How Does Variation Select Work - Rodgers PR-300 Owner's Manual

How does Variation Select work?
Variation
Select
127
•
As you've already seen, you can select 128
different sounds using Program Change messages.
Variation Select allows you to select any of 128
variations of each Program Change message. An
illustration showing the relationship of Variation
Select messages to Program Change messages is
shown.
Variation messages have a value between 0 and
127. If you send a Variation Select message of 8,
then Variation 8 will be selected.
If no Variation Select message is sent, then
Variation 0 (no variation) is assumed. Variation 0
was shown in the previous diagram with no
shading.
Let's look at a specific example which will show
the relationship of Variation Select messages and
Program Change messages.
etc.
5
4
3
2
o
Program
Changes
2
3
4
5
6 7
etc.
128
(1) Press [SOUND] and rotate the alpha-dial to
select Part 1 (if it isn't already selected).
SOUND
EFFECTS
!l.-Cr -
t-·t· 1
ii'"1
d _.•
Piano 1
1-
If the .- prompt isn't at the beginning of the first
line, press [BEAT] before rotating the alpha-dial.
Press [BEAT]
if ".-"
prompt isn't
located here.
(2) Press [TEMPO] to move the .. prompt to the
beginning of the second line.
(3) Rotate the alpha-dial to select" E.Piano 1"•
TEMPO
J=
Pat-·t.: 1
~.
Piano 1
1-
Notice the two numbers at the end of the first line.
"5 - 0" means that this voice can be selected by
sending Program Change 5, Variation Select O.
(4) Rotate the alpha-dial to select "Detuned EP 1".
Notice the two numbers now read "5 - 8", meaning
this voice is selected by sending Program Change
5, Variation Select 8.
If we send Variation Select 0 and Program Change
5 to the PR-300, "E. Piano 1" would be selected. If
we send Variation Select 8 and Program Change 5,
"DetuDed EP 1" would be selected.
~ .. E. Pi.::ino 1
p.::it-·t.:
1 5- :::
llr
Det.uned EP 1
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