BANK SELECT MESSAGES
The Bank Select message has been defined by the MIDI Manufacturers Association to consist of control change numbers OOh and 20h
as shown below:
Bnh
Control change status byte on channel
n+1
OOh
Bank Select (MSB)
Ovvwvw
MSB (zeros for the Spectrum Bass ED
20h
Bank Select (LSB)
Ovvwvw
LSB (zero or one for the Spectrum Bass H)
C«b
Program Change on channel
n
+1
Oppppppp
Program Number (0-127)
Note that the Bank Select message must be followed by a Program Change message.
Example 1:
The Spectrum Bass II will move to the program 26 in bank 1 (prog. #154; 128 + 26) if the following string is sent:
BO 00 00 20 01 CO la
Example 2:
The Spectrum Synth (on MIDI Channel 16) will move to program 26 in bank 0 (zero) if the following string is sent:
Bf 00 00 20 00 Cf la