General MIDI Instruments

Declared in: be/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
42	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