quicktime™ & midi

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QuickTime Musical Instruments

By default FretPet uses the built-in QuickTime Musical Instruments synthesizer to play tones. This is more for convenience than for the overall quality of the sound. The system-level name of this synthesizer (as shown in programs like GarageBand and SimpleSynth) is DLSMusicDevice. GarageBand can also use the QuickTime synthesizer, which is called

The Instrument Picker

The Sequencer → Instrument Picker menu item presents you with the QuickTime Instrument Picker (shown below). This dialog allows you to select from any of QuickTime's sounds, including many "GS" sounds beyond the range of the GM standard. You can use any of these sounds in FretPet, but only the GM sounds are guaranteed to be compatible with other synthesizers.

THE INSTRUMENT PICKER

In the Instrument Settings dialog you can click on the keyboard to hear the sound you've chosen. You can use the following modifier keys for a variety of effects:

Beyond QuickTime™ Sound

Synthesizers are pretty inexpensive nowadays and most of them have MIDI support.

LIST OF GM SOUNDS

Piano 1 Acoustic Grand Piano 2 Bright Acoustic Piano 3 Electric Grand Piano 4 HonkyTonk Piano 5 Rhodes Piano 6 Chorused Piano 7 Harpsichord 8 Clavinet	Reed 65 Soprano Sax 66 Alto Sax 67 Tenor Sax 68 Baritone Sax 69 Oboe 70 English Horn 71 Bassoon 72 Clarinet
Chromatic Percussion 9 Celesta 10 Glockenspiel 11 Music Box 12 Vibraphone 13 Marimba 14 Xylophone 15 Tubular Bells 16 Dulcimer	Pipe 73 Piccolo 74 Flute 75 Recorder 76 Pan Flute 77 Bottle Blow 78 Shakuhachi 79 Whistle 80 Ocarina
Organ 17 Hammond Organ 18 Percussive Organ 19 Rock Organ 20 Church Organ 21 Reed Organ 22 Accordion 23 Harmonica 24 Tango Accordion	Synth Lead  81 Square Wave  82 Saw Wave  83 Calliope  84 Chiffer  85 Charang  86 Solo Vox  87 5th Saw Wave  88 Bass and Lead
Guitar 25 Acoustic Nylon Guitar 26 Acoustic Steel Guitar 27 Electric Jazz Guitar 28 Electric Clean Guitar 29 Electric Muted Guitar 30 Overdriven Guitar 31 Distortion Guitar 32 Guitar Harmonics	Synth Pad  89 Fantasy  90 Warm  91 Polysynth  92 Choir  93 Bowed  94 Metal  95 Halo  96 Sweep
Bass 33 Acoustic Fretless Bass 34 Electric Bass Fingered 35 Electric Bass Picked 36 Fretless Bass 37 Slap Bass 1 38 Slap Bass 2 39 Synth Bass 1 40 Synth Bass 2	Synth Effect  97 Ice Rain  98 Sound Tracks  99 Crystal 100 Atmosphere 101 Brightness 102 Goblins 103 Echoes 104 Space
Strings and Orchestra 41 Violin 42 Viola 43 Cello 44 Contrabass 45 Tremolo Strings 46 Pizzicato Strings 47 Orchestral Harp 48 Timpani	Ethnic 105 Sitar 106 Banjo 107 Shamisen 108 Koto 109 Kalimba 110 Bagpipe 111 Fiddle 112 Shanai
Ensemble 49 Acoustic String Ens. 1 50 Acoustic String Ens. 2 51 SynthStrings 1 52 SynthStrings 2 53 Aah Choir 54 Ooh Choir 55 Synth Vox 56 Orchestra Hit	Percussive 113 Tinkle Bell 114 Agogo 115 Steel Drums 116 Woodblock 117 Taiko Drum 118 Melodic Drum 119 Synth Drum 120 Reverse Cymbal
Brass 57 Trumpet 58 Trombone 59 Tuba 60 Muted Trumpet 61 French Horn 62 Brass Section 63 Synth Brass 1 64 Synth Brass 2	Sound Effects 121 Guitar Fret Noise 122 Breath Noise 123 Seashore 124 Bird Tweet 125 Telephone Ring 126 Helicopter 127 Applause 128 Gunshot
GM Drum Kits 16385 Standard Kit 16393 Room Kit 16401 Power Kit 16409 Electronic Kit 16410 Analog Kit 16417 Jazz Kit 16425 Brush Kit 16433 Orchestra Kit 16441 SFX Kit