org/"
><IMG
SRC="common/logotp3.png"
BORDER="0"
ALT="The K Desktop Environment"
HEIGHT="62"
WIDTH="229"></A
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="NAVHEADER"
><TABLE
WIDTH="100%"
BORDER="0"
CELLPADDING="0"
CELLSPACING="0"
><TR
><TH
COLSPAN="3"
ALIGN="center"
>The KMid Handbook</TH
></TR
><TR
><TD
WIDTH="10%"
ALIGN="left"
VALIGN="bottom"
><A
HREF="midimaps.html"
>Prev</A
></TD
><TD
WIDTH="80%"
ALIGN="center"
VALIGN="bottom"
>Chapter 4. Midi Maps</TD
><TD
WIDTH="10%"
ALIGN="right"
VALIGN="bottom"
><A
HREF="creatingamidimap.html"
>Next</A
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
><HR
ALIGN="LEFT"
WIDTH="100%"></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="DOINEEDAMIDIMAP"
>4.2. Do I need a midi map ?</A
></H1
><P
>Quickly, if you don't have an external synth, NO.</P
><P
>If you only have a sound card, midi maps are not needed because all the sound
cards are GM compliant (this include AWE cards, GUS cards, FM devices and so on).</P
><P
>If you are playing music through an external synthesizer, and it is
not GM compliant, you will need to make a midi map for your midi keyboard .
Although you will perhaps be a whole afternoon doing your map file and
trying different values for all the options, you will be fully rewarded
when you finish it, because then you will find all the hidden possibilities
of your keyboard. For example, I have a low-cost Yamaha PSS-790, which is not
GM compatible, and doesn't has as many instruments as a GM synthesizer,
but with KMid's midi mapper, it sounds even better than many soundcards
(including AWE :-)), due to the sound quality found in external synths (even on non GM compliant ones).</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="NAVFOOTER"
><HR
ALIGN="LEFT"
WIDTH="100%"><TABLE
WIDTH="100%"
BORDER="0"
CELLPADDING="0"
CELLSPACING="0"
><TR
><TD
WIDTH="33%"
ALIGN="left"
VALIGN="top"
><A
HREF="midimaps.html"
>Prev</A
></TD
><TD
WIDTH="34%"
ALIGN="center"
VALIGN="top"
><A
HREF="index.html"
>Home</A
></TD
><TD
WIDTH="33%"
ALIGN="right"
VALIGN="top"
><A
HREF="creatingamidimap.html"
>Next</A
></TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
WIDTH="33%"
ALIGN="left"
VALIGN="top"
>Midi Maps</TD
><TD
WIDTH="34%"
ALIGN="center"
VALIGN="top"
><A
HREF="midimaps.html"
>Up</A
></TD
><TD
WIDTH="33%"
ALIGN="right"
VALIGN="top"
>Creating a midi map</TD
></TR
></TABLE
></DIV
></BODY
></HTML
>