Assigning Midi Program Changes To Organ Pistons - Allen Organ Company Quantum User Manual

Use the "▲" and "▼" buttons in the Console Controller™ to change the Program Change
Numbers. Use the "◄" and "►" buttons in the Console Controller™ to change the BANK
Numbers (See Section C-). Note: The Allen Organ uses MIDI Program Change Zero as a
message for "MIDI OFF." Therefore, MIDI Program Change 1 corresponds to the General MIDI
sound "Acoustic Grand Piano." Some MIDI devices do not use Program Change zero for MIDI
OFF. Consequently, Program Change Zero, ("- - -" in the window) when sent from the organ, will
correspond to Program Change 1 on those MIDI devices. Program Change 1 sent from the Allen
will correspond to Program Change 2 on those MIDI devices etc.
4.

ASSIGNING MIDI PROGRAM CHANGES TO ORGAN PISTONS

This function allows the organist to select any voice from an external MIDI device by pressing
any General or Divisional piston on the organ. The "USER" program change mode must be
selected (See Section C-2). Advance to the 'MIDI PROG CHANGE' window function and it will
display:
For this example press the Swell Division Piston 1. The display will change to:
The window displays the last piston pressed and the MIDI program number being sent by that
piston. Use the "▲" and "▼" buttons in the Console Controller™ to raise or lower the program
number.
A program number of (1-128) will be transmitted on the channel assigned to the division from
which you selected the piston; in this case, the Swell Division on Channel 1. (See Section C1).
Note: Reconfiguring a Divisional Piston to become a General Piston will NOT change the MIDI
channel it transmits on. Also, refer to the program number chart in the owner's manual of the
external MIDI device you are using. Once you have assigned a MIDI program change number to
a piston, that number will remain assigned to that piston even if the organ has been turned off.
5. MIDI BANK SELECTING
Many MIDI devices permit access to a variety of sounds in addition to the General MIDI sounds.
Normally these additional sounds are stored in groups called BANKS. A BANK in MIDI
terminology means a group of voices or sounds. There are two levels of banks. One level offers
two choices, High Bank and Low Bank. Each of these, High Bank and Low Bank, has as sub-
groups other level of banks, BANK Numbers.
MIDI devices can have as many as 128 sounds/voices per BANK Number. There are also 128
BANK Numbers (Ø through 127). Therefore it is possible that a MIDI device that is only High
Bank or Low Bank compatible. With 128 BANK Numbers, each could contain up to 128
voices/sounds, for a total of 16,384 sounds. Think of these BANK Numbers as floors or stories in
a tall building. Each floor would contain 128 rooms and each room could then contain 128 voices.
MIDI PROG CHANGE
SW 1 BANK
P: 1
SW 1 BANK
P:128
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