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General MIDI 2 vs GS & General MIDI 1 comparison. Roland SD50. GM2; its sound's fullness & richness

General MIDI Level 2, or General MIDI 2: GM2 was introduced and adopted by MIDI hardware manufacturers back in 1999, and General MIDI 2 makes an impressive audible difference in fullness and richness. The MIDI files used in this video can be found here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0t6y820746s... General MIDI 2 emphasizes the realism of the instruments, and you can even select things like the tone for each part of a composition. The original General MIDI (1991) and the GS standard was overhauled 8 years after its inception, and with General MIDI 2 they added new specifications to the format, additional functionalities, sound editing capabilities, and extra sounds and effects, to bring it more into line with the modern music standards. More sounds, native inner reverb, chorus and delay effects, more Bank Select messages, and the implementation of about 30 new MIDI controllers which can alter various parameters, such as release and attack time, effects sends, brightness, portamento, effects depth, etc, were added. The result is a more natural sound and more expressive instruments. Roland defines GM2 as such: "The upwardly compatible General MIDI 2 offers enhanced expressive capabilities, and even greater compatibility. Issues that were not covered by the original General MIDI recommendations, such as how sounds are to be edited, and how effects should be handled, have now been precisely defined. Moreover, the available sounds have been expanded." http://www.manualslib.com/manual/1417... If you want pure General MIDI 2 files, you can find them here: http://www.bluevisionmusic.com/CMRC/s... They state in the webpage "Those using the General MIDI 2 format will experience the best possible outcome." General MIDI 2 article on the Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_... The sound recorded for this video comes entirely from a Roland SD-50 Mobile Studio Canvas, which I LOVE and wouldn't change for anyhting: http://www.roland.com/products/en/SD-50/ My review on the Roland SD-50: http://www.synthfont.com/punbb/viewto... In order to record the GM2 and GS sound for this video I've used three MIDI players/DAWs: Synthfont: An awesome DAW created by Kenneth Rudnt. Excellent to play GS native songs in General MIDI 2 format. http://www.synthfont.com/ Vanbasco: nice for various reset messages -and playlists :D , including GS reset messages, which sends your hardware synth into GS mode. MIDI resets are also great for your synth to delete some sound oddities from memory when many songs have been played -typical MIDI stuff MIDI Eddie: Same as Vanbasco, with the additional advantage of being able to send a native GM2 System on message to the synth. It can also let you send a GS reset message, so you can set the Roland SD50 to either GS or GM2 mode. Additionally, the Roland can seamlessly switch /if not forced by a GS reset/ between GM2 and GS mode using the Values wheel and the Contemporary (GM2) or Classic (GS) setting. I used the wonderful, "lifesaver" -it makes your life a lot easier saving you lots of time Audio Record Wizard program by Nowsmart to record the sound coming from the SD50: http://www.nowsmart.com/ Finally thanks to Roland for making such lovely synths -lots of great tones and timbres, many velocity layers for instruments, it manages to impress-, :D I am loving the sound coming from the SD50 very much! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FULL SONG list: 0:01 General MIDI 2 mode. "Sonia Stage 6". Richer sound on GM2! (Shanoa's pic included) 0:43 GS mode. "Sonia Stage 6" song. GS native despite sounding better on GM2 mode. 1:24 General MIDI 2 mode. F-Zero X - Big Blue. Enhanced richness & fullness in the sound. 2:02 GS mode. F-Zero X - Big Blue 2:39 General MIDI 2. Duck Tales - The Moon 3:28 GS mode. Duck Tales - The Moon 4:16 General MIDI 2. STH Green Hill Zone 4:56 GS mode. STH Green Hill Zone. 5:35 General MIDI 2. Sonic the Hedgehog - Green Hill Zone by Teck 6:14 GS mode. Sonic the Hedgehog - Green Hill Zone by Teck 6:53 General MIDI 2. General MIDI 2 Test file by The Ultimate Doomer :D :D 7:02 GS mode. General MIDI 2 Test file by The Ultimate Doomer :D :D /full list below/ (not enough space here -update: I wrote a long msg in the comments below with the full list but it got deleted by Youtube, so I don't know...)