Playing Sounds Of The Pr-300S; Playing The Pr-300S Gs Sound Module - Rodgers PR-300S Owner's Manual

Playing Sounds of the PR-300S
The PR-300S has 354 high quality sounds which can be used to create many different styles of music. In
this section, we'll show you how to play PR-300S sounds from another MIDI device, such as a Rodgers organ
or MIDI keyboard.
We'll also tell you about the different ways that sounds can be selected.
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Internal sounds
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Common Use
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Playing the PR·300S GS Sound Module
When the PR-300S is connected to a MIDI synthesizer or
keyboard, each of the 16 MIDI channels can be used to control
EITHER a PR-300S sound or a sound in the MIDI keyboard.
For example, when the PR-300S is connected to a Rodgers
organ, some MIDI channels are used to control PR-300S sounds
and some MIDI channels are used to control the organ's sounds.
So that the resources of both the PR-300S and the MIDI
keyboard can be utilized, some of the 16 MIDI channels are
designated for PR-300S use only, and some of the 16 MIDI
channels are designated for MIDI keyboard use only.
MIDI uses 16 different channels to communicate. Each of these
channels can be used to control a different sound.
To use the resources of both instruments together, the PR-300S
must be told which of the 16 MIDI channels will be used to
control the PR-300S's internal sounds and which will be used to
control sounds in an external MIDI instrument (such as a MIDI
keyboard or Rodgers organ).
The PR-300S is equipped with a high resolution sound generator
which produces many great sounding instruments and effects
(you've already heard some of them by listening to the demo
disk). This sound generator conforms to both the new General
MIDI Specification and the GS Format.
The default setting for channels I-lOis 'INTERNAL'. This
means channels 1-10 will be used to control the internal sounds
of the PR-300S. Channels I I -16 are usually set to
'EXTERNAL', meaning that they will be used to control an
external instrument, such as a Rodgers organ. Each MIDI
channel can be set to 'INTERNAL (lNT) or 'EXTERNAL'
(EXT) independently.