Music making

🎛️ Decap uses a fixed MIDI channel per rank and a fixed MIDI note range per rank.

This is the standard Decap mapping used in modern MIDI conversions:

My machine reads MIDI type 0, so everything is on one track.

Everything is also on one channel.

Its range is MIDI 36 to MIDI 103, divided into four sections plus percussion and functions.

I have 8 bass pipes from MIDI 36 - 47.  That's the range staring at C2 (two octaves below middle C), however the following notes are missing and used for other things;

C#2, MIDI 37

D#2, MIDI 39

G#2, MIDI 44

A#2, MIDI 46

1. Core Workflow Model

Each song functions as a self‑contained project capsule with two complementary components:

Sibelius is great for notation, but its MIDI export is aggressively “helpful” in ways that break mechanical‑instrument workflows — especially yours, where every note number and channel has a physical consequence. The good news is that we can completely tame Sibelius so it exports exactly the MIDI you intend, including drums, without random channels or remapped pitches.

Below is a clear, reproducible workflow that matches your empirical, test‑as‑you‑go style.

Let's talk about the tools and procedures for making music happen, from idea to playback.

https://youtu.be/XTfArWbSgyU?si=HdewhFPrP8rFBVgk 

🎵 Kyu‑Kurarin — line‑by‑line meaning

きゅうくらりん

“Kyū kurarin”

• Not a literal word—more like a sound/feeling
• Suggests dizziness, emotional instability, or a racing, unsteady heart

うるさく鳴いた　文字盤を見てた

“I stared at the loudly ringing clock face.”

This song is all about insecurity, loneliness, emptiness, and entropy; trying to be okay when you're not okay.