Re: [fluid-dev] fluidsynth router rules and fluidsynth MIDI channels

[Jim Henry]

To use more than 16 channels you have to call FluidSynth directly 
through its API rather than communicating with MIDI messages. A MIDI 
message is limited to a range of 0-15 (4 bits) for the channel number. 
There is nothing FluidSynth can do to overcome that. You have to use 
additional MIDI devices to get more than 16 channels. I don't know if a 
single instance of FluidSynth can present itself as more than one MIDI 
device.

Jim Henry

Lutz Morelater wrote:
> 2.) My second question is about the MIDI channels in fluidsynth.
>
> It is possible to tell fluidsynth how many MIDI channels it should use (by 
> adding the -K option in the command line during startup). If I use, let's 
> say, 20 channels in fluidsynth, how can I tell fluidsynth to do a preset 
> change on channel 20 and similar commands that involve a MIDI channel as a 
> parameter (which normally cannot be greater than 16).
>
> Kind regards and thx for any hint,
> Lutz.