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30. Can a track contain multiple instruments?
Yes, but not playing at the same time. For example, you can insert
Program Change messages into a track (using Event Edit), and change
the program from Piano to Guitar to Trumpet, etc. But only one
instrument at a time can play. You can also layer instruments in
Sequencer Mode (see next question).
31. How do I layer instruments in Sequencer Mode?
You can layer multiple instruments if you were to set more than 1 track
to the same MIDI Channel.
For example, on (3.1-1/2) [Prm1] [MIDI…8/16]:
Track MIDI Channel
1 1 Piano
2 2 Strings
3 3 Guitar etc.
With this (normal) setup, you record data separately on each track, and
it plays back separately on each instrument. You could change the
instrument of each track using Program Change messages, but you can
never have more than one instrument at a time on a single track.
Track MIDI Channel
1 1 Piano
2 1 Strings
3 1 Guitar
With this setup, you could record data on either tracks 1,2 or 3, and it
would play all 3 instruments at the same time. Note that you cannot use
Program Changes with this setup, because if you send a Program Change
on any Track, all 3 instruments would change to it.
32. Is it possible to copy a Combi to a single track and leave the
other 15 free vs. having to copy a Combi to 8 tracks and only
have 8 left?
No. A Combi uses multiple timbres on different MIDI Channels,
therefore, it needs multiple tracks on different MIDI Channels when
copied into the Sequencer.
Notice that not all Combis use all 8 timbres. Some Combis use only 2, 3,
4 etc. The “Copy From Combi” UTILITY has 2 options: Copy into Tracks
1~8, or Tracks 9~16. But if the Combi itself only uses 4 timbres, (i.e.
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