Roland CM-500 - (4) Alternate Voicings

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Tone
numbering
is
а
combination
of
Bank
Select
and
Program
Change
message.
Although
Bank
Select
messages
in
MIDI
standard
consist
of
Control
Change
message
addresses
0
(MSB)
and
32
(LSB),
in
the
GS
format
it
was
decided
that
only
the
number
of
0
(GS
Bank
Select
number)
would
be
used.
When
a
tone
is
to
be
changed,
the
GS
Bank
Select
number
is
sent
first,
followed
by
the
Program
Change
message,
when
this
message is received the tone is changed.
(4)
Alternate
Voicings—No
Matter
What
GS
Sound
Source
You
Use,
The
Song
Remains
The
Same
In
the
GS
Format,
tones
are
organized
(roughly
by
what
kind
of
sound
they
are)
into
something
called
a
“tone
map”.
By
arranging
the
tones
this
way,
a
song
written
for
one
GS
sound
source
will
also
playback
with
the
same
kind
of
sounds
on
a
different
GS
sound
source.
However,
this
does
not
mean
that
all
the
spots
in
the
tone
map
have
tones
allocated
to
them:
it
depends
on
the
sound
source.
Imagine
a
situation
in
which
a
GS
sound
source,
call
it
B,
is
used
to
play
song
data
that
was
written
for
a
different
GS
sound
source,
А.
Suddenly
the
song
data
tells
B
to
change
to
a
spot
in
the
tone
map
that
т
A
was
assigned
to
Some
neat
tone,
but
where
it
so
happens
B
has
nothing.
No
sound.
Неге
is
where
the
GS
Format
steps
in
to
say
"if
that
particular
tone
can’t
make
the
performance,
give
us
something
that
is
as
close
as
possible”.
Let's Meet the Alternate for the Part.
Variants of Sub-Capital (16)
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Variants of Capital
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Program change number
Similar instruments are arranged in the columns of the tone map, and similar kinds of tones
are arranged in the horizontal rows. Meanwhile, you'll find the most basic kind of tones
are located at GS Bank Select number 0: these are called “Capitals”. Whatever the GS
sound source, some kind of tone will be assigned to every Capital.
Capitals,
similar
instruments
and
similar
kinds
of
tones,
can
be
further
subdivided
into
groups
based
on
“nuance”.
The
representative
sounds
for
this
group
are
found
starting
at