The Be Book - Classes And Methods

General MIDI Instruments

Declared in: midi/MidiDefs.h

The General MIDI Specification declares a set of 128 instruments, numbered 0-127. The Midi Kit provides a set of handy midi_axe constants that you can use to identify a MIDI instrument in funtions such as BMidiSynth::LoadInstrument() and BMidi::ProgramChange().

#	Pianos
0	`B_ACOUSTIC_GRAND`
1	`B_BRIGHT_GRAND`
2	`B_ELECTRIC_GRAND`
3	`B_HONKY_TONK`
4	`B_ELECTRIC_PIANO_1`
5	`B_ELECTRIC_PIANO_2`
6	`B_HARPSICHORD`
7	`B_CLAVICHORD`
#	Tuned Idiophones
8	`B_CELESTA`
9	`B_GLOCKENSPIEL`
10	`B_MUSIC_BOX`
11	`B_VIBRAPHONE`
12	`B_MARIMBA`
13	`B_XYLOPHONE`
14	`B_TUBULAR_BELLS`
15	`B_DULCIMER`
#	Organs
16	`B_DRAWBAR_ORGAN`
17	`B_PERCUSSIVE_ORGAN`
18	`B_ROCK_ORGAN`
19	`B_CHURCH_ORGAN`
20	`B_REED_ORGAN`
21	`B_ACCORDION`
22	`B_HARMONICA`
23	`B_TANGO_ACCORDION`
#	Guitars
24	`B_ACOUSTIC_GUITAR_NYLON`
25	`B_ACOUSTIC_GUITAR_STEEL`
26	`B_ELECTRIC_GUITAR_JAZZ`
27	`B_ELECTRIC_GUITAR_CLEAN`
28	`B_ELECTRIC_GUITAR_MUTED`
29	`B_OVERDRIVEN_GUITAR`
30	`B_DISTORTION_GUITAR`
31	`B_GUITAR_HARMONICS`
#	Basses
32	`B_ACOUSTIC_BASS`
33	`B_ELECTRIC_BASS_FINGER`
34	`B_ELECTRIC_BASS_PICK`
35	`B_FRETLESS_BASS`
36	`B_SLAP_BASS_1`
37	`B_SLAP_BASS_2`
38	`B_SYNTH_BASS_1`
39	`B_SYNTH_BASS_2`
#	Strings and Timpani
40	`B_VIOLIN`
41	`B_VIOLA`
12	`B_CELLO`
43	`B_CONTRABASS`
44	`B_TREMOLO_STRINGS`
45	`B_PIZZICATO_STRINGS`
46	`B_ORCHESTRAL_STRINGS`
47	`B_TIMPANI`
#	Ensemble Strings and Voices
48	`B_STRING_ENSEMBLE_1`
49	`B_STRING_ENSEMBLE_2`
50	`B_SYNTH_STRINGS_1`
51	`B_SYNTH_STRINGS_2`
52	`B_VOICE_AAH`
53	`B_VOICE_OOH`
54	`B_SYNTH_VOICE`
55	`B_ORCHESTRA_HIT`
#	Brass
56	`B_TRUMPET`
57	`B_TROMBONE`
58	`B_TUBA`
59	`B_MUTED_TRUMPET`
60	`B_FRENCH_HORN`
61	`B_BRASS_SECTION`
62	`B_SYNTH_BRASS_1`
63	`B_SYNTH_BRASS_2`
#	Reeds
64	`B_SOPRANO_SAX`
65	`B_ALTO_SAX`
66	`B_TENOR_SAX`
67	`B_BARITONE_SAX`
68	`B_OBOE`
69	`B_ENGLISH_HORN`
70	`B_BASSOON`
71	`B_CLARINET`
#	Pipes
72	`B_PICCOLO`
73	`B_FLUTE`
74	`B_RECORDER`
75	`B_PAN_FLUTE`
76	`B_BLOWN_BOTTLE`
77	`B_SHAKUHACHI`
78	`B_WHISTLE`
79	`B_OCARINA`
#	Synth Leads	(Synonyms)
80	`B_LEAD_1`	`B_SQUARE_WAVE`
81	`B_LEAD_2`	`B_SAWTOOTH_WAVE`
82	`B_LEAD_3`	`B_CALLIOPE`
83	`B_LEAD_4`	`B_CHIFF`
84	`B_LEAD_5`	`B_CHARANG`
85	`B_LEAD_6`	`B_VOICE`
86	`B_LEAD_7`	`B_FIFTHS`
87	`B_LEAD_8`	`B_BASS_LEAD`
#	Synth Pads	(Synonyms)
88	`B_PAD_1`	`B_NEW_AGE`
89	`B_PAD_2`	`B_WARM`
90	`B_PAD_3`	`B_POLYSYNTH`
91	`B_PAD_4`	`B_CHOIR`
92	`B_PAD_5`	`B_BOWED`
93	`B_PAD_6`	`B_METALLIC`
94	`B_PAD_7`	`B_HALO`
95	`B_PAD_8`	`B_SWEEP`
#	Musical Effects
96	`B_FX_1`
97	`B_FX_2`
98	`B_FX_3`
99	`B_FX_4`
100	`B_FX_5`
101	`B_FX_6`
102	`B_FX_7`
103	`B_FX_8`
#	Ethnic
104	`B_SITAR`
105	`B_BANJO`
106	`B_SHAMISEN`
107	`B_KOTO`
108	`B_KALIMBA`
109	`B_BAGPIPE`
110	`B_FIDDLE`
111	`B_SHANAI`
#	Percussion
112	`B_TINKLE_BELL`
113	`B_AGOGO`
114	`B_STEEL_DRUMS`
115	`B_WOODBLOCK`
116	`B_TAIKO_DRUMS`
117	`B_MELODIC_TOM`
118	`B_SYNTH_DRUM`
119	`B_REVERSE_CYMBAL`
#	Sound Effects
120	`B_FRET_NOISE`
121	`B_BREATH_NOISE`
122	`B_SEASHORE`
123	`B_BIRD_TWEET`
124	`B_TELEPHONE`
125	`B_HELICOPTER`
126	`B_APPLAUSE`
127	`B_GUNSHOT`