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In addition to being a self-contained instrument the Promega can be used as a powerful 3-
zone MIDI controller. Each section functions as it’s own MIDI “zone” and is capable of
independently controlling any piece of external MIDI equipment.
While the sound sections of the Promega are normally used to control the instrument’s internal
sound sources, each section can also be assigned it’s own MIDI channel, program change and
bank select MSB and LSB number.
The ON/OFF switch in each section is used to enable or disable the midi activity of that section.
Therefore, mixing two or more sounds together on an external MIDI device is a simple as
switching on two or more sections.
NOTE: Section local on/off: In this mode there are two different ways to select the first 15
sounds, (Program Change 0 – 14) on your external MIDI equipment. You can either use the
section’s V-POT or the LEVEL slider. If you use the V-POT, the section’s own internal sound
will continue to be audible, (called Local ON mode). If you use the slider, the internal sound
engine will be muted, (called Local OFF mode). In this case, you will notice that the red
pointer in the section’s V-POT goes off and will remain off after you exit the EDIT MIDI menu.
The absence of a red pointer in a section’s V-POT can be used as a quick indication that a
section has been set to LOCAL OFF is has been designated to control external sounds only.
To access the MIDI functions press the MIDI
button in the EDIT & CONTROLS section.
The MIDI button starts to flash and the EDIT &
CONTROLS display shows “CHN”. This is the first
page of the EDIT MIDI menu. You can select
different pages by using the PAGE > button or
return to previous pages using the PAGE < button.
CHN – Midi Channel Selection .
In this page the LEVEL slider in each section can be used to select which of the 16 available
MIDI channels that section is using.
If you wish to have a section not send any MIDI data at all, (for example, if you want to use a
particular section to play only internal sounds and not to interfere with other MIDI data being
sent), you can pull its LEVEL slider to the minimum position. At this position the section’s
display shows OFF and no MIDI data will be transmitted from that section.
PCH – Program Change
In this page you can remotely select which of the sounds, (called “programs” in MIDI-speak)
in the external MIDI instrument each section will play. The LEVEL slider in each section can be
used to select any program number between 0 and 127. Also, for greater accuracy in selecting
precise values, the /- buttons in each section are configured in this mode to increment
or decrement the value by 1.
In the early days of MIDI, most instruments did not offer more than 128 sounds so the Program
Change standard only allowed for 128 programs to be accessed. MIDI equipment today however,
offers hundreds and sometimes even thousands of different sounds. In this case the sounds are
organized into banks where each bank can contain a maximum of 128 sounds.
When you choose a Program Change value using a section’s LEVEL slider, it will select the
appropriate sound in the current bank of the external instrument. You can change the current
bank using the BKM and BKL functions in the next two pages of EDIT MIDI. Refer to the
owner’s manual of your external equipment for more information about how the sound banks
are organized.
The title of each page is shown in the EDIT & CONTROLS display and a description of each page follows:
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