question about instrument mapping

[journeytosilius]

Hey nice tool ! I really want to use it, but I wanted to ask first if it does some kind of mapping according to General Midi specs ?

Like, are the "drums" of a song mapped to one of the drum codes of the GM specs ?

Thanks !

[olefriis]

Sorry, for some reason I did not see your issue before. I wasn't trying to be rude by not answering 😄

Yes, there is some mapping going on, which you can see here: https://github.com/olefriis/sidtool/blob/master/lib/sidtool/midi_file_writer.rb#L163-L166

However, all the tool does now is map from the synth type in a SID file to a corresponding MIDI instrument. Often, drums in SID tunes are done using the noise synth in short bursts. Deducing when the noise synth is used as drums is not something sidtool does. The noise synth is mapped to the "strings" MIDI instrument, so drums can sound a bit weird when converted to MIDI 😄