Setup Definitions; Preset Loading; How To Assign A Base Channel To The Pcm96 Surround - Harman Lexicon PCM96 Surround Owner's Manual

• Only has 1 to 3 PCM Devices

SETUP DEFINITIONS

Setup #1 – More Devices: This setup would be used in situations where you
want to control more than 3 PCM Devices on the same MIDI port. This
setup will control up to 16 PCM Devices. In this particular setup configura-
tion, you cannot make specific patch changes on individual machines via
MIDI; you can only change the System Presets.
You would arrange the MIDI Control Menu in this way:
MIDI: ON
Sysex Device ID: 0
System MIDI Ch: 0
(Each subsequent PCM Device would be the next number... 0 – 15.)
Machine 1 MIDI Ch: OFF
Machine 2 MIDI Ch: OFF
Machine 3 MIDI Ch: OFF
Machine 4 MIDI Ch: OFF
Setup #2 – More Control: This setup allows the user to control all the
aspects of the PCM Device that can be controlled via MIDI. However, the
user is limited to a maximum of 3 PCM Devices with this setup. The user
can define the Machine Configuration on one MIDI channel, then define
what preset will be loaded in each Machine using different MIDI channels.
This setup also allows each Soft Row parameter on each Machine to be con-
trolled with MIDI Continuous Controllers.
You would arrange the MIDI Control Menu in this way:
MIDI: ON
Sysex Device ID: 0
System MIDI Ch: 0
(Each subsequent PCM Device would then start on MIDI channel 5, with
each machine as Channel +1.)
Machine 1 MIDI Ch: 1
Machine 2 MIDI Ch: 2
Machine 3 MIDI Ch: 3
Machine 4 MIDI Ch: 4

PRESET LOADING

Because of the large number of potential presets in the PCM96 Surround,
Preset Change messages are used along with the Bank Select extension to
provide MIDI preset selection. Controller 32 is used to select the current
preset bank. Controller 32 is sent to the system (to select the desired bank),
followed by a Preset Change message to select a preset. The Bank values are
"sticky," meaning the PCM96 Surround will remember the Bank values for
each MIDI channel. It is not necessary to send a Bank change with each
Preset Change unless the Bank has indeed changed.
HOW TO ASSIGN A BASE CHANNEL TO THE PCM96
SURROUND
The base channel identifies a PCM96 Surround unit to a MIDI device. Add
1, 2, 3, or 4 to the unit's base channel to identify virtual machines within
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