ROLAND GS STANDARD SUPPORT
The MIDI menu on the Console Display enables the organist
to
choose a GS Bank Select
message for each MIDI coupler piston which
is
saved on combination pistons.
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S~TTING
THE
GS VARIATION (BANK NUMBER):
1.
Press and hold SET, then press a MIDI coupler piston. The piston flashes,
indicating the MIDI Set Mode
is
active. The Console Display reads:
In the past, most MIDI sound modules provided a maximum
of
128 sounds. These were
selected by using MIDI Program Change messages, but they did not define standard sound
assignments for those messages. For example, one sound module may have had a trumpet on
Program Change #39, yet another sound module would have chimes on #39.
It
was difficult at
best for musicians
to
work with no standardization
of
sounds. With the creation
of
General
MIDI (GM), a standard list
of
sounds was defined, but only for the 128 sounds
in
the first
bank, Bank
0.
The Roland GS Standard honors that same standard list
of
sounds for Bank
0,
but also
allows access to
more than those 128 sounds. By selecting another bank using the Bank Select
message, the GS Standard provides an additional 127 banks (also called
variations), each
containing 128 sounds. This allows for the possibility
of
up to 16,384 total sounds. Many
manufacturers
of
MIDI sound modules have added or will soon add support for this standard,
which
is
an upward extension
of
the current General MIDI Standard.
For advanced MIDI applications there are times when no Program Change
is
to
be
sent
by
a MIDI coupler piston. Then the Program Change number may be set to "OFF" by pressing a
key which has no associated Program Change number (a Pedal note, for example), or by
turning the Alpha Dial past Program #128 until
"PGM OFF" appears
in
the Console Display.
2.
By continuing to hold SET, the organ will remain
in
the MIDI Set Mode.
3.
Press the key corresponding to the Program Change number
of
the desired MIDI
sound. Please refer
to
the "Internal Sound Module Instrument Charts" section.
4.
Release SET to play the sound being previewed.
5.
To preview another MIDI sound, hold SET and press another key
to
select another
Program Change number.
6.
Press the MIDI coupler piston
or
General Cancel to exit the MIDI Set Mode.
When
in
the MIDI Set Mode, selecting a different Program Change number may also be
done by turning the Select Knob until the cursor
in
the Console Display
is
over the Program
Change number. Rotate the Alpha Dial until the desired number
is
selected. Press the MIDI
coupler piston.
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