Rodgers 940 Manual page 28

MIDI CONNECTIONS
Always connect a sequencer to the Sequencer In/Out ports on the organ.
The sequencer must
not be
in
"Soft Thru" mode.
Any other MIDI instruments or keyboards should use the ports
labeled "MIDI."
SUSTAIN SWITCH
This switch is located on the left side of the Choir/Great/Pedal (far left) expression pedal. This
switch will sustain voices playing from the MIDI ON GT coupler. Press the switch to sustain,
release to stop.
ROLAND GS STANDARD SUPPORT
In the past, most MIDI sound modules provided a maximum of 128 sounds selected by using
MIDI Program Change messages, but did not define standard voices for those messages. The
Roland
as
Standard does define a standard list of voices, and also allows access to more than 128
sounds. By using the Bank Select message from the MIDI specification, the
as
Standard provides
128 banks, each containing 128 sounds. This allows for up to 16,384 sounds.
A menu item adjacent to the MIDI Coupler menu on the console display enables the organist to
associate a OS Bank Select message with a MIDI coupler.
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The top line is retained from the MIDI Coupler menu item to show the currently selected
coupler. The coupler name and channel number can only be changed from the MIDI Coupler menu
item.
To select a particular sound on a
as
compatible instrument, first choose the tone number on the
Program Change menu. Then hold SET and turn the SELECT knob until the VARIATION menu is
displayed. Then release SET and tum SELECT to choose the Variation (Bank Select) to be
transmitted when the Program Change message is sent. When OFF is selected, no Bank Select
message will be sent.
The variation selected in this menu will be saved in combination pistons along with the other
coupler parameters.
When the organ is turned on, the default variation for all MIDI couplers is
O.
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