Roland R-8M Owner's Manual page 21

QABOUT
THE
R-8M
3.
MIDI
Message Flow
The R
-
8M
uses the
following types of
MIDI
message.
Note message,
control
change message
Control channel
(program change message.
exclusive
message)
Control channel
Exclusive message
(bulk
dump)
Temporary
area
Patch
Instrument Section
(receive channel)
Performance Section
1
(receive
channel)
Performance Section
2
(receive channel)
Performance
Section
3
(receive
channel)
Performance Section
4
(receive channel)
Feel
Patch
Patch Feel Patch
Each
section
has
its
own MIDI
channel on which
MIDI
messages
will
be independently
received.
The
receive channel of each section
( "=r see
page 25, 35) receives mainly
note
message and
control
change
message.
In addition, the
Instrument Section
receives control
change message
to
control the sound of
up
to
9
specified instruments. In
this
way,
each section
can be used
as an independent
sound
source.
In addition to the receive channel of each
section, there
is
also
a
control channel
(crsee page
55).
The
control channel receives
program change message
to select
Patches or Feel Patches.
You
can use
the
program change map
(
cr
see
page
57) to specify
which Feel Patch or Patch
will
be
selected
by
each
incoming program number.
The
control
channel
is
also.
used for reception
and
transmission of
exclusive message.
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