GM Patches
Listen how midi instruments sound with your soundcard !

General Midi Format (GM) is a standard that defines how midi music is played accross
different computer platforms or products. So it also classifies how each instrument
has to be choosen out of a set of 128 intruments (from 0 to 127). When you play
a midifile the binary information in the midifile tells your soundbank which
instrument has to play a specific note (which preset number has to be used).

Click the links to trigger the instruments and listen how they sound.
If you have a poor soundbank some instruments will sound very ugly - but if you have a wavetable soundcard you can replace the sound with another soundfont.

The soundfonts marked with * are to be found here - see the download/soundfonts section.

Notice:
- the preset-No of your soundbank and the midi program change message
is one digit lower than shown

- grouping of instruments follows rather the type of instrument
than the original standard

Piano
   1  Acoustic Grand 
   2  Bright Acoustic
   3  Electric Grand
   4  Honky Tonk
   5  Electr. Piano 1
   6  Electr. Piano 2
   7  Harpsichord
   8  Clavinet
 16  Dulcimer

Organ
 17  Drawbar Organ
 18  Percuss. Organ
 19  Rock Organ
 20  Church Organ
 21  Reed Organ
 22  Accordion
 23  Harmonica *
 24  Bandoneon

Pad 
 53  Ahhs
 54  Ooohs
 55  Synth Voice
 89  Newage Pad
 90  Warm
 91  Polysynth
 92  Choir Pad
 93  Bowed Glass
 94  Metallic Pad
 95  Halo
 96  Sweep
 97  Rain
 98  Soundtrack
 99  Crystal
100 Atmosphere
101 Brightness
102 Goblins
103 Echos
104 Sci Fi

Synth Lead 
 81  Square Lead
 82  Sawtooth Lead
 83  Calliope Lead
 84  Chiff Lead
 85  Charang Lead
 86  Voice Lead
 87  Fifths Lead
 88  Bass & Lead

Brass 
 57  Trumpet *
 58  Trombone *
 59  Tuba
 60  Muted Trumpet *
 61  French Horn
 62  Brass Section *
 63  SynthBrass 1
 64  SynthBrass 2

Reed 
 65  Soprano Sax *
 66  Alto Sax *
 67  Tenor Sax *
 68  Baritone Sax *
 69  Oboe
 70  English Horn
 71  Bassoon
 72  Clarinet
110 Bagpipe
112 Shanai

Pipe 
 73  Piccolo
 74  Flute *
 75  Recorder
 76  Pan Flute
 77  Bottle
 78  Shakuhachi
 79  Whistle
 80  Ocarina 

Guitar
  25 Nylon Guitar *
  26 Steel  Guitar *
  27 Jazz Guitar *
  28 Clean Guitar *
  29 Mute Guitar *
  30 Overdrive Gtr *
  31 Distortion Gtr *
  32 Guitar Harmonics *
121 Guitar Fret Noise


Plucked

  46 Pizz  Stings
  47 Harp
105 Sitar
106 Banjo 
107 Shamisen
108 Koto
109 Kalimba

Bowed
111 Fiddle
  41 Violin
  42 Viola

  43 Cello
  44 Contrabass
  45 Tremolo Strings
  49 String Ensemble 1
  50 String Ensemble 2
  51 SynthStrings 1
  52 SynthStrings 2
  56 Orchestra Hit

 


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