DX7 MiniMAX
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User Guide v2.10
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Preliminary
2: Operation
Aside from Function 8 mentioned above, the other changes are the addition of new settings on
buttons
12
and
13
in Function mode.
2.1 Memory Bank Selection (Function 12)
Recall that the DX7 has 32 internal patches accessed by pressing the INTERNAL button and
then one of the patch numbers 1 though 32.
The DX7 MiniMAX has four banks of these to make the 128 patches:
Bank 1
Patches 1 to 32
=
MIDI patch numbers 1 to 32.
Bank 2
Patches 1 to 32
=
MIDI patch numbers 33 to 64.
Bank 3
Patches 1 to 32
=
MIDI patch numbers 65 to 96.
Bank 4
Patches 1 to 32
=
MIDI patch numbers 97 to 128.
To select a Bank and patch from the front panel, press the
Function
button to activate Function
Control, then press button
12
:
FUNCTION CONTROL
Memory Bank = 4
You can then select which bank is active using the Data Slider or + / - buttons. The
next
patch
you select will come from the memory bank you chose. Even when you return to play mode (say,
by pressing INT and/or a patch number), this function remains active so you can continue to
change banks with minimal button pressing. Please also see the
caveat
below.
A convenient way to select banks from your now expanded memory is to leave the most recently
selected MEMORY BANK button "live" in Function mode. When you return to "play" mode, the
Data Entry control remains active on the Memory Bank parameter thus making easy to access all
128 voices.
When you select a patch via the front panel, its patch number (1 through 128) will be transmitted
on the DX7's MIDI OUT.
Another way to select patches is through MIDI IN. The patch numbers correspond to the patch
numbers 1 to 128 in the table above. That is, on receipt of a MIDI Program Change message on
the correct MIDI channel, the correct bank and patch will be activated.
Note that if you have
cartridge installed it will be selected in place of Bank 2
.
Each bank must be saved or loaded individually using a cartridge or over MIDI.
CAVEAT:
Keep in mind that this operating rule is the same for any function button. That means
for example, if the most recently selected Function is Volume, you could accidentally turn the
sound off without knowing the reason.
