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Sound databases
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What is the digital
sound
database? How do I install a new version of the
sound
database?
While music is playing through the digital output,
the program
computes the resulting sound in real time, by using
sound samples
for each instrument.
These sound samples are packed in a file called the
digital sound
database.
There are several versions of the digital sound
database. The
better the quality, the larger the file. The highest
quality sound
database, called the Gold database, is available
through download after purchase.
To install a new digital sound database, use the
installer, or
perform an automatic update from the software.
When started, the application will find the new
sound database and
prepare it to be used.
This file is copied then unpacked in the "GMDigit"
folder of your
preferences. This operation can take a few seconds
but is only
performed once.
Thus, if you uninstall and install the application
again, the best
quality sounds will be kept. Above this, the same
sound database
will be used by all Myriad programs you installed
(Harmony
Assistant, Melody Assistant, Melody Player).
How can I find out
which version
of the digital sound database is being used by the
software?
When starting the program, if you see the GOLD base
screen appearing, this means you are using this
sound base. Otherwise, you are using the default
sound base for the program.
How to change the default sound database
the
software uses?
The "Configuration>Sound base" menu option lists
all the sound
databases currently installed. Select here the one
you wish to be
used.
How to use in
a score an instrument that belongs to another
sound database than
the selected one?
Select the sound database you need the sound to be
got from
("Configuration>Sound base"), then the instrument
on your score
("Staff>Edit related instrument"). Select then
"User-defined
sound" and OK.
Select now again your preferred sound database.
The "user-defined" instrument will always keep the
sound you
selected, since the other instruments will use the
sounds from the
current sound database.
What is the difference
between the Gold Sound Database and other sound
databases in terms
of quality?
For any of the digital instruments in a
sound database,
there can be several samples. For example, a
low-pitched note of a
piano does not sound the same as the stretched sound
of a
high-pitched note. In previous sound bases
(GMSEBASE, GMWEBASE,
GMLTBASE, etc), there was generally only one sample
per instrument.
In the Gold Sound Database, most of the instruments
are made of
twelve different sounds.
To reduce space and download time, old sound bases
were packed.
This packing results in a loss of quality in the
sound (breath,
distortion...). Sounds in the Gold Sound Database
are not
packed.
At last, on top of all the sounds of the General
Midi 2
specification, the Gold Sound Database provides
additional sounds,
as well chromatic than percussive.
What happens if I make a
piece using the Gold Sound Database, then I send
it to somebody who
does not own this sound base ?
The matching instruments in the sound database of
this person will
be chosen instead of those you selected. A warning
message will be
displayed to tell him that the result might be
different from what
the author expected. However, sound database are
designed to be
compatible. Of course, the overall quality will be
poorer without
the Gold Sound Database.
What happens if I own the
Gold Sound Database and I load a piece that has
been created
without it ?
When loading a .mus file created without the Gold
Sound Database or
when importing a MIDI, ABC file, etc., instruments
are converted
between old and new sound specification. You can
define your own
conversion settings through "Configuration>Sound
base>Define
preferred sounds". Of course, these settings do not
affect the user
instruments in the file (if any).
Can I download the Gold
Sound Database ?
No. The Gold Sound Database is about 300 Mb long.
Using a 28Kbps
modem, it would take about 30 hours to download...
I just installed the GOLD
sound database, but an old sound database is still
used. What can I
do?
In "Configuration>Sound base" menu option, select
the GOLD sound
database.
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