Using The Patchbay Features - M-Audio Portman 4x4 Manual

Using the Patchbay Features

Suppose you've got a master keyboard and several MIDI tone
modules. When you're performing, some songs use one module,
some use another, still others use sounds from two or more, lay-
ered together. If you're not using your computer setup live, in
order to make these changes you have to either reconfigure your
gear or re-patch cables. With the PORTMAN 4x4/S, you only
have to send a MIDI program change command from your master
controller, and it will automatically re-patch for you.
The patchbay functions of the PORTMAN 4x4/S are configured
by the Remote Control Software and saved in the internal memo-
ry of the PORTMAN 4x4/S. Once you have saved a set of patch-
bay programs (or even a single one) they are permanently avail-
able (at least until you choose to overwrite them) when the PORT-
MAN 4x4/S is in Patchbay mode. See the section on Using the
Remote Control Software for more details about setting and sav-
ing patchbay programs.
Lets look at a couple of examples:
Let's say you have a Korg M1™ as a master controller, with a
Roland Sound Canvas™ and a Kurzweil K2000R™ as additional
sound sources and they are connected to PORTMAN 4x4/S MIDI
ports 1 and 2 respectively. You want to layer string sounds from
the Roland and the Kurzweil for a particular song. You would set
up a program like this:
Insert Fig. Program1
This program will take the input from your master controller and
send it to both MIDI Out 1 and MIDI Out 2. Note that the Korg
should be connected to MIDI In 4 of the PORTMAN 4x4/S so that
it can send program change messages to the PORTMAN on chan-
nel 16.
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