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MiniBAE

2024-12-20T19:35:16Z

Fusoxide: Created page with "'''mini Beatnik Audio Engine''', more commonly known as '''miniBAE''', is a software synthesizer developed by Beatnik. It is an optimized version of Beatnik Audio Engine intended for playing back ringtones and other audio on mobile phones. Like with BAE, its soundbanks are stored in the proprietary Headspace Sound Bank (.hsb) format. By default it supports various formats, including Rich Music Format (.rmf, Beatnik's proprietary MIDI-based format with support for aud..."

'''mini Beatnik Audio Engine''', more commonly known as '''miniBAE''', is a software synthesizer developed by Beatnik. It is an optimized version of [[Beatnik Audio Engine]] intended for playing back ringtones and other audio on mobile phones. Like with BAE, its soundbanks are stored in the proprietary Headspace Sound Bank (.hsb) format. By default it supports various formats, including Rich Music Format (.rmf, Beatnik's proprietary MIDI-based format with support for audio samples), MIDI, WAV, AIFF, and MP3.

The engine features 64-voice polyphony by default, although many phones using miniBAE have a reduced polyphony, which can range from 4-voice to 48-voice. Soundbanks can include three banks comprising up to 128 instruments: Bank 0 ([[General MIDI]]), Bank 1 (Beatnik Special) features unique patches, and Bank 2 (Custom) can be used by the user for custom instruments. It also includes support for reverb and chorus effects, although most phones' implementations of miniBAE do not support this. '''Beatnik Editor''' is Beatnik's software used to author music with miniBAE, although it uses BAE, which has a different volume curve.

The engine appears on numerous phones released throughout the 2000s, including phones by Nokia, Danger, and Sony Ericsson. However, these implementations remove support for features such as reverb and chorus, as well as MPEG samples. Nokia's implementation does not include support for RMF on its Symbian phones, and very limited support on Series 40 phones. It was succeeded by the rewritten [[mobileBAE]], released in 2002 but did not start shipping on phones until 2004.

After Beatnik ended its business in 2009 (and before becoming defunct in 2011), miniBAE's source code was released under a BSD license.<ref>https://minibae.org</ref> Enthusiast zefie managed to get the code to work on Linux (ANSI, waveout only) and Windows.

== Soundbanks ==
There are several soundbanks used as the default soundbank of miniBAE, depending on the software or device it is included on.

=== SalterNokia ===
SalterNokia is the working title of a soundbank created by Brian Salter for Beatnik in 2000. It later shipped on the Sony Ericsson P800, released in 2002. An optimized version of this bank appeared on a later firmware of the phone, and another optimized version appeared on both the P900 and P910.

=== Nokia (patches / npatches) ===
There are four miniBAE soundbanks used on Nokia phones. The first one that shipped is the Nokia small soundbank (aka "Chippy"), which appears on low-mid end Series 30 and 40 phones, the Nokia large soundbank which appears on Symbian and mid-high end Series 40 phones, and the later Idefix soundbank which uses instruments from both banks. These three soundbanks include a small selection of instruments in the Beatnik Special bank. A variant of the large soundbank, known as Mango, appears on the Nokia N-Gage, 7600, and 3300; it includes a larger selection of Beatnik Special instruments as well as a Beatnik Special percussion map.

Nokia did not provide any documentation for their soundbanks. Info about them has been gathered from converting the soundbanks into Beatnik Editor sessions.

==== Beatnik Special sound set ====
The following Beatnik Special instruments are included in Nokia's soundbanks:

<div style="display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap;">

{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ All
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|1||Strings FadeInOut
|-
|2||SynthFX 2
|-
|3||Bog bird
|-
|4||Dual sound
|-
|5||"Wohou"
|-
|6||Right pair
|-
|7||Lowest Thump!
|-
|8||Environment/Wind
|-
|9||Gong
|-
|10||Environment/Water drop1
|-
|11||Environment/Water drop2
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Mango-exclusive
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|12||¥Chicks Rhodes*
|-
|13||¥Rock Organ w/les
|-
|14||¥GtFunkyMte*
|-
|15||¥GtDist refs*
|-
|16||¥Sitar
|-
|17||¥Didgerdoo*
|-
|18||¥Wooden Flute+
|-
|19||¥Bandhit+
|-
|20||¥Sy 303 b*
|-
|21||¥Sy 303 Square*
|-
|22||¥BaSy SH101 Saw
|-
|23||¥BaSy Res
|-
|24||¥TP Gamellon
|-
|25||¥Pc Berimbau 1
|-
|26||vocoder Co
|-
|27||vocoder oo
|-
|28||vocoder Zz
|-
|29||vocoder Mi
|-
|30||vocoder kh
|-
|31||vocoder Jam
|-
|39||Snare (2)
|-
|43||Hi Hat
|-
|47||Open Hi Hat (2)
|}
</div>

==== Beatnik Special percussion map ====
Only present in the Mango soundbank.
{{PercMap
|28=DrAn DistSlap
|29=DrScrat 2
|30=DrScrat 3
|31=DrFx
|32=Pc Fx1
|33=DrAn LoQ
|34=Pc Bata 1
|35=¥DrBd (2)
|36=DrBd 909
|37=DrSnareFx1
|38=DrSnare P-N*
|39=Dr Gated Noiz
|40=DrSnSnap808*
|41=Dr TTom
|42=DrHHat Dance
|43=Dr TTom (2)
|44=DrHHat Dance (2)
|45=Dr TTom (3)
|46=(Open Hi Hat (2))
|47=Pc Drum Sine
|48=Pc Drum Sine (2)
|50=Pc Drum Sine (3)
|54=DrSnare fx
|56=Pc CowBel ana
|58=Pc Sticks
|60=Pc Conga ana
|61=Pc Conga ana (2)
|62=Pc Conga*
|63=Pc Drum Slap
|64=Pc Conga (3)
|65=Pc Tabla
|66=Pc Tabla (2)
|67=Pc Tabla (3)
|68=Pc Tabla (4)
|69=DrScrat 6
|70=DrScrat 7
|71=DrSnare07
|72=DrBd Dist*
|73=DrSnare alex*
|74=Pc Sticks (2)
}}

=== Danger Hiptop / T-Mobile Sidekick ===
[todo]

== References ==
<references/>

[[Category:Beatnik]]
[[Category:General MIDI devices]]

Beatnik Audio Engine

2024-12-20T17:07:43Z

Fusoxide:

{{Infobox module
| name = Beatnik Audio Engine
| type = Software synthesizer
| manufacturer = Beatnik
| releasedate = 1991 (SoundMusicSys)<br>1997 (Beatnik Audio Engine)
| standards = [[General MIDI]]<ref name=Beatnik>Beatnik Editor 2.1 User's Guide.</ref>
| maxpoly = 64
| numparts = 16
| numpresets = '''384 (total)'''<br>128 (General MIDI)<br>128 (Beatnik Special)<br>128 (Custom)
| drumpresets = '''3 (total)'''
| effects = Reverb, Chorus
| successor = [[miniBAE]]
}}

'''Beatnik Audio Engine''' (BAE), previously known as '''SoundMusicSys''' and later '''Headspace Audio Engine''', is a software synthesizer developed by Beatnik. Its soundbanks are stored in the proprietary Headspace Sound Bank (.hsb) format. It supports various formats, including Rich Music Format (.rmf, Beatnik's proprietary MIDI-based format with support for audio samples), MIDI, WAV, AIFF, MP3, SD2, and AU.<ref name=Beatnik/>

The engine features 64-voice polyphony by default. Soundbanks can include up to three banks comprising 128 instruments: Bank 0 ([[General MIDI]]), Bank 1 (Beatnik Special) features unique patches designed by Beatnik, and Bank 2 (Custom) can be used by the user for custom instruments. It also includes support for reverb and chorus effects.<ref name=Beatnik/> '''Beatnik Editor''' is Beatnik's software used for authoring music with BAE.

BAE was originally developed by Steve Hales and Jim Nitchals at the video game company Halestorm in 1991, under the name SoundMusicSys. It was used in several Mac video games to play MIDIs, using their own custom samples. As it was not released standalone publicly, it does not have a built-in soundbank. Hales and Nitchals transferred the technology to Igor's Software Labs (aka IgorLabs), and a more sophisticated version of SoundMusicSys was shipped on WebTV devices in 1996 as well as BeOS. Following this, Beatnik (then known as Headspace) acquired the engine, renamed it to Headspace Audio Engine (and subsequently Beatnik Audio Engine) and launched it as a browser plug-in named Beatnik Player. It was also included in Java Runtime Environment.

During 1999-2000, an optimized version of BAE was created for devices such as mobile phones, known as [[miniBAE]]; this first shipped on the Nokia 3510, released in 2002. A rewritten version called [[mobileBAE]] was released in 2002. Instead of HSB and RMF, it uses the more standard Downloadable Sounds (.dls) format for banks, and Extensible Music Format (.xmf) respectively.

==Soundbanks==
There are several soundbanks used as the default soundbank of BAE, depending on the software it is included in.

===WebTV===
The 304 KB soundbank shipped on early WebTV devices, which runs a later version of SoundMusicSys. Many instruments were later reused in the Patches soundbanks.

===Patches / Patches111 / Patches300===
There are at least four versions of this bank. Patches is the default soundbank included with Beatnik Editor 2.x and Player 2.x, later versions of Java 2 Runtime Environment, and as one of three banks in later versions of BeOS. It is a compressed version of the 1.2 MB soundbank Patches111, which appears in Beatnik Editor 1.x and Player 1.x. Patches300 (also known as patchesp or Bitheadz), a 7.5 MB soundbank based on Patches111, also shipped in a later version of BeOS. This version has entirely new samples for piano and some percussion. A further compressed version of Patches appears on WebTV Plus, AOLTV, and MSN TV devices.

All four versions of the bank include the three supported banks, featuring the same instruments but sometimes with lower quality samples or different samples altogether. While Banks 0 and 1 are read-only, Bank 2 features 128 empty instruments that can be edited by the user, either using custom or built-in samples. These custom instruments can be included in RMF files, so the same instruments will play regardless of whatever soundbank the engine is using.

====Beatnik Special sound set====
The following patches are included in Bank 1 (Beatnik Special) of all versions of the soundbank. Although many of these correlate with the corresponding instruments in General MIDI, others deviate.

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{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Piano
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|1||Soft Piano
|-
|2||Reflection Piano
|-
|3||Flange Piano
|-
|4||Octopus Piano
|-
|5||Flange Electric Piano
|-
|6||Tremolo Electric Piano
|-
|7||Chorus Harpsichord
|-
|8||Ondioline
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Chromatic Percussion
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|9||Curious Chime
|-
|10||Swirly Bell
|-
|11||Echo Bell
|-
|12||Vibraphone 2
|-
|13||Soft Marimba
|-
|14||Percolator
|-
|15||Reverse Bell
|-
|16||Percussive Piano
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Organ
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|17||Rot. Speaker Organ 1
|-
|18||Bright Perc Organ
|-
|19||Growl Organ
|-
|20||Chorus Church Organ
|-
|21||Sawteeth
|-
|22||Expressive Accordion
|-
|23||Corny Harmonica
|-
|24||Squeeze Box
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Guitar
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|25||Acoustic Bass Gtr
|-
|26||Mute Guitar 2
|-
|27||Chorus Jazz Guitar
|-
|28||Tremolo Guitar
|-
|29||Echo Mute Bass
|-
|30||Grungey Guitar
|-
|31||Flange Guitar
|-
|32||Flange Guitar Stab
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Bass
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|33||Dark Syn Bass
|-
|34||Jungle Bass
|-
|35||Jungle Bass 2
|-
|36||Chorus Bass
|-
|37||Synth Slap Bass
|-
|38||Lowrider
|-
|39||OB Bass
|-
|40||OB Bass 2
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Strings
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|41||Synth Violin
|-
|42||Robot Threat
|-
|43||Formula 1
|-
|44||Deep Bass Stab
|-
|45||Trill Strings
|-
|46||Cello Stroke
|-
|47||VibHarp
|-
|48||Tuned Drum
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Ensemble
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|49||sfz Strings
|-
|50||Moving Strings
|-
|51||Heads of Space
|-
|52||Slow Synth Strings
|-
|53||Slow Choir Aahs
|-
|54||Pulsing Voices
|-
|55||Cloudscapes
|-
|56||Hype Orch Hit
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Brass
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|57||Accent Trumpet
|-
|58||Accent Trombone
|-
|59||Mellow Trombone
|-
|60||Muted Trumpet 2
|-
|61||French Horn Swell
|-
|62||Brass Section 2
|-
|63||Syn Brass 3
|-
|64||Syn Brass 4
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Reed
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|65||Lyrical Sax
|-
|66||Accent Sax
|-
|67||Slow Sax
|-
|68||Staccato Sax
|-
|69||Lyrical Oboe
|-
|70||Soft Lead Synth
|-
|71||Staccato Bassoon
|-
|72||Smooth Clarinet
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Pipe
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|73||Accent Piccolo
|-
|74||Lyrical Flute
|-
|75||Mello Breath
|-
|76||Peruvian
|-
|77||Breath Echoes
|-
|78||Apparition
|-
|79||Humorous Whistle
|-
|80||Strobes
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Synth Lead
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|81||Teletronic
|-
|82||5th Pulse
|-
|83||Moon Jelly
|-
|84||Ricochet Pad
|-
|85||Rock Radiation
|-
|86||Solo Vox 2
|-
|87||5th Saw Drone
|-
|88||Lead Synth 2
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Synth Pad
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|89||Fantasy Bells
|-
|90||Slow Warm Pad
|-
|91||Polysynth 2
|-
|92||50's Sci-Fi
|-
|93||Watery Glass
|-
|94||UFOs
|-
|95||Soprano
|-
|96||Refractions
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Synth Effects
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|97||Comet Tails
|-
|98||Soundtrack 2
|-
|99||Friendly Data
|-
|100||Analog Sequence
|-
|101||Luminous Voice
|-
|102||Goblins 2
|-
|103||Tick Blok
|-
|104||Droplet
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Ethnic
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|105||Droplet 2
|-
|106||Video Game 1
|-
|107||Video Game 2
|-
|108||Digi-Dodo
|-
|109||Fairy Godmother
|-
|110||Alarm
|-
|111||Hoverbug
|-
|112||Crickets
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Percussive
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|113||Beatnik
|-
|114||Teletype
|-
|115||Carriage Return
|-
|116||Typewriter Key
|-
|117||Cash Register
|-
|118||Thru Phone Chirp
|-
|119||Whipped
|-
|120||Pop Click
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Sound Effects
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|121||Metal Chirp
|-
|122||Poing
|-
|123||Metal Spray
|-
|124||FlyBy 1
|-
|125||FlyBy 2
|-
|126||Cosmic Ray
|-
|127||SampHold
|-
|128||SampHold 2
|}

</div>

==== Beatnik Special percussion map ====
Like General MIDI, Beatnik Special reserves channel 10 for key-based percussion and defines a set of percussion sounds that can be played with Note On/Note Off messages. Starting from Note 46, the entire set is repeated. The sounds are as follows:<ref name="Beatnik"/>

{{PercMap
|0=tablaesque_lo
|1=tablaesque_hi
|2=nine_inch_kick
|3=hippishake
|4=ScienceTom
|5=click
|6=rvs cymb pan long
|7=rvs cymb pan med
|8=rvs cymb pan short
|9=woodstick
|10=electrobrite
|11=Slo Laser
|12=Ufo-by
|13=air snare
|14=weird snare
|15=flange snare
|16=ping drum
|17=itchy-scratch
|18=itchy-scratch 2
|19=hi_metallic_snare
|20=noise echo
|21=buzzy hit
|22=rez hat
|23=bucket hit
|24=icecube
|25=explosive kick
|26=mutant cowbell
|27=Temple Bell
|28=Hi Temple Gong
|29=Thuddy Kick
|30=LoBell
|31=sinechirp
|32=hollow_metal_hit
|33=woodblock
|34=reverse cymbal
|35=tablaesque_slap
|36=sonarblip
|37=sinehit
|38=sineblock
|39=Krelltone
|40=sine_kick
|41=hi-tone*
|42=hi-click
|43=Gate-tone
|44=chem-tone
|45=dub_kick
|46=tablaesque_lo
|47=tablaesque_hi
|48=nine_inch_kick
|49=hippishake
|50=ScienceTom
|51=click
|52=rvs cymb pan long
|53=rvs cymb pan med
|54=rvs cymb pan short
|55=woodstick
|56=electrobrite
|57=Slo Laser
|58=Ufo-by
|59=air snare
|60=weird snare
|61=flange snare
|62=ping drum
|63=itchy-scratch
|64=itchy-scratch 2
|65=hi_metallic_snare
|66=noise echo
|67=buzzy hit
|68=rez hat
|69=bucket hit
|70=icecube
|71=explosive kick
|72=mutant cowbell
|73=Temple Bell
|74=Hi Temple Gong
|75=Thuddy Kick
|76=LoBell
|77=sinechirp
|78=hollow_metal_hit
|79=woodblock
|80=reverse cymbal
|81=tablaesque_slap
|82=sonarblip
|83=sinehit
|84=sineblock
|85=Krelltone
|86=sine_kick
|87=hi-tone*
|88=hi-click
|89=Gate-tone
|90=chem-tone
|91=dub_kick
}}

===big_synth / soundbank-min / soundbank-mid===
In 1996, Be Inc. released a MIDI player for BeOS, using SoundMusicSys.<ref>https://www.haiku-os.org/legacy-docs/benewsletter/Issue1-49.html</ref> This included a 5 MB soundbank named big_synth.sy. Java 2 Runtime Environment later offered this as an optional downloadable bank, renamed to soundbank-deluxe.gm. soundbank-mid.gm is the default soundbank of Java 2 SDK versions 1.2 and 1.2.1, while soundbank-min.gm is the default soundbank of version 1.2.2 and later.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20040215021317/http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/sound/soundbanks.html</ref> It was replaced with Patches at a later point.

== External links ==
*[https://github.com/zefie/BeatnikProject2019 BeatnikProject2019]
*[http://onj3.andrelouis.com/phonetones/Software%20and%20Soundbanks/Software/Beatnik%20Editor.zip Beatnik Editor 2.1]

== References ==
<references/>

[[Category:Beatnik]]
[[Category:General MIDI devices]]

Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth

2024-12-20T17:00:26Z

Fusoxide:

{{Infobox module
| name = Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth
| type = Software synthesizer
| manufacturer = Microsoft<br>Roland
| releasedate = 1996
| standards = [[General MIDI]]<br>[[Roland GS]] (partial)
| maxpoly = 32
| numparts = 16
| numpresets = '''226 (total)'''<br>128 (General MIDI)<br>98 (Roland GS)
| drumpresets = '''9 (total)'''
}}
'''Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth''' (popularly abbreviated as '''MSGS''') is a software synthesizer included with Microsoft Windows since the late 1990's. It is compliant with [[General MIDI]] and uses a licensed [[Roland GS]] sample set (226 normal instruments + 9 drumkits). The GS standard includes features like reverb and chorus effects<ref name=sc-55-p62>Roland SC-55 Owner's Manual, page 62.</ref><ref name=sc-55mkii-p81>Roland SC-55mkII Owner's Manual, page 81.</ref> and tone editing,<ref name=sc-55mkii-p81></ref> which are absent from MSGS, so despite the name, MSGS is presumably not compliant with GS. The samples are also notably lower in quality than on even the earliest [[Roland Sound Canvas]] devices, and the synthesis seems to lack a low-pass filter, unlike the SC series. These characteristics give it a unique sound profile that means works designed for GS devices may not sound good on MSGS, and vice-versa.

The synth does not seem to be documented by Microsoft. Most knowledge about it comes from user testing.

A similar software synth with a similar set of licensed Roland samples is included with macOS, but that synth has reverb.

== References ==
<references />

[[Category:General MIDI devices]]

Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth

2024-12-20T17:00:12Z

Fusoxide:

{{Infobox module
| name = Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth
| type = Software synthesizer
| manufacturer = Beatnik
| releasedate = 1996
| standards = [[General MIDI]]<br>[[Roland GS]] (partial)
| maxpoly = 32
| numparts = 16
| numpresets = '''226 (total)'''<br>128 (General MIDI)<br>98 (Roland GS)
| drumpresets = '''9 (total)'''
}}
'''Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth''' (popularly abbreviated as '''MSGS''') is a software synthesizer included with Microsoft Windows since the late 1990's. It is compliant with [[General MIDI]] and uses a licensed [[Roland GS]] sample set (226 normal instruments + 9 drumkits). The GS standard includes features like reverb and chorus effects<ref name=sc-55-p62>Roland SC-55 Owner's Manual, page 62.</ref><ref name=sc-55mkii-p81>Roland SC-55mkII Owner's Manual, page 81.</ref> and tone editing,<ref name=sc-55mkii-p81></ref> which are absent from MSGS, so despite the name, MSGS is presumably not compliant with GS. The samples are also notably lower in quality than on even the earliest [[Roland Sound Canvas]] devices, and the synthesis seems to lack a low-pass filter, unlike the SC series. These characteristics give it a unique sound profile that means works designed for GS devices may not sound good on MSGS, and vice-versa.

The synth does not seem to be documented by Microsoft. Most knowledge about it comes from user testing.

A similar software synth with a similar set of licensed Roland samples is included with macOS, but that synth has reverb.

== References ==
<references />

[[Category:General MIDI devices]]

Beatnik Audio Engine

2024-12-20T14:16:35Z

Fusoxide: using module infobox for now

{{Infobox module
| name = Beatnik Audio Engine
| type = Software synthesizer
| manufacturer = Beatnik
| releasedate = 1991 (SoundMusicSys)<br>1997 (Beatnik Audio Engine)
| standards = [[General MIDI]]<ref name=Beatnik>Beatnik Editor 2.1 User's Guide.</ref>
| maxpoly = 64
| numparts = 16
| numpresets = '''384 (total)'''<br>128 (General MIDI)<br>128 (Beatnik Special)<br>128 (Custom)
| drumpresets = '''3 (total)'''
| effects = Reverb, Chorus
| successor = [[miniBAE]]
}}

'''Beatnik Audio Engine''' (BAE), previously known as '''SoundMusicSys''' and later '''Headspace Audio Engine''', is a software synthesizer developed by Beatnik. Its soundbanks are stored in the proprietary Headspace Sound Bank (.hsb) format. It supports various formats, including Rich Music Format (.rmf, Beatnik's proprietary MIDI-based format with support for audio samples), MIDI, WAV, AIFF, MP3, SD2, and AU.<ref name=Beatnik/>

The engine features 64-voice polyphony by default. Soundbanks include three banks comprising 128 instruments: Bank 0 ([[General MIDI]]), Bank 1 (Beatnik Special) features unique patches designed by Beatnik, and Bank 2 (Custom) can be used by the user for custom instruments. It also includes support for reverb and chorus effects.<ref name=Beatnik/> '''Beatnik Editor''' is Beatnik's software used for authoring music with BAE.

BAE was originally developed by Steve Hales and Jim Nitchals at the video game company Halestorm in 1991, under the name SoundMusicSys. It was used in several Mac video games to play MIDIs, using their own custom samples. As it was not released standalone publicly, it does not have a built-in soundbank. Hales and Nitchals transferred the technology to Igor's Software Labs (aka IgorLabs), and a more sophisticated version of SoundMusicSys was shipped on WebTV devices in 1996 as well as BeOS. Following this, Beatnik (then known as Headspace) acquired the engine, renamed it to Headspace Audio Engine (and subsequently Beatnik Audio Engine) and launched it as a browser plug-in named Beatnik Player. It was also included in Java Runtime Environment.

During 1999-2000, an optimized version of BAE was created for devices such as mobile phones, known as [[miniBAE]]; this first shipped on the Nokia 3510, released in 2002. A rewritten version called [[mobileBAE]] was released in 2002. Instead of HSB and RMF, it uses the more standard Downloadable Sounds (.dls) format for banks, and Extensible Music Format (.xmf) respectively.

==Soundbanks==
There are several soundbanks used as the default soundbank of BAE, depending on the software it is included in.

===WebTV===
The 304 KB soundbank shipped on early WebTV devices, which runs a later version of SoundMusicSys. Many instruments were later reused in the Patches soundbanks.

===Patches / Patches111 / Patches300===
There are at least four versions of this bank. Patches is the default soundbank included with Beatnik Editor 2.x and Player 2.x, later versions of Java 2 Runtime Environment, and as one of three banks in later versions of BeOS. It is a compressed version of the 1.2 MB soundbank Patches111, which appears in Beatnik Editor 1.x and Player 1.x. Patches300 (also known as patchesp or Bitheadz), a 7.5 MB soundbank based on Patches111, also shipped in a later version of BeOS. A further compressed version of Patches appears on WebTV Plus, AOLTV, and MSN TV devices.

====Beatnik Special sound set====
The following patches are included in Bank 1 (Beatnik Special) of all versions of the soundbank. Although many of these correlate with the corresponding instruments in General MIDI, others deviate.

<div style="display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap;">

{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Piano
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|1||Soft Piano
|-
|2||Reflection Piano
|-
|3||Flange Piano
|-
|4||Octopus Piano
|-
|5||Flange Electric Piano
|-
|6||Tremolo Electric Piano
|-
|7||Chorus Harpsichord
|-
|8||Ondioline
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Chromatic Percussion
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|9||Curious Chime
|-
|10||Swirly Bell
|-
|11||Echo Bell
|-
|12||Vibraphone 2
|-
|13||Soft Marimba
|-
|14||Percolator
|-
|15||Reverse Bell
|-
|16||Percussive Piano
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Organ
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|17||Rot. Speaker Organ 1
|-
|18||Bright Perc Organ
|-
|19||Growl Organ
|-
|20||Chorus Church Organ
|-
|21||Sawteeth
|-
|22||Expressive Accordion
|-
|23||Corny Harmonica
|-
|24||Squeeze Box
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Guitar
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|25||Acoustic Bass Gtr
|-
|26||Mute Guitar 2
|-
|27||Chorus Jazz Guitar
|-
|28||Tremolo Guitar
|-
|29||Echo Mute Bass
|-
|30||Grungey Guitar
|-
|31||Flange Guitar
|-
|32||Flange Guitar Stab
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Bass
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|33||Dark Syn Bass
|-
|34||Jungle Bass
|-
|35||Jungle Bass 2
|-
|36||Chorus Bass
|-
|37||Synth Slap Bass
|-
|38||Lowrider
|-
|39||OB Bass
|-
|40||OB Bass 2
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Strings
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|41||Synth Violin
|-
|42||Robot Threat
|-
|43||Formula 1
|-
|44||Deep Bass Stab
|-
|45||Trill Strings
|-
|46||Cello Stroke
|-
|47||VibHarp
|-
|48||Tuned Drum
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Ensemble
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|49||sfz Strings
|-
|50||Moving Strings
|-
|51||Heads of Space
|-
|52||Slow Synth Strings
|-
|53||Slow Choir Aahs
|-
|54||Pulsing Voices
|-
|55||Cloudscapes
|-
|56||Hype Orch Hit
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Brass
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|57||Accent Trumpet
|-
|58||Accent Trombone
|-
|59||Mellow Trombone
|-
|60||Muted Trumpet 2
|-
|61||French Horn Swell
|-
|62||Brass Section 2
|-
|63||Syn Brass 3
|-
|64||Syn Brass 4
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Reed
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|65||Lyrical Sax
|-
|66||Accent Sax
|-
|67||Slow Sax
|-
|68||Staccato Sax
|-
|69||Lyrical Oboe
|-
|70||Soft Lead Synth
|-
|71||Staccato Bassoon
|-
|72||Smooth Clarinet
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Pipe
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|73||Accent Piccolo
|-
|74||Lyrical Flute
|-
|75||Mello Breath
|-
|76||Peruvian
|-
|77||Breath Echoes
|-
|78||Apparition
|-
|79||Humorous Whistle
|-
|80||Strobes
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Synth Lead
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|81||Teletronic
|-
|82||5th Pulse
|-
|83||Moon Jelly
|-
|84||Ricochet Pad
|-
|85||Rock Radiation
|-
|86||Solo Vox 2
|-
|87||5th Saw Drone
|-
|88||Lead Synth 2
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Synth Pad
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|89||Fantasy Bells
|-
|90||Slow Warm Pad
|-
|91||Polysynth 2
|-
|92||50's Sci-Fi
|-
|93||Watery Glass
|-
|94||UFOs
|-
|95||Soprano
|-
|96||Refractions
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Synth Effects
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|97||Comet Tails
|-
|98||Soundtrack 2
|-
|99||Friendly Data
|-
|100||Analog Sequence
|-
|101||Luminous Voice
|-
|102||Goblins 2
|-
|103||Tick Blok
|-
|104||Droplet
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Ethnic
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|105||Droplet 2
|-
|106||Video Game 1
|-
|107||Video Game 2
|-
|108||Digi-Dodo
|-
|109||Fairy Godmother
|-
|110||Alarm
|-
|111||Hoverbug
|-
|112||Crickets
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Percussive
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|113||Beatnik
|-
|114||Teletype
|-
|115||Carriage Return
|-
|116||Typewriter Key
|-
|117||Cash Register
|-
|118||Thru Phone Chirp
|-
|119||Whipped
|-
|120||Pop Click
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Sound Effects
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|121||Metal Chirp
|-
|122||Poing
|-
|123||Metal Spray
|-
|124||FlyBy 1
|-
|125||FlyBy 2
|-
|126||Cosmic Ray
|-
|127||SampHold
|-
|128||SampHold 2
|}

</div>

==== Beatnik Special percussion map ====
Like General MIDI, Beatnik Special reserves channel 10 for key-based percussion and defines a set of percussion sounds that can be played with Note On/Note Off messages. Starting from Note 46, the entire set is repeated. The sounds are as follows:<ref name="Beatnik"/>

{{PercMap
|0=tablaesque_lo
|1=tablaesque_hi
|2=nine_inch_kick
|3=hippishake
|4=ScienceTom
|5=click
|6=rvs cymb pan long
|7=rvs cymb pan med
|8=rvs cymb pan short
|9=woodstick
|10=electrobrite
|11=Slo Laser
|12=Ufo-by
|13=air snare
|14=weird snare
|15=flange snare
|16=ping drum
|17=itchy-scratch
|18=itchy-scratch 2
|19=hi_metallic_snare
|20=noise echo
|21=buzzy hit
|22=rez hat
|23=bucket hit
|24=icecube
|25=explosive kick
|26=mutant cowbell
|27=Temple Bell
|28=Hi Temple Gong
|29=Thuddy Kick
|30=LoBell
|31=sinechirp
|32=hollow_metal_hit
|33=woodblock
|34=reverse cymbal
|35=tablaesque_slap
|36=sonarblip
|37=sinehit
|38=sineblock
|39=Krelltone
|40=sine_kick
|41=hi-tone*
|42=hi-click
|43=Gate-tone
|44=chem-tone
|45=dub_kick
|46=tablaesque_lo
|47=tablaesque_hi
|48=nine_inch_kick
|49=hippishake
|50=ScienceTom
|51=click
|52=rvs cymb pan long
|53=rvs cymb pan med
|54=rvs cymb pan short
|55=woodstick
|56=electrobrite
|57=Slo Laser
|58=Ufo-by
|59=air snare
|60=weird snare
|61=flange snare
|62=ping drum
|63=itchy-scratch
|64=itchy-scratch 2
|65=hi_metallic_snare
|66=noise echo
|67=buzzy hit
|68=rez hat
|69=bucket hit
|70=icecube
|71=explosive kick
|72=mutant cowbell
|73=Temple Bell
|74=Hi Temple Gong
|75=Thuddy Kick
|76=LoBell
|77=sinechirp
|78=hollow_metal_hit
|79=woodblock
|80=reverse cymbal
|81=tablaesque_slap
|82=sonarblip
|83=sinehit
|84=sineblock
|85=Krelltone
|86=sine_kick
|87=hi-tone*
|88=hi-click
|89=Gate-tone
|90=chem-tone
|91=dub_kick
}}

===big_synth / soundbank-min / soundbank-mid===
In 1996, Be Inc. released a MIDI player for BeOS, using SoundMusicSys.<ref>https://www.haiku-os.org/legacy-docs/benewsletter/Issue1-49.html</ref> This included a 5 MB soundbank named big_synth.sy. Java 2 Runtime Environment later offered this as an optional downloadable bank, renamed to soundbank-deluxe.gm. soundbank-mid.gm is the default soundbank of Java 2 SDK versions 1.2 and 1.2.1, while soundbank-min.gm is the default soundbank of version 1.2.2 and later.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20040215021317/http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/sound/soundbanks.html</ref> It was replaced with Patches at a later point.

== External links ==
*[https://github.com/zefie/BeatnikProject2019 BeatnikProject2019]
*[http://onj3.andrelouis.com/phonetones/Software%20and%20Soundbanks/Software/Beatnik%20Editor.zip Beatnik Editor 2.1]

== References ==
<references/>

[[Category:Beatnik]]
[[Category:General MIDI devices]]

Main Page

2024-12-19T20:23:01Z

Fusoxide:

Welcome to the '''DTM Wiki'''!

== About ==

The goal of this wiki is to document old MIDI devices intended for computer musicians (in Japanese: [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%88%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF DTMers]), especially synthesizers from Roland's [[Sound Canvas]] series and Yamaha's [[MU series]], but other digital synths from around the same era are also of interest.

This wiki is a project of the [https://discord.gg/PuYkEC4Nz3 DTM MIDI Central] Discord server. There is a discussion channel for the wiki there. The admin of the wiki is [[User:hikari_no_yume|hikari_no_yume]], who is not one of the Discord server moderators.

This wiki is still in its early stages, so a lot is yet to be worked out and things may change rapidly. Please be patient!

== Content ==
<div style="float: right; text-align: right">
[[File:General MIDI logo.png|100px]][[File:Roland GS logo.png|100px]]<br>
[[File:Yamaha XG logo.png|100px]][[File:General MIDI 2 logo.png|100px]]<br>
[[File:XG Plug-in System logo.png|100px]]
</div>

'''Help pages:''' [[Power supplies]] ・ [[GM–GS–XG quick reference]] ・ [[Replacing backup batteries]] ・ [[Glossary]]

'''Standards:''' [[General MIDI]] ([[:Category:General MIDI devices|devices]]) ・ [[Roland GS]] ([[:Category:Roland GS devices|devices]]) ・ [[Yamaha XG]] ([[:Category:Yamaha XG devices|devices]])

'''Device series:'''
*'''Roland:''' [[Roland Sound Canvas|Sound Canvas]] ([[:Category:Roland Sound Canvas devices|devices]]) ・ [[Roland JV series|JV series]] ([[:Category:Roland JV devices|devices]]) ・ [[Roland XV series|XV series]] ([[:Category:Roland XV devices|devices]])
*'''Yamaha:''' [[Yamaha MU series|MU series]] ([[:Category:Yamaha MU series devices|devices]]) ・ [[Yamaha QY series|QY series]] ([[:Category:Yamaha QY series devices|devices]])
*'''Other:''' [[Alesis Quadrasynth series|Alesis Quadrasynth]] ([[:Category:Alesis Quadrasynth devices|devices]])

'''Expansions:''' [[XG Plug-in System]] ・ [[Roland SR-JV80 series]] ・ [[Roland SRX series]] ・ ([[:Category:Roland expansion boards and cards|Other Roland series]]) ・ [[Alesis PCMCIA]]

'''Software:''' [[TMIDI Player]] ・ [[Roland Sound Canvas VA]] ・ [[Beatnik Audio Engine]]

([[Special:AllPages|and more!]])

[[File:Roland SC-7 and Roland SC-88VL.jpg|300px]]<br>
[[File:Roland-SC8850-Front.jpg|300px]][[File:Yamaha_MU128-front.jpg|300px]]<br>
[[File:Xv5050-front.jpg|600px]]<br>
[[File:S4plus-front.jpg|600px]]<br>
[[File:Roland JV-2080-front.jpg|600px]]

== Credits ==

The [https://dtm.noyu.me/dtm-wiki-logo.svg DTM Wiki Logo] was dreamed up by [[User:.now.its.dark.|.now.its.dark.]] (the [https://dtm.noyu.me/favicon.ico favicon version] was pixelled by [[User:hikari_no_yume|hikari_no_yume]]).

Main Page

2024-12-19T20:22:54Z

Fusoxide:

Welcome to the '''DTM Wiki'''!

== About ==

The goal of this wiki is to document old MIDI devices intended for computer musicians (in Japanese: [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%88%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF DTMers]), especially synthesizers from Roland's [[Sound Canvas]] series and Yamaha's [[MU series]], but other digital synths from around the same era are also of interest.

This wiki is a project of the [https://discord.gg/PuYkEC4Nz3 DTM MIDI Central] Discord server. There is a discussion channel for the wiki there. The admin of the wiki is [[User:hikari_no_yume|hikari_no_yume]], who is not one of the Discord server moderators.

This wiki is still in its early stages, so a lot is yet to be worked out and things may change rapidly. Please be patient!

== Content ==
<div style="float: right; text-align: right">
[[File:General MIDI logo.png|100px]][[File:Roland GS logo.png|100px]]<br>
[[File:Yamaha XG logo.png|100px]][[File:General MIDI 2 logo.png|100px]]<br>
[[File:XG Plug-in System logo.png|100px]]
</div>

'''Help pages:''' [[Power supplies]] ・ [[GM–GS–XG quick reference]] ・ [[Replacing backup batteries]] ・ [[Glossary]]

'''Standards:''' [[General MIDI]] ([[:Category:General MIDI devices|devices]]) ・ [[Roland GS]] ([[:Category:Roland GS devices|devices]]) ・ [[Yamaha XG]] ([[:Category:Yamaha XG devices|devices]])

'''Device series:'''
*'''Roland:''' [[Roland Sound Canvas|Sound Canvas]] ([[:Category:Roland Sound Canvas devices|devices]]) ・ [[Roland JV series|JV series]] ([[:Category:Roland JV devices|devices]]) ・ [[Roland XV series|XV series]] ([[:Category:Roland XV devices|devices]])
*'''Yamaha:''' [[Yamaha MU series|MU series]] ([[:Category:Yamaha MU series devices|devices]]) ・ [[Yamaha QY series|QY series]] ([[:Category:Yamaha QY series devices|devices]])
*'''Other:''' [[Alesis Quadrasynth series|Alesis Quadrasynth]] ([[:Category:Alesis Quadrasynth devices|devices]])

'''Expansions:''' [[XG Plug-in System]] ・ [[Roland SR-JV80 series]] ・ [[Roland SRX series]] ・ ([[:Category:Roland expansion boards and cards|Other Roland series]]) ・ [[Alesis PCMCIA]]

'''Software:''' [[TMIDI Player]] ・ [[Roland Sound Canvas VA]] ・ Beatnik Audio Engine

([[Special:AllPages|and more!]])

[[File:Roland SC-7 and Roland SC-88VL.jpg|300px]]<br>
[[File:Roland-SC8850-Front.jpg|300px]][[File:Yamaha_MU128-front.jpg|300px]]<br>
[[File:Xv5050-front.jpg|600px]]<br>
[[File:S4plus-front.jpg|600px]]<br>
[[File:Roland JV-2080-front.jpg|600px]]

== Credits ==

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Beatnik Audio Engine

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Fusoxide: /* Patches / Patches111 / Patches300 */

'''Beatnik Audio Engine''' (BAE), previously known as '''SoundMusicSys''' and later '''Headspace Audio Engine''', is a software synthesizer developed by Beatnik. Its soundbanks are stored in the proprietary Headspace Sound Bank (.hsb) format. It supports various formats, including Rich Music Format (.rmf, Beatnik's proprietary MIDI-based format with support for audio samples), MIDI, WAV, AIFF, MP3, SD2, and AU.<ref name=Beatnik>Beatnik Editor 2.1 User's Guide.</ref>

The engine features 64-voice polyphony by default. Soundbanks include three banks comprising 128 instruments: Bank 0 ([[General MIDI]]), Bank 1 (Beatnik Special) features unique patches designed by Beatnik, and Bank 2 (Custom) can be used by the user for custom instruments. It also includes support for reverb and chorus effects.<ref name=Beatnik/> '''Beatnik Editor''' is Beatnik's software used for authoring music with BAE.

BAE was originally developed by Steve Hales and Jim Nitchals at the video game company Halestorm in 1991, under the name SoundMusicSys. It was used in several Mac video games to play MIDIs, using their own custom samples. Hales and Nitchals transferred the technology to Igor's Software Labs (aka IgorLabs), and a more sophisticated version of SoundMusicSys was shipped on WebTV devices in 1996 as well as BeOS. Following this, Beatnik (then known as Headspace) acquired the engine, renamed it to Headspace Audio Engine (and subsequently Beatnik Audio Engine) and launched it as a browser plug-in named Beatnik Player. It was also included in Java Runtime Environment.

During 1999-2000, an optimized version of BAE was created for devices such as mobile phones, known as [[miniBAE]]; this first shipped on the Nokia 3510, released in 2002. A rewritten version called [[mobileBAE]] was released in 2002. Instead of HSB and RMF, it uses the more standard Downloadable Sounds (.dls) format for banks, and Extensible Music Format (.xmf) respectively.

==Soundbanks==
There are several soundbanks used as the default soundbank of BAE, depending on the software it is included in.

===WebTV===
The 304 KB soundbank shipped on early WebTV devices, which runs a later version of SoundMusicSys. Many instruments were later reused in the Patches soundbanks.

===Patches / Patches111 / Patches300===
There are at least four versions of this bank. Patches is the default soundbank included with Beatnik Editor 2.x and Player 2.x, later versions of Java 2 Runtime Environment, and as one of three banks in later versions of BeOS. It is a compressed version of the 1.2 MB soundbank Patches111, which appears in Beatnik Editor 1.x and Player 1.x. Patches300 (also known as patchesp or Bitheadz), a 7.5 MB soundbank based on Patches111, also shipped in a later version of BeOS. A further compressed version of Patches appears on WebTV Plus, AOLTV, and MSN TV devices.

====Beatnik Special sound set====
The following patches are included in Bank 1 (Beatnik Special) of all versions of the soundbank. Although many of these correlate with the corresponding instruments in General MIDI, others deviate.

<div style="display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap;">

{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Piano
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|1||Soft Piano
|-
|2||Reflection Piano
|-
|3||Flange Piano
|-
|4||Octopus Piano
|-
|5||Flange Electric Piano
|-
|6||Tremolo Electric Piano
|-
|7||Chorus Harpsichord
|-
|8||Ondioline
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Chromatic Percussion
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|9||Curious Chime
|-
|10||Swirly Bell
|-
|11||Echo Bell
|-
|12||Vibraphone 2
|-
|13||Soft Marimba
|-
|14||Percolator
|-
|15||Reverse Bell
|-
|16||Percussive Piano
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Organ
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|17||Rot. Speaker Organ 1
|-
|18||Bright Perc Organ
|-
|19||Growl Organ
|-
|20||Chorus Church Organ
|-
|21||Sawteeth
|-
|22||Expressive Accordion
|-
|23||Corny Harmonica
|-
|24||Squeeze Box
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Guitar
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|25||Acoustic Bass Gtr
|-
|26||Mute Guitar 2
|-
|27||Chorus Jazz Guitar
|-
|28||Tremolo Guitar
|-
|29||Echo Mute Bass
|-
|30||Grungey Guitar
|-
|31||Flange Guitar
|-
|32||Flange Guitar Stab
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Bass
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|33||Dark Syn Bass
|-
|34||Jungle Bass
|-
|35||Jungle Bass 2
|-
|36||Chorus Bass
|-
|37||Synth Slap Bass
|-
|38||Lowrider
|-
|39||OB Bass
|-
|40||OB Bass 2
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Strings
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|41||Synth Violin
|-
|42||Robot Threat
|-
|43||Formula 1
|-
|44||Deep Bass Stab
|-
|45||Trill Strings
|-
|46||Cello Stroke
|-
|47||VibHarp
|-
|48||Tuned Drum
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Ensemble
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|49||sfz Strings
|-
|50||Moving Strings
|-
|51||Heads of Space
|-
|52||Slow Synth Strings
|-
|53||Slow Choir Aahs
|-
|54||Pulsing Voices
|-
|55||Cloudscapes
|-
|56||Hype Orch Hit
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Brass
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|57||Accent Trumpet
|-
|58||Accent Trombone
|-
|59||Mellow Trombone
|-
|60||Muted Trumpet 2
|-
|61||French Horn Swell
|-
|62||Brass Section 2
|-
|63||Syn Brass 3
|-
|64||Syn Brass 4
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Reed
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|65||Lyrical Sax
|-
|66||Accent Sax
|-
|67||Slow Sax
|-
|68||Staccato Sax
|-
|69||Lyrical Oboe
|-
|70||Soft Lead Synth
|-
|71||Staccato Bassoon
|-
|72||Smooth Clarinet
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Pipe
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|73||Accent Piccolo
|-
|74||Lyrical Flute
|-
|75||Mello Breath
|-
|76||Peruvian
|-
|77||Breath Echoes
|-
|78||Apparition
|-
|79||Humorous Whistle
|-
|80||Strobes
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Synth Lead
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|81||Teletronic
|-
|82||5th Pulse
|-
|83||Moon Jelly
|-
|84||Ricochet Pad
|-
|85||Rock Radiation
|-
|86||Solo Vox 2
|-
|87||5th Saw Drone
|-
|88||Lead Synth 2
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Synth Pad
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|89||Fantasy Bells
|-
|90||Slow Warm Pad
|-
|91||Polysynth 2
|-
|92||50's Sci-Fi
|-
|93||Watery Glass
|-
|94||UFOs
|-
|95||Soprano
|-
|96||Refractions
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Synth Effects
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|97||Comet Tails
|-
|98||Soundtrack 2
|-
|99||Friendly Data
|-
|100||Analog Sequence
|-
|101||Luminous Voice
|-
|102||Goblins 2
|-
|103||Tick Blok
|-
|104||Droplet
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Ethnic
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|105||Droplet 2
|-
|106||Video Game 1
|-
|107||Video Game 2
|-
|108||Digi-Dodo
|-
|109||Fairy Godmother
|-
|110||Alarm
|-
|111||Hoverbug
|-
|112||Crickets
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Percussive
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|113||Beatnik
|-
|114||Teletype
|-
|115||Carriage Return
|-
|116||Typewriter Key
|-
|117||Cash Register
|-
|118||Thru Phone Chirp
|-
|119||Whipped
|-
|120||Pop Click
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Sound Effects
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|121||Metal Chirp
|-
|122||Poing
|-
|123||Metal Spray
|-
|124||FlyBy 1
|-
|125||FlyBy 2
|-
|126||Cosmic Ray
|-
|127||SampHold
|-
|128||SampHold 2
|}

</div>

==== Beatnik Special percussion map ====
Like General MIDI, Beatnik Special reserves channel 10 for key-based percussion and defines a set of percussion sounds that can be played with Note On/Note Off messages. Starting from Note 46, the entire set is repeated. The sounds are as follows:<ref name="Beatnik"/>

{{PercMap
|0=tablaesque_lo
|1=tablaesque_hi
|2=nine_inch_kick
|3=hippishake
|4=ScienceTom
|5=click
|6=rvs cymb pan long
|7=rvs cymb pan med
|8=rvs cymb pan short
|9=woodstick
|10=electrobrite
|11=Slo Laser
|12=Ufo-by
|13=air snare
|14=weird snare
|15=flange snare
|16=ping drum
|17=itchy-scratch
|18=itchy-scratch 2
|19=hi_metallic_snare
|20=noise echo
|21=buzzy hit
|22=rez hat
|23=bucket hit
|24=icecube
|25=explosive kick
|26=mutant cowbell
|27=Temple Bell
|28=Hi Temple Gong
|29=Thuddy Kick
|30=LoBell
|31=sinechirp
|32=hollow_metal_hit
|33=woodblock
|34=reverse cymbal
|35=tablaesque_slap
|36=sonarblip
|37=sinehit
|38=sineblock
|39=Krelltone
|40=sine_kick
|41=hi-tone*
|42=hi-click
|43=Gate-tone
|44=chem-tone
|45=dub_kick
|46=tablaesque_lo
|47=tablaesque_hi
|48=nine_inch_kick
|49=hippishake
|50=ScienceTom
|51=click
|52=rvs cymb pan long
|53=rvs cymb pan med
|54=rvs cymb pan short
|55=woodstick
|56=electrobrite
|57=Slo Laser
|58=Ufo-by
|59=air snare
|60=weird snare
|61=flange snare
|62=ping drum
|63=itchy-scratch
|64=itchy-scratch 2
|65=hi_metallic_snare
|66=noise echo
|67=buzzy hit
|68=rez hat
|69=bucket hit
|70=icecube
|71=explosive kick
|72=mutant cowbell
|73=Temple Bell
|74=Hi Temple Gong
|75=Thuddy Kick
|76=LoBell
|77=sinechirp
|78=hollow_metal_hit
|79=woodblock
|80=reverse cymbal
|81=tablaesque_slap
|82=sonarblip
|83=sinehit
|84=sineblock
|85=Krelltone
|86=sine_kick
|87=hi-tone*
|88=hi-click
|89=Gate-tone
|90=chem-tone
|91=dub_kick
}}

===big_synth / soundbank-min / soundbank-mid===
In 1996, Be Inc. released a MIDI player for BeOS, using SoundMusicSys.<ref>https://www.haiku-os.org/legacy-docs/benewsletter/Issue1-49.html</ref> This included a 5 MB soundbank named big_synth.sy. Java 2 Runtime Environment later offered this as an optional downloadable bank, renamed to soundbank-deluxe.gm. soundbank-mid.gm is the default soundbank of Java 2 SDK versions 1.2 and 1.2.1, while soundbank-min.gm is the default soundbank of version 1.2.2 and later.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20040215021317/http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/sound/soundbanks.html</ref> It was replaced with Patches at a later point.

== External links ==
*[https://github.com/zefie/BeatnikProject2019 BeatnikProject2019]
*[http://onj3.andrelouis.com/phonetones/Software%20and%20Soundbanks/Software/Beatnik%20Editor.zip Beatnik Editor 2.1]

== References ==
<references/>

[[Category:Beatnik]]
[[Category:General MIDI devices]]

Beatnik Audio Engine

2024-12-19T19:06:40Z

Fusoxide: info about soundbanks - some details might be incorrect or fuzzy, but i tried

'''Beatnik Audio Engine''' (BAE), previously known as '''SoundMusicSys''' and later '''Headspace Audio Engine''', is a software synthesizer developed by Beatnik. Its soundbanks are stored in the proprietary Headspace Sound Bank (.hsb) format. It supports various formats, including Rich Music Format (.rmf, Beatnik's proprietary MIDI-based format with support for audio samples), MIDI, WAV, AIFF, MP3, SD2, and AU.<ref name=Beatnik>Beatnik Editor 2.1 User's Guide.</ref>

The engine features 64-voice polyphony by default. Soundbanks include three banks comprising 128 instruments: Bank 0 ([[General MIDI]]), Bank 1 (Beatnik Special) features unique patches designed by Beatnik, and Bank 2 (Custom) can be used by the user for custom instruments. It also includes support for reverb and chorus effects.<ref name=Beatnik/> '''Beatnik Editor''' is Beatnik's software used for authoring music with BAE.

BAE was originally developed by Steve Hales and Jim Nitchals at the video game company Halestorm in 1991, under the name SoundMusicSys. It was used in several Mac video games to play MIDIs, using their own custom samples. Hales and Nitchals transferred the technology to Igor's Software Labs (aka IgorLabs), and a more sophisticated version of SoundMusicSys was shipped on WebTV devices in 1996 as well as BeOS. Following this, Beatnik (then known as Headspace) acquired the engine, renamed it to Headspace Audio Engine (and subsequently Beatnik Audio Engine) and launched it as a browser plug-in named Beatnik Player. It was also included in Java Runtime Environment.

During 1999-2000, an optimized version of BAE was created for devices such as mobile phones, known as [[miniBAE]]; this first shipped on the Nokia 3510, released in 2002. A rewritten version called [[mobileBAE]] was released in 2002. Instead of HSB and RMF, it uses the more standard Downloadable Sounds (.dls) format for banks, and Extensible Music Format (.xmf) respectively.

==Soundbanks==
There are several soundbanks used as the default soundbank of BAE, depending on the software it is included in.

===WebTV===
The 304 KB soundbank shipped on early WebTV devices, which runs a later version of SoundMusicSys. Many instruments were later reused in the Patches soundbanks.

===Patches / Patches111 / Patches300===
There are at least four versions of this bank. Patches is the default soundbank included with Beatnik Editor 2.x and Player 2.x, later versions of Java 2 Runtime Environment, and as one of three banks in later versions of BeOS. It is a compressed version of the 1.2 MB soundbank Patches111, which appears in Beatnik Editor 1.x and Player 1.x. Patches300 (also known as patchesp or Bitheadz), a 7.5 MB soundbank based on Patches111, also shipped in a later version of BeOS. A further compressed version of Patches appears on WebTV Plus, AOLTV, and MSN TV devices.

====Bank 1 sound set====
The following patches are included in Bank 1 of all versions of the soundbank. Although many of these correlate with the corresponding instruments in General MIDI, others deviate.

<div style="display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap;">

{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Piano
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|1||Soft Piano
|-
|2||Reflection Piano
|-
|3||Flange Piano
|-
|4||Octopus Piano
|-
|5||Flange Electric Piano
|-
|6||Tremolo Electric Piano
|-
|7||Chorus Harpsichord
|-
|8||Ondioline
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Chromatic Percussion
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|9||Curious Chime
|-
|10||Swirly Bell
|-
|11||Echo Bell
|-
|12||Vibraphone 2
|-
|13||Soft Marimba
|-
|14||Percolator
|-
|15||Reverse Bell
|-
|16||Percussive Piano
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Organ
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|17||Rot. Speaker Organ 1
|-
|18||Bright Perc Organ
|-
|19||Growl Organ
|-
|20||Chorus Church Organ
|-
|21||Sawteeth
|-
|22||Expressive Accordion
|-
|23||Corny Harmonica
|-
|24||Squeeze Box
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Guitar
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|25||Acoustic Bass Gtr
|-
|26||Mute Guitar 2
|-
|27||Chorus Jazz Guitar
|-
|28||Tremolo Guitar
|-
|29||Echo Mute Bass
|-
|30||Grungey Guitar
|-
|31||Flange Guitar
|-
|32||Flange Guitar Stab
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Bass
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|33||Dark Syn Bass
|-
|34||Jungle Bass
|-
|35||Jungle Bass 2
|-
|36||Chorus Bass
|-
|37||Synth Slap Bass
|-
|38||Lowrider
|-
|39||OB Bass
|-
|40||OB Bass 2
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Strings
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|41||Synth Violin
|-
|42||Robot Threat
|-
|43||Formula 1
|-
|44||Deep Bass Stab
|-
|45||Trill Strings
|-
|46||Cello Stroke
|-
|47||VibHarp
|-
|48||Tuned Drum
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Ensemble
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|49||sfz Strings
|-
|50||Moving Strings
|-
|51||Heads of Space
|-
|52||Slow Synth Strings
|-
|53||Slow Choir Aahs
|-
|54||Pulsing Voices
|-
|55||Cloudscapes
|-
|56||Hype Orch Hit
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Brass
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|57||Accent Trumpet
|-
|58||Accent Trombone
|-
|59||Mellow Trombone
|-
|60||Muted Trumpet 2
|-
|61||French Horn Swell
|-
|62||Brass Section 2
|-
|63||Syn Brass 3
|-
|64||Syn Brass 4
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Reed
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|65||Lyrical Sax
|-
|66||Accent Sax
|-
|67||Slow Sax
|-
|68||Staccato Sax
|-
|69||Lyrical Oboe
|-
|70||Soft Lead Synth
|-
|71||Staccato Bassoon
|-
|72||Smooth Clarinet
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Pipe
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|73||Accent Piccolo
|-
|74||Lyrical Flute
|-
|75||Mello Breath
|-
|76||Peruvian
|-
|77||Breath Echoes
|-
|78||Apparition
|-
|79||Humorous Whistle
|-
|80||Strobes
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Synth Lead
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|81||Teletronic
|-
|82||5th Pulse
|-
|83||Moon Jelly
|-
|84||Ricochet Pad
|-
|85||Rock Radiation
|-
|86||Solo Vox 2
|-
|87||5th Saw Drone
|-
|88||Lead Synth 2
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Synth Pad
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|89||Fantasy Bells
|-
|90||Slow Warm Pad
|-
|91||Polysynth 2
|-
|92||50's Sci-Fi
|-
|93||Watery Glass
|-
|94||UFOs
|-
|95||Soprano
|-
|96||Refractions
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Synth Effects
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|97||Comet Tails
|-
|98||Soundtrack 2
|-
|99||Friendly Data
|-
|100||Analog Sequence
|-
|101||Luminous Voice
|-
|102||Goblins 2
|-
|103||Tick Blok
|-
|104||Droplet
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Ethnic
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|105||Droplet 2
|-
|106||Video Game 1
|-
|107||Video Game 2
|-
|108||Digi-Dodo
|-
|109||Fairy Godmother
|-
|110||Alarm
|-
|111||Hoverbug
|-
|112||Crickets
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Percussive
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|113||Beatnik
|-
|114||Teletype
|-
|115||Carriage Return
|-
|116||Typewriter Key
|-
|117||Cash Register
|-
|118||Thru Phone Chirp
|-
|119||Whipped
|-
|120||Pop Click
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em; width: 100%; max-width: 15em;"
|+ Sound Effects
! style="width: 1em;" | Prog #
! Instrument
|-
|121||Metal Chirp
|-
|122||Poing
|-
|123||Metal Spray
|-
|124||FlyBy 1
|-
|125||FlyBy 2
|-
|126||Cosmic Ray
|-
|127||SampHold
|-
|128||SampHold 2
|}

</div>

===big_synth / soundbank-min / soundbank-mid===
In 1996, Be Inc. released a MIDI player for BeOS, using SoundMusicSys.<ref>https://www.haiku-os.org/legacy-docs/benewsletter/Issue1-49.html</ref> This included a 5 MB soundbank named big_synth.sy. Java 2 Runtime Environment later offered this as an optional downloadable bank, renamed to soundbank-deluxe.gm. soundbank-mid.gm is the default soundbank of Java 2 SDK versions 1.2 and 1.2.1, while soundbank-min.gm is the default soundbank of version 1.2.2 and later.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20040215021317/http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/sound/soundbanks.html</ref> It was replaced with Patches at a later point.

== External links ==
*[https://github.com/zefie/BeatnikProject2019 BeatnikProject2019]
*[http://onj3.andrelouis.com/phonetones/Software%20and%20Soundbanks/Software/Beatnik%20Editor.zip Beatnik Editor 2.1]

== References ==
<references/>

[[Category:Beatnik]]
[[Category:General MIDI devices]]

Beatnik Audio Engine

2024-12-19T17:11:17Z

Fusoxide: a start. I'd like to document the Bank 1 patches and effects info later for example