ican's multi-track midi's
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 4:33 am
So, since I have this odd habit of making midi tracks with multiple tracks on a single channel, it means they can be played on multiple coils. Some are made for 2 coils, and some are made for up to 4 coils... Right now I have access to 3 coils, so that's the highest number I will purposely program for in a single song. If there are more than 3 tracks, it's accidental. Just remember that unless I say so in the filename, all of these midi files are capable of being played on a single oneTesla. Multiple Coil songs will have a "Twin-Coil" or "Tri-Coil" tag on the file name, and will definitely have more than two notes playing at once, so likely won't sound very nice on a single coil.
In order to utilize these songs properly, you have a couple options... to use MidiEditor to play the song through two coils, you will need two interrupters, with one of them programed to play Channel 0, and the other programed for Channel 1. This is the simplest way to play the songs. Because I've made them multi-track as well as multi-channel, the second option is to use software like FruityLoops or Ableton (I recommend Ableton) to play the different tracks, and output them to all MIDI channels. For this situation you will also need two interrupters, one on MIDI-2.0, and one on MIDI-2.0 #2, one for each track. You'll certainly need to learn a bit about Ableton before you start using it.
I'll start off the roster with Dueling Banjos for Twin Coils... There are 4 notes at once through much of the song, with track 1 being the guitar, and track 2 being the banjo. This track will not work on a single coil because it is separated into two channels, as I made it specifically for twin coils. You're welcome to take out some of the guitar and banjo runs and attempt this as a single coil song, I just wouldn't recommend it.
In order to utilize these songs properly, you have a couple options... to use MidiEditor to play the song through two coils, you will need two interrupters, with one of them programed to play Channel 0, and the other programed for Channel 1. This is the simplest way to play the songs. Because I've made them multi-track as well as multi-channel, the second option is to use software like FruityLoops or Ableton (I recommend Ableton) to play the different tracks, and output them to all MIDI channels. For this situation you will also need two interrupters, one on MIDI-2.0, and one on MIDI-2.0 #2, one for each track. You'll certainly need to learn a bit about Ableton before you start using it.
I'll start off the roster with Dueling Banjos for Twin Coils... There are 4 notes at once through much of the song, with track 1 being the guitar, and track 2 being the banjo. This track will not work on a single coil because it is separated into two channels, as I made it specifically for twin coils. You're welcome to take out some of the guitar and banjo runs and attempt this as a single coil song, I just wouldn't recommend it.