How to optimize voices when using midis off the net?
Many people use standard midi files from the Internet with it as backing tracks. While the Mixing Console has a Song Auto Revoice function, it generally does not make optimized voice replacements. (E.g .AutoRevoice only works on the voices listed on the setup page). The PC program MIdiPlayer will select voices according to the “Voice setting , i.e. Panel+ XG, XG, GM, etc, but I would not claim that this is optimized, for two reasons: 1) MidiPlayer uses several assignment schemes(including typical replacments, picking a preset voice if one exists, picking a voice in the 112 bank, defaulting to GM, etc) but these are mechanical, and the closest or the most appropriate for the music(e.g. saxes and organs vary by genre, accordions by country, etc) may not be selected. 2) MidiPlayer changes the voice assignment, but does not alter the effects. Generally this is not a big issue, and may be preferred if the midi’s author has gone to the trouble of fine tuning the effects, but there are cases
