10.6

939Logic Pro User Guide
Custom bank selects in the Logic Pro Environment
Logic Pro provides 16 bank numbers (0 to 15) for each standard instrument, multi-
instrument (including subchannels), or mapped instrument object. You can create custom
lists, consisting of as many events (of any kind, even SysEx) as you like, for each of these
banks.
Whenever you change the bank manually, or send a standard bank change message from
Logic Pro, the entire list for that bank is transmitted to your sound module.
Set up custom bank select messages
1. In Logic Pro, select the instrument you want to define bank select messages for.
2. Choose Options > Define Custom Bank Messages.
A window similar to the Event List opens, with a single, default bank select message for
banks 0 to 15. (The default used is a MIDI controller #0 message, with a value equal to
the bank number.)
You can create MIDI events here as you would in the Event List, by cutting, copying,
inserting, and editing. (See Edit Event List events in Logic Pro.) The only difference is
that you enter a bank number, rather than a time position.
The letter in parentheses next to the bank number allows you to control the order of
transmission when a bank select requires more than one message.
If there are no events defined for a particular bank, a standard bank select message is
sent for that bank.
For bank messages that need a channel (MIDI controller messages, for example),
the channel of the instrument is used. This feature is especially useful for multi-
instruments, as you only need to create one set of bank messages for all 16
subchannels. If an instrument’s channel is set to All, channel 1 is used.
The custom bank select information becomes part of the instrument, and is automatically
copied with it, if you replicate the instrument object.