Instruction Manual

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Creating Instrument Definitions
Instrument Definitions
3. Drag the desired bank select method from the Names tree to the
Instrument tree.
See also:
Creating and Editing Patch Name and Other Lists
Copying Name Lists
Assigning Patch Names
Assigning Note Names
Assigning Controller, RPN, and NRPN Names
Assigning Patch Names
A MIDI instrument can have up to 16,384 banks of 128 patches each.
Patches can have names, like “Piano” for patch number 0, “Bass” for patch
number 1, and so on. Normally, each bank contains a different set of
patches, so each bank needs a separate patch name list. Most synthesizers
start with a patch number of 0.
You can assign a patch name list to each bank. You can also assign a
default patch name list to the instrument, which is used for all banks for
which you haven’t assigned a specific list. The previous section describes
how to compute the bank numbers to which each patch name list is
assigned.
Each bank can also be assigned a special Drum flag, which indicates that
all patches in that bank contain drum sounds. If you set this flag, the Piano
Roll view will display drum notes as diamonds, and the Staff view will use
percussion notation.
To See the Assignment of Patch Name Lists to Banks
1. Expand the instrument definition by clicking the + sign next to the
instrument name.
2. Expand the Patch Names for Banks folder by clicking the + sign. The
list expands to show the bank numbers and the patch name list that is
assigned to each bank.