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Program Names
There are 128 program names in the Multi-Instrument window. A total of 15 banks of
128 program names are available. There are several ways of entering program names:
• By double-clicking the name (via the text input field).
• By copying (via the Clipboard) from a different multi-instrument, or from a
word-processing program. The Clipboard functions for a whole sound bank are available
in the Options pop-up menu.
• First, copy the program numbers or General MIDI names to the Clipboard, and add
them to a word-processing document.
• You can then edit the names and copy the whole section back again.
• If you want to use program numbers instead of names, choose Init Names as Numbers
from the Options pop-up menu.
• If you want to use General MIDI program names, choose Init General MIDI Names. If
the Use GM Drum Program Names for Channel 10 checkbox, at the bottom of the
window, is activated, the standard GM drum set names are shown in the Program menu
of the Parameter box for sub-channel 10.
If the Program box in the selected sub-channel’s Parameter box has a checkmark in it,
you can send a program change message by selecting a program name in the
Multi-Instrument window.
Bank
The Bank pop-up menu allows you to choose one of 15 available sound banks (0 to 14).
The top item—”No Bank specified. Names of Bank 0 used.”—can be used if your sound
generator does not understand bank select messages, or only has 128 sound programs.
• Bank 0 is always initialized.
• The first time you choose one of the banks numbered 1 to 14, you are asked whether
or not you want to initialize this bank.
• Non-initialized banks use the names of the equivalent program numbers from bank 0.
Note: You should only initialize additional banks if you want to enter program names for
those banks, because each initialized bank uses more memory.
Bank Message
The Bank Message pop-up menu allows you to define the MIDI events that are sent when
you switch between the banks of the multi-instrument.
Different bank select formats are used by different MIDI instrument manufacturers. Refer
to your MIDI instrument’s manual to see whether or not it supports bank select messages,
and if so, what format it uses.
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