Kurzweil SP5-8 - SP5 Operating Modes - MIDI and Program Number Details; MIDI Program Change and Program Number Calculations

The Operating Modes
Functions
5-5
Creating Layers in Program Mode is slightly different from creating Layers in Setup Mode.
See The Layer Function on page 6-8 (for Layers in Program Mode) and The Layer Function on
page 7-7 (for Layers in Setup Mode).
MIDI Program Change Function
Pressing both the Voices and Mallets category buttons simultaneously takes you to the
MIDI Program Change Function page.
With this Function, you can send a MIDI Program Change message to connected sound
modules. Doing so will not affect the local sound (that is, it will not affect the currently
selected Program on the SP5). Select the Keypad category button to enter Program
numbers from 0 to 2,097,151—this seemingly random number comes from the fact that, by
the General MIDI Standard, you can send Program messages for up to 16,384 MIDI Banks
(0–16,383), each containing up to 128 Programs.
When a message is sent with the MIDI Program Change Function, any Global setting that
might disable MIDI Transmit or might disable MIDI Program Change is ignored. After the
MIDI Program Change message is sent, the SP5 will automatically return to the previous
Mode.
A MIDI Program Change message can be canceled by pressing any button other than the
alphanumeric entry and Value buttons, or turning the Alpha Wheel.
Differing Program Numbers
If the Programs on your connected sound module are organized by MIDI Bank with each
Program number being between 0 and 127, then use the following formula to determine
what number to enter for the MIDI Program Change Function:
[MIDI Bank number] * 128 + [Program number]