SQ-80 — Musician's Manual
As you can see, the set-up is similar to the earlier POLY Mode example, except that now the
SQ-80 is
responding to nine MIDI Channels rather than one. The
ESQ-M and the Mirage have been set to receive
on MIDI Channels 10 and 11 respectively.
Some Important Notes About MULTI Mode
• Each of the nine MIDI Channels is completely independent and polyphonic. The
SQ-80's
Dynamic Voice Assignment means that each Track (or the Straight Synth) can have up to all eight
voices if it needs them. If all eight voices are in use and a Track needs a voice, it will "steal" the
voice from the oldest note playing.
• In MULTI Mode the Straight Synth receives on the Base MIDI Channel. Each of the eight Tracks
of the Current Sequence will receive on the Channel it is set to. Each Track will respond
independently to Controller and Program Changes on its MIDI Channel.
• The channel assignments shown in the illustration above are suggested values. You may find it
handy to use these channel assignments, or you can set the Straight Synth and the Sequencer Tracks
to any MIDI Channels you like.
• Only one Track can receive on a given MIDI Channel. If two (or more) Tracks are set to the same MIDI
Channel, the lower-numbered Track will receive on that Channel and the higher-numbered Track(s)
will not receive at all. The Straight Synth has priority over the Sequencer Tracks — any Track set to
the same Channel as the Base Channel will not receive any MIDI information.
• You may not want all nine Tracks to receive. Tracks that you leave in the "UNUSED" state will
not receive any MIDI data. Just create as many Tracks as you need.
• It's generally a good practice to assign a certain MIDI Channel (or channels) to each instrument in
your rig and always leave it set to that Channel. You can avoid a lot of confusion if you know, for
example, that the
SQ-80 always responds to Channels 1 through 9, the ESQ-M always responds to
Channel 10, the
Mirage to Channel 11, etc.
Section 5 — Sequencer and Controller Applications
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