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Specification of General MIDI and Roland MT-32 patches View Raw Firki
 

::|CONTENTS

  1. Patch List (channels 1-16 excluding 10)
  2. Patch List (channel 10 only)
  3. Sub-Patch List (GS Wavetable only)
When composing for different sound modules outside of the Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth (the expected rendering module for the MIDI format), one thing that you will notice is that more often than not there will be differences between timbre assignments, particularly when a sound module was built prior to the creation of the MIDI standard. This article will cover the differences between the Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth and the Roland MT-32 (which can be emulated via Munt
), particularly as a demonstration of what sounds one module can do that the other cannot, as well as showing proof that a General MIDI submission is incompatible with the MT-32 (and vice versa) without extra modification.

The patch list will follow this format and will be broken every 8 patches for easier organization:

Patch #
GS Wavetable
Roland MT-32

 
GS Category
MT-32 Category/Categories

1
GS Patch Name
MT-32 Patch Name (# of partials*)


*A partial is the amount of layering one patch has; more partials more often than not leads to a more luscious timbre at the expense of polyphony

Patch List (channels 1-16 excluding 10)



Patch #
GS Wavetable
Roland MT-32

 
Piano
Piano

1
Acoustic Grand Piano*
Acoustic Piano 1 (4)

2
Bright Acoustic Piano*
Acoustic Piano 2 (2)

3
Electric Grand Piano*
Acoustic Piano 3 (1)

4
Honky-tonk Piano*
Electric Piano 1 (3)

5
Electric Piano 1*
Electric Piano 2 (2)

6
Electric Piano 2*
Electric Piano 3 (2)

7
Harpsichord*
Electric Piano 4 (1)

8
Clavi
Honkytonk (3)


 
Chromatic Percussion
Organ

9
Celesta
Electric Organ 1 (3)

10
Glockenspiel
Electric Organ 2 (3)

11
Music Box
Electric Organ 3 (2)

12
Vibraphone*
Pipe Organ 1 (2)

13
Marimba*
Pipe Organ 2 (3)

14
Xylophone
Pipe Organ 3 (3)

15
Tubular Bells*
Pipe Organ 4 (2)

16
Dulcimer
Accordion (2)


 
Organ
Keyboard

17
Drawbar Organ*
Harpsichord 1 (4)

18
Percussive Organ*
Harpsichord 2 (2)

19
Rock Organ
Harpsichord 3 (1)

20
Church Organ*
Clavi 1 (3)

21
Reed Organ
Clavi 2 (2)

22
Accordion*
Clavi 3 (1)

23
Harmonica
Celesta 1 (4)

24
Tango Accordion
Celesta 2 (2)


 
Guitar
Synth Brass and Bass

25
Acoustic Guitar (nylon)*
Synth Brass 1 (2)

26
Acoustic Guitar (steel)*
Synth Brass 2 (3)

27
Electric Guitar (jazz)*
Synth Brass 3 (2)

28
Electric Guitar (clean)*
Synth Brass 4 (2)

29
Electric Guitar (muted)*
Synth Bass 1 (2)

30
Overdriven Guitar
Synth Bass 2 (2)

31
Distortion Guitar*
Synth Bass 3 (2)

32
Guitar Harmonics*
Synth Bass 4 (1)


 
Bass
Synth 1

33
Acoustic Bass
Fantasy (3)

34
Electric Bass (finger)
Harmonic Pan (3)

35
Electric Bass (pick)
Chorale (3)

36
Fretless Bass
Glasses (2)

37
Slap Bass 1
Soundtrack (4)

38
Slap Bass 2
Atmosphere (4)

39
Synth Bass 1*
Warm Bells (4)

40
Synth Bass 2*
Funny Vox (1)


 
Strings
Synth 2

41
Violin*
Echo Bell (3)

42
Viola
Ice Rain (3)

43
Cello
Oboe 2001 (2)

44
Contrabass
Echo Pan (2)

45
Tremolo Strings
Doctor Solo (2)

46
Pizzicato Strings
Schooldaze (2)

47
Orchestral Harp
Bellsinger (2)

48
Timpani
Square Wave (2)


 
Ensemble
Strings

49
String Ensemble 1*
String Section 1 (4)

50
String Ensemble 2
String Section 2 (3)

51
SynthStrings 1*
String Section 3 (2)

52
SynthStrings 2
Pizzicato (3)

53
Choir Aahs*
Violin 1 (3)

54
Voice Oohs
Violin 2 (2)

55
Synth Voice
Cello 1 (3)

56
Orchestra Hit
Cello 2 (2)


 
Brass
Strings (ct'd) and Guitar

57
Trumpet
Contrabass (2)

58
Trombone*
Harp 1 (3)

59
Tuba
Harp 2 (2)

60
Muted Trumpet
Guitar 1 (2)

61
French Horn*
Guitar 2 (2)

62
Brass Section*
Electric Guitar 1 (4)

63
SynthBrass 1*
Electric Guitar 2 (3)

64
SynthBrass 2*
Sitar (4)


 
Reed
Bass

65
Soprano Sax
Acoustic Bass 1 (2)

66
Alto Sax
Acoustic Bass 2 (1)

67
Tenor Sax
Electric Bass 1 (2)

68
Baritone Sax
Electric Bass 2 (1)

69
Oboe
Slap Bass 1 (3)

70
English Horn
Slap Bass 2 (2)

71
Bassoon
Fretless 1 (4)

72
Clarinet
Fretless 2 (2)


 
Pipe
Wind 1 and 2

73
Piccolo
Flute 1 (4)

74
Flute
Flute 2 (2)

75
Recorder
Piccolo 1 (3)

76
Pan Flute
Piccolo 2 (2)

77
Blown Bottle
Recorder (2)

78
Shakuhachi
Pan Pipes (3)

79
Whistle
Saxophone 1 (4)

80
Ocarina
Saxophone 2 (3)


 
Synth Lead
Wind 2 (ct'd)

81
Lead 1 (square)*
Saxophone 3 (2)

82
Lead 2 (sawtooth)*
Saxophone 4 (1)

83
Lead 3 (calliope)
Clarinet 1 (3)

84
Lead 4 (chiff)
Clarinet 2 (2)

85
Lead 5 (charang)
Oboe (2)

86
Lead 6 (voice)
English Horn (2)

87
Lead 7 (fifths)
Bassoon (2)

88
Lead 8 (bass + lead)
Harmonica (2)


 
Synth Pad
Brass

89
Pad 1 (new age)
Trumpet 1 (3)

90
Pad 2 (warm)
Trumpet 2 (2)

91
Pad 3 (polysynth)
Trombone 1 (3)

92
Pad 4 (choir)
Trombone 2 (2)

93
Pad 5 (bowed)
French Horn 1 (3)

94
Pad 6 (metallic)
French Horn 2 (2)

95
Pad 7 (halo)
Tuba (2)

96
Pad 8 (sweep)
Brass Section 1 (4)


 
Synth Effects
Brass (ct'd) and Mallet

97
FX 1 (rain)
Brass Section 2 (3)

98
FX 2 (soundtrack)
Vibraphone 1 (3)

99
FX 3 (crystal)*
Vibraphone 2 (2)

100
FX 4 (atmosphere)
Synth Mallet (1)

101
FX 5 (brightness)
Wind Bell (3)

102
FX 6 (goblins)
Glockenspiel (2)

103
FX 7 (echoes)*
Tube Bell (4)

104
FX 8 (sci-fi)
Xylophone (1)


 
Ethnic
Mallet (ct'd) and Special

105
Sitar*
Marimba (3)

106
Banjo
Koto (2)

107
Shamisen
Sho (4)

108
Koto*
Shakuhachi (4)

109
Kalimba
Whistle 1 (2)

110
Bag Pipe
Whistle 2 (1)

111
Fiddle
Bottleblow (4)

112
Shanai
Breathpipe (3)


 
Percussive
Percussion

113
Tinkle Bell
Timpani (2)

114
Agogo
Melodic Tom (1)

115
Steel Drums
Deep Snare (2)

116
Woodblock*
Electric Percussion 1 (2)

117
Taiko Drum*
Electric Percussion 2 (2)

118
Melodic Tom*
Taiko (3)

119
Synth Drum*
Taiko Rim (1)

120
Reverse Cymbal
Cymbal (2)


 
Sound Effects
Percussion (ct'd) and Effects

121
Guitar Fret Noise*
Castanets (2)

122
Breath Noise*
Triangle (2)

123
Seashore*
Orchestra Hit (4)

124
Bird Tweet*
Telephone (1)

125
Telephone Ring*
Bird Tweet (1)

126
Helicopter*
One Note Jam (4)

127
Applause*
Water Bells (3)

128
Gunshot*
Jungle Tune (4)


*Has additional sub-patches on different banks

Patch List (channel 10 only)



Patch #
GS Wavetable

1
Standard

9
Room

17
Power

25
Electronic

26
TR-808

33
Jazz

41
Brush

49
Orchestra

57
SFX


*Roland MT-32 only has one drum patch

Sub-Patch List (GS Wavetable only)



Patch #
Patch Name
MSB
Notes

 
Piano ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1
Acoustic Grand Piano
8

 
 
16
Dampened sound

2
Bright Acoustic Piano
8

3
Electric Grand Piano
8

4
Honky-tonk Piano
8

5
Electric Piano 1
8
Has a brief detune effect

 
 
16
0 MSB w/ quicker decay

 
 
24
60s sounding Electric Piano

6
Electric Piano 2
8
Has a detune effect

 
 
16
0 MSB w/ slower decay

7
Harpsichord
8
Subtly dampened

 
 
16

 
 
24
Subtly softer sounding


 
Chromatic Percussion ----------------------------------------------------------------------

12
Vibraphone
8

13
Marimba
8

15
Tubular Bells
8
0 MSB w/ much slower decay

 
 
9


 
Organ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

17
Drawbar Organ
8
Has a detune effect

 
 
16
Octave higher, slightly brighter

 
 
32

18
Percussive Organ
8

 
 
32
Slightly punchier Drawbar

20
Church Organ
8

 
 
16
Slightly airier

22
Accordion
8
Slightly airier


 
Guitar ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

25
Acoustic Guitar (nylon)
8
Becomes a ukulele

 
 
16

 
 
32
Slightly louder

26
Acoustic Guitar (steel)
8
Becomes a 12-string guitar

 
 
16
Becomes a mandolin

27
Electric Guitar (jazz)
8
Becomes a Hawaiian guitar

28
Electric Guitar (clean)
8
0 MSB w/ slower decay

29
Electric Guitar (muted)
8
Less plucky funk guitar

 
 
16
Slightly quieter

31
Distortion Guitar
8

32
Guitar Harmonics
8
Feedback (or fading sine)


 
Bass -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

39
Synth Bass 1
1
Dampened, minimal decay

 
 
8
Slighly twangier

40
Synth Bass 2
8
Basically Synth Bass 1

 
 
16
More dampened, minimal decay


 
Strings --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

41
Violin
8
0 MSB w/ brief attack


 
Ensemble -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

49
String Ensemble 1
8
0 MSB w/ quicker attack

51
SynthStrings 1
8
Brighter, minimal attack

53
Choir Aahs
32


 
Brass ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

58
Trombone
1
Smoother and airier

61
French Horn
1
Slightly muted

62
Brass Section
8

63
SynthBrass 1
8
Minimal attack and decay

 
 
16
0 MSB w/ minimal decay

64
SynthBrass 2
8
More stringy timbre

 
 
16
Muted, yet more pronounced


 
Synth Lead ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

81
Lead 1 (square)
1
Stand-alone square wave

 
 
8
Stand-alone sine wave

82
Lead 2 (sawtooth)
1
Stand-alone saw wave

 
 
8
Softer layered saws


 
Synth Effects --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

99
FX 3 (crystal)
1
Soft, piano-like timbre

103
FX 7 (echoes)
1
Brass-like timbre

 
 
2
Brass-like timbre w/ decay


 
Ethnic ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

105
Sitar
1
0 MSB w/ slight portamento

108
Koto
8
Softer, decays more pronounced


 
Percussive -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

116
Woodblock
8
Becomes castanets

117
Taiko Drum
8
Becomes a concert bass drum

118
Melodic Tom
8
Slightly pitched down

119
Synth Drum
8
Becomes a TR-808

 
 
9
Punchier drum sounds


 
Sound Effects --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

121
Guitar Fret Noise
1
Becomes a guitar cut

 
 
2
Becomes a guitar string slap

122
Breath Noise
1
Clickity clack clack

123
Seashore
1
It's raining! It's pouring!

 
 
2
THUNDERSHOCK

 
 
3
A nice, dark breeze a-blowin

 
 
4
That's quite a loud creek

 
 
5
Memories of blowing into drink

124
Bird Tweet
1
BARK BARK BARK

 
 
2
The cavalry coming by horse!

 
 
3
A single chirp

125
Telephone Ring
1
A digital ring ring ring

 
 
2
A very loud door creak

 
 
3
Way to slam the door, kiddo

 
 
4
The sound of scratching

 
 
5
Chimes blowing in the wind

126
Helicopter
1
Startin' your engines

 
 
2
Skiddin' to a halt in your car

 
 
3
Cars zoomin' by everyday

 
 
4
A puny car accident

 
 
5
Ambulance comin' through!

 
 
6
A humble train comin' through

 
 
7
A jet plane passin' by up above

 
 
8
A starship casually passing by

 
 
9
Can't get a signal...

127
Applause
1
A-HA-HA-HA-HA...

 
 
2
AAAAAAAH

 
 
3
PAWNCH

 
 
4
The sound of your heart

 
 
5
Footsteps knockin'...

128
Gunshot
1
YATATATATATATATATATATATA

 
 
2
PEW PEW PEW

 
 
3
A puny KABOOM


*Bolded denotes the default patch when the MSB is not defined

 
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