ENSONIQ EPS-16 PLUS Musician's Manual page 51

EPS-16 PLUS Musician's Manual
• When set to INST CHAN, each of the eight EPS-16 PLUS instruments will
send on its own MIDI channel (or not at all, if assigned LOCAL status). Each
instrument will have its own MIDI program number and its own PRESSURE
setting.
When TRANSMIT ON=INST CHAN and the MIDI IN MODE=POLY, the
EPS-16 PLUS goes into Smart Transmit mode and will retransmit incoming
single channel MIDI data multi-timbrally over up to eight independent MIDI
channels, based on the parameter settings on the EDIT/Instrument page. See
"Smart Transmit" in Section 3 —Instruments and Banks for complete details.
• When set to BASE CHAN, the EPS-16 PLUS will always transmit notes,
controllers and program changes on the Base MIDI channel and only on that
channel, no matter what instruments are selected from the front panel.
This parameter has no effect on the EPS-16 PLUS rack-mount unit. It is utilized
by the keyboard version of the EPS-16 PLUS, which uses the same operating
system.
This parameter determines how MIDI information will be received by the
EPS-16 PLUS and its various Instruments. MIDI In Mode has no effect on what
MIDI information is sent
There are five MIDI modes implemented in the EPS-16 PLUS:
• OMNI — In this mode the EPS-16 PLUS will receive on all 16 MIDI
• POLY — In this mode the EPS-16 PLUS will receive only on the Base
• MULTI — An ENSONIQ innovation, MULTI mode is the key to
EDIT System•MIDI Page
channels. This mode is useful when you are only using a few
instruments, and you are not concerned with setting up different channels
for each device.
MIDI channel. MIDI information on all other channels will be ignored.
unlocking the potential of the EPS-16 PLUS as a multi-timbral receiver
from an external MIDI sequencer. In MULTI mode the 8 tracks of the
current song or sequence or 8 individual instruments can receive MIDI
information independently and polyphonically on up to 8 different MIDI
channels.
Section 2 — System Control
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