Moog MESSENGER User Manual page 8

LOADING AND EXPLORING SOUNDS
Messenger contains 16 banks of 16 presets and comes with 240 pre-programmed factory presets
in banks 1-15. Bank 16 is reserved for your own user presets. The PROGRAMMER is found above
the keyboard and primarily consists of program buttons 1-16 as well as the six buttons on the right
(SETTINGS/BANK/PATCH/SAVE/SEQ/ARP) to modify operation of the PGM 1-16 buttons.
The factory presets are organized into the following banks:
1. Messenger - A selection of top presets from every category
2. Classic Bass - Traditional synth bass and vintage low end
3. Modern Bass - Edgy and aggressive basses
4. Sub Bass - Clean deep tones for low end layering
5. Hard Lead - Cutting and expressive solo sounds
6. Soft Lead - Smooth melodic melodies
7. Arps - Arpeggiated plucks and patterns
8. Orchestral - Brass, reeds, and strings
9. Keys - Piano, keys, and organs
10. Pads - Textured shapes and harmonic clusters
11. Mallets and Metal - Bells, mallets, and inharmonic metallics
12. Sweeps - Movement, motion, and momentum
13. Drones - Dense drones and evolving tones
14. Percussion - Kicks, snares and toms to build your beat
15. FX - Dynamic sonic events that inspire
16. User - 16 blank patches to create your own sound
Select a bank of presets by first pressing BANK and then
using PGM 1-16 buttons to select one of the 16 banks. Once
you have selected a bank the PATCH button will illuminate
and you may select one of the 16 patches in the current
bank with the PGM 1-16 buttons.
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