Alesis DG8 - Page 59

Chapter 3: MIDI Functions
60 DG8 REFERENCE MANUAL
The following chart summarizes the DG8’s handling of transmitting and
receiving MIDI Program Change commands:
MIDI Program # Primary/Layer Primary Layer Bass Split
Program Channel Channel Program Channel
000 Pno1A Basic Basic + 1 ABasA Basic + 2
001 Pno1B Basic Basic + 1 ABasB Basic + 2
002 Pno1C Basic Basic + 1 ABasC Basic + 2
003 Pno1D Basic Basic + 1 ABasD Basic + 2
↓↓ ↓
024 HClvA Basic Basic + 1 KBasA Basic + 2
025 HClvB Basic Basic + 1 KBasB Basic + 2
026 HClvC Basic Basic + 1 KBasC Basic + 2
027 HClvD Basic Basic + 1 KBasD Basic + 2
↓↓
056 MultA Basic Basic + 1 — —
057 MultB Basic Basic + 1 — —
058 MultC Basic Basic + 1 — —
059 MultD Basic Basic + 1 — —
4. When using MIDI Bank Select commands to remotely change banks on the
DG8, internal Primary and Layer sounds are MIDI Bank 1, Bass sounds are
MIDI Bank 2 and Card sounds are MIDI Bank 3. Card sounds are always
MIDI Bank 3 regardless of whether they are used as a Primary, Layer or Split.
Pedals
The DG8 transmits and receives pedal messages in accordance with the MIDI
Specification: Sustain Pedal is assigned Controller #64, Sostenuto Pedal is assigned
Controller #66 and Soft Pedal is assigned Controller #67.
Care must be taken when you are sending the DG8 MIDI Pedal messages. If you are
playing the DG8 from a MIDI master that only has a sustain pedal, it will most likely
be sending Controller #64. So if you intend to use the Soft Pedal function, for
example, you will need to change your master to transmit the Soft Pedal message
(MIDI Controller #67) instead of Sustain Pedal (MIDI Controller #64).