Problem playing MIDI sounds

Question

I was wondering if anyone knows what I'm doing wrong. The code below plays a sound when the instrument is in bank 0 (for instruments in the array with index < 128) but not for bank 1 (with index >= 128). I can loop through and print out all the instruments, but can't play them all.
Thanks for any help!
MidiChannel[]     midiChannels = synth.getChannels();
int nNoteNumber = 64; // 60 is Middle C
int instNum = 165;
int nVelocity = 100; // volume
//Works fine - prints 188 instruments
for (int j = 0; j < inst.length; j++)
     System.err.println("Instrument " + j + inst[j]);
synth.loadInstrument(inst[instNum]);
midiChannels[0].programChange(inst[instNum].getPatch().getBank(), inst[instNum].getPatch().getProgram());
// Only works when instNum < 128
midiChannels[0].noteOn(nNoteNumber, nVelocity);

Answer 1

Hi
I was having a similar problem. This method: MidiChannel.programChange(int bank).
Well, you would think that passing in the bank here would work, wouldn't you? I notice that that's what you have done.
But for some reason, in the sample code that comes with the API, I notice that they seem to pass in the instrument index in the array returned by getAvailableInstruments. I tried this and it worked.
hth