Safety Instructions

To assign a base channel to the PCM96 Surround:

Press the Back button until the Preset screen appears.

Press the Machine button until System View is displayed.

Press the Select knob to enter the System Menu.

Turn the Select knob until Midi Control is highlighted.

Press the Select knob to access the Midi Control Menu.

Turn the Select knob until Base Channel is highlighted.

Turn Knob B to select the base channel (0-15).

Press the Back button twice to return to the Preset screen.

Now the PCM96 Surround unit is identified by the selected base channel,

and virtual machines 1, 2, 3, and 4 within the PCM96 Surround are identi-

fied by the base channel plus 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively.

CHANNEL MAP (HOW CHANNELS MAP TO MACHINES)

Channel Usage Description

Base Channel System Level Use for loading System presets. This is the PCM96 unit’s base channel. The

next four channels apply to this PCM96 unit’s virtual machines.

Base + 1 Virtual machine 1 Changes parameters in one virtual machine in a System preset on the PCM96

unit with base channel 0. Use for loading machine presets and changing

parameters for machine #1.

Base + 2 Virtual machine 2 Changes parameters in one virtual machine in a System preset on the PCM96

unit with base channel 0. Use for loading machine presets and changing

parameters for machine #2.

Base + 3 Virtual machine 3 Changes parameters in one virtual machine in a System preset on the PCM96

unit with base channel 0. Use for loading machine presets and changing

parameters for machine #3.

Base + 4 Virtual machine 4 Changes parameters in one virtual machine in a System preset on the PCM96

unit with base channel 0. Use for loading machine presets and changing

parameters for machine #4.

BANK DUMP

The Bank Dump feature lets you copy all the presets in a User bank from

one PCM96 Surround to another (or to another MIDI device). Refer to the

MIDI Control section on page 29 for information about Bank Dump.

REVERSE BANK DUMP (BANK “LOAD”)

You can perform a “reverse bank dump” by recording a bank dump to your

MIDI sequencer, then playing that sysex back to the PCM96 Surround to

restore the bank.

CONTINUOUS CONTROLLERS

All PCM96 Surround soft row parameters can be controlled with single,

7-bit controllers. Each parameter is controlled with the full controller range,

regardless of the parameter range. For example, if the controller is at the