The following list is essentially the usual General MIDI voice list, which is fairly well implemented in the RM1x. Indeed, when composing, you cannot go wrong just selecting the voices from the GM bank. You can always change this later to something that better suits your music.
Voice Category | # (decimal) |
# (hex.) |
Name |
Piano | 1 | 00 | Grand Piano |
2 | 01 | Bright Piano | |
3 | 02 | Electric Grand | |
4 | 03 | Honky Tonk | |
5 | 04 | Electric Piano 1 | |
6 | 05 | Electric Piano 2 | |
7 | 06 | Harpsichord | |
8 | 07 | Clavinet | |
Chromatic Percussion | 9 | 08 | Celesta |
10 | 09 | Glockenspiel | |
11 | 0A | Music Box | |
12 | 0B | Vibes | |
13 | 0C | Marimba | |
14 | 0D | Xylophone | |
15 | 0E | Tubular Bells | |
16 | 0F | Dulcimer | |
Organ | 17 | 10 | Drawbar Organ |
18 | 11 | Percussive Organ | |
19 | 12 | Rock Organ | |
20 | 13 | Church Organ | |
21 | 14 | Reed Organ | |
22 | 15 | Accordion | |
23 | 16 | Harmonica | |
24 | 17 | Tango Accordion | |
Guitar | 25 | 18 | Nylon Guitar |
26 | 19 | Steel Guitar | |
27 | 1A | Jazz Guitar | |
28 | 1B | Clean Guitar | |
29 | 1C | Muted Guitar | |
30 | 1D | Overdrive Guitar | |
31 | 1E | Distorted Guitar | |
32 | 1F | Guitar Harmonics | |
Bass | 33 | 20 | Acoustic Bass |
34 | 21 | Fingered Bass | |
35 | 22 | Pick Bass | |
36 | 23 | Fretless Bass | |
37 | 24 | Slap Bass 1 | |
38 | 25 | Slap Bass 2 | |
39 | 26 | Synth. Bass 1 | |
40 | 27 | Synth. Bass 2 | |
Strings | 41 | 28 | Violin |
42 | 29 | Viola | |
43 | 2A | Cello | |
44 | 2B | Contrabass | |
45 | 2C | Tremolo Strings | |
46 | 2D | Pizzicato Strings | |
47 | 2E | Harp | |
48 | 2F | Timpani | |
Ensemble | 49 | 30 | Strings 1 |
50 | 31 | Strings 2 | |
51 | 32 | Synth. Strings 1 | |
52 | 33 | Synth. Strings 2 | |
53 | 34 | Choir Aah | |
54 | 35 | Choir Ooh | |
55 | 36 | Synth. Voice | |
56 | 37 | Orchestral Hit | |
Brass | 57 | 38 | Trumpet |
58 | 39 | Trombone | |
59 | 3A | Tuba | |
60 | 3B | Muted Trumpet | |
61 | 3C | French Horn | |
62 | 3D | Brass Section | |
63 | 3E | Synth. Brass 1 | |
64 | 3F | Synth. Brass 2 | |
Reed | 65 | 40 | Soprano Sax. |
66 | 41 | Alto Sax. | |
67 | 42 | Tenor Sax. | |
68 | 43 | Baritone Sax. | |
69 | 44 | Oboe | |
70 | 45 | English Horn | |
71 | 46 | Bassoon | |
72 | 47 | Clarinet | |
Pipe / Flutes | 73 | 48 | Piccolo |
74 | 49 | Flute | |
75 | 4A | Recorder | |
76 | 4B | Pan Flute | |
77 | 4C | Blown Bottle | |
78 | 4D | Shakuhachi | |
79 | 4E | Whistle | |
80 | 4F | Ocarina | |
Synth. Lead | 81 | 50 | Square Lead |
82 | 51 | Sawtooth Lead | |
83 | 52 | Calliope Lead | |
84 | 53 | Chiff Lead | |
85 | 54 | Charang Lead | |
86 | 55 | Voice Lead | |
87 | 56 | Fifth Lead | |
88 | 57 | Bass Lead | |
Synth. Pad | 89 | 58 | New Age Pad |
90 | 59 | Warm Pad | |
91 | 5A | Polysynth. Pad | |
92 | 5B | Choir Pad | |
93 | 5C | Bowed Pad | |
94 | 5D | Metallic Pad | |
95 | 5E | Halo Pad | |
96 | 5F | Sweep Pad | |
Synth. FX | 97 | 60 | Rain |
98 | 61 | Soundtrack | |
99 | 62 | Crystal | |
100 | 63 | Atmosphere | |
101 | 64 | Bright | |
102 | 65 | Goblins | |
103 | 66 | Echoes | |
104 | 67 | Sci-Fi | |
Ethnic | 105 | 68 | Sitar |
106 | 69 | Banjo | |
107 | 6A | Shamisen | |
108 | 6B | Koto | |
109 | 6C | Kalimba | |
110 | 6D | Bagpipe | |
111 | 6E | Fiddle | |
112 | 6F | Shanai | |
Percussive | 113 | 70 | Tinkle Bell |
114 | 71 | Agogo | |
115 | 72 | Steel Drum | |
116 | 73 | Woodblock | |
117 | 74 | Taiko Drum | |
118 | 75 | Melodic Toms | |
119 | 76 | Synth. Drum | |
120 | 77 | Reverse Cymbal | |
Sound FX | 121 | 78 | Guitar Fret Noise |
122 | 79 | Breath Noise | |
123 | 7A | Seashore | |
124 | 7B | Bird Tweet | |
125 | 7C | Telephone Ring | |
126 | 7D | Helicopter | |
127 | 7E | Applause | |
128 | 7F | Gunshot |
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