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ESQ-M –
Musician's Manual
the Base Channel will receive nothing. •

When any of the other Tracks (1-8) is selected, the Display will show the current Track
( i ndi cat ed as
T1, T2, T3,
et c.) and t he Channel assi gned t o t hat T r ack ( i ndi cat ed as
CHAN._ )
Thus if Track 2 is the current Track, and it is set to MIDI Channel 3, the Display for
this parameter would look like this:
MIDI T2 C HA N = 03
You can set any
Track to receive on any Channel, but bear in mind that only one Track can
receive on any one Channel. If more than one Track is set to the same Channel, the lowest-
numbered Track will receive on that Channel and higher-numbered Tracks will receive nothing. Any
of the sixteen MIDI Channels may be selected for any Track. Range:
01
To
16.
Once you assign a MIDI Channel
to each Track in MULTI mode, these Channel assignments are
remembered by the
ESQ-M,
even though they are not visible when a different Mode is
selected. So even though the Tracks are automatically re-assigned new channel numbers when you
select MONO Mode, once you go back to MULTI mode the channel assignments will be just as
you left them. The only exception is the Base Channel, which can be changed in any of the four
modes, though it performs a slightly different role in each mode. See the "note about the Base
Channel" below.
Note that in MULTI mode any System Exclusive messages (Program Dumps, etc.) will be sent and
received on the Base Channel (Track 0's Channel).
In MONO Mode:

As noted earlier (see #3 above), in MONO mode Track 0 ceases to function as a MIDI
receiver. If Track 0 is selected, the Display will read
"CHAN=UNUSED."

Track 1 receives on the Base Channel. Accordingly, when Track 1 is the current Track, the
Display will show
"BASECHAN= ."
In MONO Mode you can only adjust the MIDI
Channel when Track 1 is selected — the MIDI Channels for Tracks 2-8 are set automatically
based on what t he Ba se Chan nel i s set t o . ( See #3 abo ve f or a c har t of M ID I Channel
assignments in MONO Mode. Only MIDI Channels 1 through 9 may be selected for the Base
Channel. Range:
01
To
09.

When Tracks 2 through 8 are selected, the Display for this parameter will appear the same as
when the
ESQ-M
is in MULTI Mode — it will show the current Track (indicated as
T2 T3 T4,
etc.) and the Channel assigned to that Track (indicated as
CHAN._ ).
The difference is t h a t i n
M O N O M o d e y o u c a n n o t c h a n g e t h a t C h a n n e l f r o m h e r e . I t i s d i s p l a y e d f o r informational
purposes only.
A
NOTE ABOUT THE BASE CHANNEL:
Despite the way it sort of bounces around
from Mode to Mode, once the Base Channel is set to a certain number it stays there, even after you
select a different MIDI Mode. It's just that in different MIDI Modes, the Base Channel is
sometimes associated with a different Track (or Tracks).
Suppose, for instance, the
ESQ-M
is
in POLY Mode and you set the Base Channel to 4. Any
Track you select will now receive on Channel 4. Now you switch to MULTI Mode. Channel 4 is
still the Base Channel. Track 0 will now receive on Channel 4 (since in MULTI Mode the Base
Channel is associated with Track 0). Now you switch to MONO Mode. Channel 4 is still the Base
Channel. Track 1 will now receive on Channel 4 (since in MONO Mode the Base Channel is
associated with Track
1).
And so on.