Built-In Instruments
Built-In Percussion Instruments
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Percussion instruments are usually accessed by means of MIDI notes played on the Drum Channel (MIDI channel 10). The table below shows what instrument is produced by each MIDI note. By default, the General MIDI percussion instruments (Bank 0) are used for the Drum Channel. To use the Beatnik Special percussion instruments on the Drum Channel instead, send a MIDI Bank Select message on channel 10, with bank number 1.
Ordinarily the Drum Channel is in Percussion Mode, where there's a different instrument for each MIDI note number (pitch), all playing at natural pitch. However, the Drum Channel can also be put into Pitched Percussion Mode (so can all of the MIDI channels). In Pitched Percussion Mode, sending a MIDI Program Change message selects any one of the percussion instruments, as listed in the table below, and sending MIDI note messages of different pitches will play the selected instrument at corresponding pitch transpositions.

Note: In the Beatnik Special Bank, percussion instruments 0-45 (C-1 - A2) repeat instruments 46-90 (A#2 - F#6).


MIDI Note
or
Program
Number
MIDI Note
Name
Bank 0: General MIDI
(Percussion)
Bank 1: Beatnik Special
(Percussion)
0 C-1 (Empty) tablaesque_lo
1 C#-1 (Empty) tablaesque_hi
2 D-1 (Empty) nine_inch_kick
3 D#-1 (Empty) hippishake
4 E-1 (Empty) ScienceTom
5 F-1 (Empty) click
6 F#-1 (Empty) rvs cymb pan long
7 G-1 (Empty) rvs cymb pan med
8 G#-1 (Empty) rvs cymb pan short
9 A-1 (Empty) woodstick
10 A#-1 (Empty) electrobrite
11 B-1 (Empty) Slo Laser
12 C0 (Empty) Ufo-by
13 C#0 (Empty) air snare
14 D0 (Empty) weird snare
15 D#0 (Empty) flange snare
16 E0 (Empty) ping drum
17 F0 (Empty) itchy-scratch
18 F#0 (Empty) itchy-scratch 2
19 G0 (Empty) hi_metallic_snare
20 G#0 (Empty) noise echo
21 A0 (Empty) buzzy hit
22 A#0 (Empty) rez hat
23 B0 (Empty) bucket hit
24 C1 (Empty) icecube
25 C#1 (Empty) explosive kick
26 D1 (Empty) mutant cowbell
27 D#1 Hi-Q Temple Bell
28 E1 Slap Hi Temple Gong
29 F1 Scratch Push Thuddy Kick
30 F#1 Scratch Pull LoBell
31 G1 Sticks sinechirp
32 G#1 Square Click hollow_metal_hit
33 A1 Metronome Click woodblock
34 A#1 Metronome Bell reverse cymbal
35 B1 Low Kick tablaesque_slap
36 C2 Kick sonarblip
37 C#2 Rimclik sinehit
38 D2 Electric Snare sineblock
39 D#2 Handclap Krelltone
40 E2 Acoustic Snare sine_kick
41 F2 Tom Low hi-tone*
42 F#2 Closed Hi-Hat hi-click
43 G2 Tom Hi Gate-tone
44 G#2 Pedal Hi-Hat chem-tone
45 A2 Tom Hi dub_kick
46 A#2 Open Hi-Hat tablaesque_lo
47 B2 Low Mid Tom tablaesque_hi
48 C3 High Mid Tom nine_inch_kick
49 C#3 Crash Cymbal 1 hippishake
50 D3 High Tom ScienceTom
51 D#3 Ride Cymbal 1 click
52 E3 Chinese Cymbal rvs cymb pan long
53 F3 Ride Bell rvs cymb pan med
54 F#3 Tambourine rvs cymb pan short
55 G3 Splash Cymbal woodstick
56 G#3 Cowbell electrobrite
57 A3 Crash Cymbal 2 Slo Laser
58 A#3 Vibraslap Ufo-by
59 B3 Ride Cymbal 2 air snare
60 C4 High Bongo weird snare
61 C#4 Low Bongo flange snare
62 D4 Mute High Conga ping drum
63 D#4 Open High Conga itchy-scratch
64 E4 Low Conga itchy-scratch 2
65 F4 High Timbale hi_metallic_snare
66 F#4 Low Timbale noise echo
67 G4 High Agogo buzzy hit
68 G#4 Low Agogo rez hat
69 A4 Cabasa bucket hit
70 A#4 Maracas icecube
71 B4 Short Whistle explosive kick
72 C5 Long Whistle mutant cowbell
73 C#5 Short Guiro Temple Bell
74 D5 Long Guiro Hi Temple Gong
75 D#5 Claves Thuddy Kick
76 E5 High Wood Block LoBell
77 F5 Low Wood Block sinechirp
78 F#5 Mute Cuica hollow_metal_hit
79 G5 Open Cuica woodblock
80 G#5 Close Triangle reverse cymbal
81 A5 Open Triangle tablaesque_slap
82 A#5 Shaker sonarblip
83 B5 Jingle Bell sinehit
84 C6 Bell Tree sineblock
85 C#6 Castanets Krelltone
86 D6 Mute Surdo sine_kick
87 D#6 Open Surdo hi-tone*
88 E6 (Empty) hi-click
89 F6 (Empty) Gate-tone
90 F#6 (Empty) chem-tone
91 G6 (Empty) dub_kick
92 - 93 G#6 - A6 (Empty) (Empty)
94 A#6 Brush Snare High (Empty)
95 B6 Brush Snare Low (Empty)
96 - 127 C7 - G9 (Empty) (Empty)


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