A recent comment from a tester prompted us to write up this application note. WinChime has long had the capability to use any instrument defined in the MIDI sound bank, not just the ones listed in the Instrument drop-down list. This is even documented in the help file… but it’s a little hard to find unless you use the context help feature of Windows, which
WinChime Help has a table of MIDI instruments, in the table of contents at Operations-> MIDI Instruments. (The table is included below). As an example, take Kalimba, with number 109. Subtract 1 to get 108. (Why subtract one? It’s a long story. Just trust me on this.) Enter that number into the edit-box portion of the WinChime main windows Instrument combo-box.
Try playing and see how it sounds. Now try entering other random numbers between 0 and 127. Instruments with a distinct attack and slow decay, such as Tubular Bells, make the best traditional wind-chime sounds, but on some days you might just need “Voice Oohs”, number 54.
| Piano | |
| Acoustic Grand | 1 |
| Bright Acoustic | 2 |
| Electric Grand | 3 |
| Honky-tonk | 4 |
| Electric Piano 1 | 5 |
| Electric Piano 2 | 6 |
| Harpsichord | 7 |
| Clavinet | 8 |
| Chromatic Percussion | |
| Celesta | 9 |
| Glockenspiel | 10 |
| Music Box | 11 |
| Vibraphone | 12 |
| Marimba | 13 |
| Xylophone | 14 |
| Tubular Bells | 15 |
| Dulcimer | 16 |
| Organ | |
| Drawbar Organ | 17 |
| Percussive Organ | 18 |
| Rock Organ | 19 |
| Church Organ | 20 |
| Reed Organ | 21 |
| Accordion | 22 |
| Harmonica | 23 |
| Tango Accordion | 24 |
| Guitar | |
| Acoustic (nylon) | 25 |
| Acoustic (steel) | 26 |
| Electric (jazz) | 27 |
| Electric (clean) | 28 |
| Electric (muted) | 29 |
| Overdriven | 30 |
| Distortion | 31 |
| Guitar Harmonics | 32 |
| Bass | |
| Acoustic | 33 |
| Electric (finger) | 34 |
| Electric (pick) | 35 |
| Fretless | 36 |
| Slap Bass 1 | 37 |
| Slap Bass 2 | 38 |
| Synth Bass 1 | 39 |
| Synth Bass 2 | 40 |
| Strings | |
| Violin | 41 |
| Viola | 42 |
| Cello | 43 |
| Contrabass | 44 |
| Tremolo Strings | 45 |
| Pizzicato Strings | 46 |
| Orchestral Harp | 47 |
| Timpani | 48 |
| Ensemble | |
| String Ensemble 1 | 49 |
| String Ensemble 2 | 50 |
| Synthstrings 1 | 51 |
| Synthstrings 2 | 52 |
| Choir Aahs | 53 |
| Voice Oohs | 54 |
| Synth Voice | 55 |
| Orchestra Hit | 56 |
| Brass | |
| Trumpet | 57 |
| Trombone | 58 |
| Tuba | 59 |
| Muted Trumpet | 60 |
| French Horn | 61 |
| Brass Section | 62 |
| SynthBrass 1 | 63 |
| SynthBrass 2 | 64 |
| Reed | |
| Soprano Sax | 65 |
| Alto Sax | 66 |
| Tenor Sax | 67 |
| Baritone Sax | 68 |
| Oboe | 69 |
| English Horn | 70 |
| Bassoon | 71 |
| Clarinet | 72 |
| Pipe | |
| Piccolo | 73 |
| Flute | 74 |
| Recorder | 75 |
| Pan Flute | 76 |
| Blown Bottle | 77 |
| Shakuhachi | 78 |
| Whistle | 79 |
| Ocarina | 80 |
| Synth Lead | |
| Lead 1 (square) | 81 |
| Lead 2 (sawtooth) | 82 |
| Lead 3 (calliope) | 83 |
| Lead 4 (chiff) | 84 |
| Lead 5 (charang) | 85 |
| Lead 6 (voice) | 86 |
| Lead 7 (fifths) | 87 |
| Lead 8 (brass+lead | 88 |
| Synth Pad | |
| Pad 1 (new age | 89 |
| Pad 2 (warm) | 90 |
| Pad 3 (polysynth) | 91 |
| Pad 4 (choir) | 92 |
| Pad 5 (bowed) | 93 |
| Pad 6 (metallic) | 94 |
| Pad 7 (halo) | 95 |
| Pad 8 (sweep) | 96 |
| Synth Effects | |
| Fx 1 (train) | 97 |
| Fx 2 (soundtrack) | 98 |
| Fx 3 (crystal) | 99 |
| Fx 4 (atmosphere) | 100 |
| Fx 5 (brightness) | 101 |
| Fx 6 (goblins) | 102 |
| Fx 7 (echoes) | 103 |
| Fx 8 (sci-fi) | 104 |
| Ethnic | |
| Sitar | 105 |
| Banjo | 106 |
| Shamisen | 107 |
| Koto | 108 |
| Kalimba | 109 |
| Bag Pipe Fiddle | 110 |
| Shanai | 112 |
| Percussive | |
| Tinkle Bell | 113 |
| Agogo | 114 |
| Steel Drums | 115 |
| Woodblock | 116 |
| Taiko Drum | 117 |
| Melodic Tom | 118 |
| Synth Drum | 119 |
| Reverse Cymbal | 120 |
| Sound Effect | |
| Guitar Fret Noise | 121 |
| Breath Noise | 122 |
| Seashore | 123 |
| Bird Tweet | 124 |
| Telephone Ring | 125 |
| Helicopter | 126 |
| Applause | 127 |
| Gunshot | 128 |
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