For example, Swell Piston 1 will send Program Change 1 on MIDI Channel 1. Great Piston 2
will send Program Change 2 on MIDI Channel 2, etc.
USER Mode
:
In this mode, the organ is capable of sending any program change number on
any piston that will select voices, change banks, or change program “patch” numbers on
another MIDI device. Any MIDI program change number from 1 through 128 can be
assigned to any General or Divisional Piston (blank or no digit may also be selected). Any
MIDI bank switch number between 0 and 127 can be assigned to any Divisional Piston. As in
PRESET mode, General Pistons will send program change information on MIDI Channel 8
and Divisional Pistons will send program change information on their respective MIDI
channels.
Note:
The capture memory level value is not transmitted while in USER mode.
NO Mode: With this mode selected, NO program change information is either transmitted or
received.
Display Options: General MIDI Sound Names or Program Numbers
While in PRESET mode, MIDI program changes will only be displayed as MIDI program
change numbers. However, USER mode allows MIDI program changes to be displayed as
either MIDI program change numbers or as General MIDI sound names. This flexibility
allows for simpler programming, especially if the connected MIDI sound module is General
MIDI compatible. Any piston can be programmed to access any General MIDI sound/voice
by selecting and assigning the same name to a piston.
General MIDI Sound Names
When a piston is pressed, the General MIDI sound name will display which corresponds to
the MIDI program change selected. Any General MIDI sound name may be selected and
assigned to a piston.
Note:
In some cases, the General MIDI sound name may be abbreviated.
Program Numbers:
With NUMBERS selected as the display mode, the corresponding MIDI program change
number assigned to a selected piston will be displayed. Any MIDI program change number, 1
through 128, may be selected and assigned to a piston.
3.
MIDI Bank Selecting
Many MIDI devices permit access to a variety of sounds in addition to the General MIDI
sounds. Normally these additional sounds are stored in groups called BANKS. A BANK in
MIDI terminology means a group of voices or sounds.
MIDI devices can have as many as 128 sounds/voices per BANK Number. There can also be
128 available BANK Numbers (0 through 127). With 128 BANK Numbers, each Bank could
contain up to 128 voices/sounds, for a total of 16,384 sounds. For an easier explanation, think
of the BANK Numbers as floors or stories in a tall building. Each floor would contain 128
rooms and each room could then contain 128 voices.
There are also those MIDI devices which can have both LOW bank and HIGH bank memory
sections. This ability can then increase the number of available voices substantially. Imagine,
128 LOW and HIGH Banks with each Bank containing a possible 128 voices. That’s a total
of 32,768 possible voices!
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