MC 3000
Operating Manual
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The first page to appear when the section is selected is the MESSAGES 1 page. From left
to right, the top of the display shows the name of the page, the name of the current patch
and the lights which indicate the zones' activation status.
Immediately below is the zone selection field, where the cursor can be located using the
cursor keys to select the zone to be edited with the INC and DEC keys or the encoder.
Alongside the central window of the display there is a vertical icon marked PRG, indicating
that this window is dedicated to setting of the program, or in other words of the sound or
patch, of the expander assigned to that zone.
The first field, TABLE, selects one of the 64 tables (the contents of which can be set in the
UTILITY/TABLES section) where the names of the sounds contained in the connected
expander associated to the relative program change messages reside. The user can
locate in this field using the cursor keys and then select various lists of sounds relating to
different expanders, 16 of them already preset in the instrument memory (P1 - P16,) and
48 of them, (U17 - U64), programmable by the user. When this field is set in OFF status,
no table is associated to the current zone.
Alongside the TABLE field, the TABLE NAME field displays the name of the selected
table. This field is for display only, meaning that no modifications are possible since the
name has been assigned to the respective table when it was constructed.
Underneath the TABLE field is the PRG field, with the PRG NAME field beside it.
PRG stands for program change, and here the user can set the number of the program
change assigned to the selected zone, which will send it on the MIDI channel and port
specified in the CONFIGURE section.
If the PROGRAM field is set in OFF status, no program change will be sent to the zone
concerned.
The name of the sound corresponding to the program change number selected, in
accordance with the contents of the TABLE set, appears alongside this field as a message
for display only.
The BANK fields (MSB and LSB) define the value to be attributed to the BANK SELECT
messages. These messages can be used to change the bank of sounds selected on the
connected expander (refer to the service manual for information about the type and value
of the Bank select message recognized by your expander).
After locating on this field with the cursor keys, select the value to be attributed to the
BANK SELECT messages, BANK SELECT MSB (Control Change 0 value) and BANK
SELECT LSB (Control Change 32 value).
Important note: in view of the characteristics of the Bank Select MSB and LSB
messages, to ensure that the message concerned is recognized, it must be followed
by a Program Change message. Bear in mind that while when the patch is recalled, the
MC-3000 performs this sequence automatically, during editing the Program Change must
be updated in manual mode immediately after one of the Bank select values has been
modified.
Although the OFF condition (message not transmitted) is available, it is important always
to set the appropriate Bank Select value.
