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MIDI IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
This menu contains some important function for the global instrument setting:
These setting are automatically stored in the expander memory and also saved switching ON/OFF the instrument.
•COMMON CHANNEL SETTING
•MIDI IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
•SYSTEM RESET
•MIDI DATA BULK
This function allows to use more than one expander in a MIDI network, assigning an identifi cation number of the
expander. This function is really useful using the gm-x PC editor, where even the software allows to fi x an identifi ca-
tion number, in this case it's possible to work with a MIDI sistem composed from two or more module and the relative
editors without confl ict.
Enter the MEMORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM mode keep-
ing pressed al least for 2 seconds the PERF and the EDIT
buttons at the same time. As already seen, the fi rst menu
is the MIDI COMMON channel setting.
Press the EDIT buttons to select the MIDI ID menu, the
display show the default ID set on #01 (ALL MODE).
Select a different MIDI ID according with your needs us-
ing the DATA
buttons. Value Range 0-15.
Press the PERF button to exit the COMMON CHANNEL
setting mode. The LED on the display stop blinking and
the instrument select the default mode.
MEMORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
COMMON CHANNEL SETTING
To enter the MIDI COMMON channel setting mode keep
pressed al least for 2 seconds the PERF and the EDIT but-
tons at the same time.
Both the pressed button and the PART (CH) LED will blink
in the instrument.
The MIDI COMMON channel is a very useful function allowing a high grade of versatility in MIDI programming.
In the default assign the COMMON channel allows you to control the performances playing and selection using
the MIDI ch.#01 only. Many of the internal gm-x performance are programmed using different parts (and differ-
ent MIDI channel) in layer or split mode. The MIDI COMMON allows to fully play and select these performances
using a master MIDI controller transmitting in a single MIDI channel.
Set the new COMMON using the DATA buttons
It is possible to select as COMMON channel any of the 16 available
MIDI channel. As you can see the default of the MIDI COMMON
is set on ch. #01 (see the note below about the MIDI channel).
Press the PERF button to exit the COMMON CHANNEL
setting mode. The LED on the display stop blinking and
the instrument select the default GM2 mode.