Roland Gs Standard Support; Setting The Gs Variation (Bank Number) - Rodgers 835 Manual

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Press the key corresponding to the Program Change number of the desired MIDI

sound. Please refer to the "Internal Sound Module Instrument Charts" section.

Release SET to play the sound being previewed.

To preview another MIDI sound, hold SET and press another key to select another

Program Change number.

Press the MIDI coupler piston or General Cancel to exit the MIDI Set Mode.

When in the MIDI Set Mode, selecting a different Program Change number may also be

done by turning the Select Knob until the cursor in the Console Display is over the Program

Change number. Rotate the Alpha Dial until the desired number is selected. Press the MIDI

coupler piston.

For advanced MIDI applications there are times when no Program Change is to be sent by

a MIDI coupler piston. Then the Program Change number may be set to "OFF" by pressing a

key which has no associated Program Change number (a Pedal note, for example), or by

turning the Alpha Dial past Program #128 until "PGM OFF" appears in the Console Display.

In the past, most MIDI sound modules provided a maximum of 128 sounds. These were

selected by using MIDI Program Change messages, but they did not define standard sound

assignments for those messages. For example, one sound module may have had a trumpet on

Program Change #39, yet another sound module would have chimes on #39. It was difficult

at best for musicians to work with no standardization of sounds. With the creation of General

MIDI (GM), a standard list of sounds was defined, but only for the 128 sounds in the first

bank, Bank 0.

The Roland GS Standard honors that same standard list of sounds for Bank 0, but also

allows access to more than those 128 sounds. By selecting another bank using the Bank

Select message, the GS Standard provides an additional 127 banks (also called variations),

each containing 128 sounds. This allows for the possibility of up to 16,384 total sounds.

Many manufacturers of MIDI sound modules have added or will soon add support for this

standard, which is an upward extension of the current General MIDI Standard.

The MIDI menu on the Console Display enables the organist to choose a GS Bank Select

message for each MIDI coupler piston which is saved on combination pistons.

 SETTING THE GS VARIATION (BANK NUMBER):

Press and hold SET, then press a MIDI coupler piston. The piston flashes,

indicating the MIDI Set Mode is active. The Console Display reads:

Turn the Select Knob clockwise (right). The cursor moves to the Variation Field

("VAR") in the menu. Note: The variation numbers for sounds in the MIDI sound