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4. Release SET to play the sound being previewed.

5. To preview another MIDI sound, press and hold SET and press another key to select another

program change number.

6. Press the MIDI coupler piston or General Cancel to exit the MIDI set mode.

When in the MIDI set mode, you may select a different program change number by turning the

Select knob until the cursor in the console display is over the program change number. Rotate

the Alpha dial until the desired number is selected. Press the MIDI coupler piston.

For advanced MIDI applications there are times when no program change is to be sent by a

MIDI coupler piston. Then the program change number may be set to OFF by pressing a key

that has no associated program change number (a high pedal note, for example), or by turning the

Alpha dial past Program #128 until PGM OFF appears in the console display.

Roland GS Standard Support

In the past, most MIDI sound modules provided a maximum of 128 sounds. These were selected

by using MIDI program change messages, but they did not define standard sound assignments

for those messages. For example, one sound module may have had a trumpet on Program

Change #39, yet another sound module would have chimes on #39. It was difficult at best for

musicians to work with no standardization of sounds. With the creation of General MIDI (GM),

a standard list of sounds was defined, but only for the 128 sounds in the first bank, Bank 0.

The GS standard honors that same standard list of sounds for Bank 0, but also allows access to

more than those 128 sounds (using the MSB, or CC0 commands). The GS standard adds 128

variation slots behind the 128 standard GM sounds, expanding the total number of possible

sounds to 16,384. Many manufacturers of MIDI sound modules have added – or will soon add –

support for this standard, which is an upward extension of the current GM standard.

The MIDI menu on the console display enables the organist to choose a GS bank select message

for each MIDI coupler piston that is saved on combination pistons.

Setting The GS Variation (Bank Number)

1. Press and hold SET, then press a MIDI coupler piston. The piston flashes, indicating that

MIDI Set mode is active. The console display reads:

MIDI GT A CH 1

PGM=121 VAR=0

2. Turn the Select knob clockwise (right). The cursor moves to the variation field (VAR) in the

menu.

Note: The variation numbers for sounds in the MIDI sound module are listed in the instrument

chart(s) provided with the sound module.

3. To choose the desired variation (bank) number, rotate the Alpha dial until the correct

variation number is displayed. Variation 0 is the normal General MIDI bank. You may also

select OFF, to prevent a MIDI coupler piston from sending bank select messages.