MIDI Devices

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MIDI devices
Patch Structure
Patches are structured as follows:
• Banks are the main categories of sounds – typically patches,
performances and drums, as described above.
• Each bank can contain any number of groups, represented by
folders in the list.
• The individual patches, performances or drum kits are repre-
sented by presets in the list.
The Commands pop-up menu contains the following items:
Create Bank
Creates a new bank at the highest hierarchical level of the
Patch Banks list. You can rename this by clicking on it and
typing a new name.
New Folder
Creates a new subfolder in the selected bank or folder.
This could correspond to a group of patches in the MIDI
device, or just be a way for you to categorize sounds, etc.
When you select this item, a name dialog will appear, al-
lowing you to name the folder. You can also rename the
folder afterwards by clicking it and typing in the list.
New Preset
This adds a new preset in the selected bank or folder.
You can rename the preset by clicking it and typing a new
name.
When the preset is selected, its corresponding MIDI
events (Program Change, Bank Select, etc.) are shown in
the event display to the right. The default setting for a new
preset is Program Change 0 – to change this, use the fol-
lowing procedures:
• To change which Program Change value should be
sent out to select the patch, adjust the number in the
Value column for the Program Change event.
• To add another MIDI event (e.g. Bank Select) click di-
rectly below the last event in the list and select a new
event from the pop-up menu that appears.
After adding a new event, you need to set its value in the Value column,
as with Program Change.
• To replace an event, click on it and select another event
from the pop-up menu.
For example, a MIDI device may require that a Bank Select message is
sent first, followed by a Program Change message, in which case you
would need to replace the default Program Change message with a
Bank Select message and add a new Program Change after that.
• To remove an event, select it and press [Delete] or
[Backspace].
Add Multiple Presets
This opens a dialog, allowing you to set up a range of pre-
sets to be added in the selected bank or folder.
Proceed as follows:
1. Add the event types required for selecting a patch in
the MIDI device.
This is done just as when editing the settings for a single event: clicking
in the event display brings up a pop-up menu from which you can select
an event type.
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For details on which MIDI events are used for
selecting patches in the MIDI device, consult its
documentation.
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Different devices use different schemes for Bank
Select. When you insert a Bank Select event, you
should check the device’s documentation to find
whether to choose “CC: BankSelect MSB”, “Bank
Select 14 Bit”, “Bank Select 14 Bit MSB-LSB
Swapped” or possibly some other option.