Parts And Tones; How To Use The Instrument List; Changing Instruments From Sequencer Software By Using Midi Messages - Roland Sound Canvas SK-500 Owner's Manual

Parts and Tones

Sounds or Instruments contained in the SK-500 are listed in the Instrument
List (p. 121). Each instrument has two numbers, an Instrument number and
a Variation number, and they are used for selecting the sound you wish to
use.

How to Use the Instrument List

fig.prt-inst
Strings/Orchestra
CC00 (Control Change)
PC (Program Change)
Voices
Remark :
Remark +
Changing instruments from sequencer software by
using MIDI messages
Sending MIDI messages from the sequencer program to the SK-500 can
change instruments on each part. Use the instrument number and the
variation number to specify the instruments. Make sure that the numbers
are correct, because the list starts with different numbers depending on the
software you have. On the SK-500, the instrument number starts at 0 and the
variation number starts at 1.
Variation number corresponds to MIDI Bank numbers, and Instrument
numbers correspond to MIDI Program numbers.
Variation number (value of Controller
Change 0)
Capital sounds with Variation number 0
are shown in boldface.
Instrument number
number of voices used by the Instrument
legato-enabled sounds (refer to Legato-
enabled Sounds (p. 79))
percussive sounds which cannot be played
melodically.
When changing the
Variation number on the
Normal part, the numbers
"64" and "65" may show
up in the display. Also on
the drum part, numbers
"065" and "066" may
appear. These are the
numbers used by MIDI
data when temporarily
changing instrument or
drum sounds. They will
revert to their defaults as
soon as power is switched
off.
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