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MIDI Mode
Program Change Formats
Quick Access Banks—Extended (QA Ext)
Using this setting is similar to using the Extended program change format, but it goes one step
further. Incoming program change commands are interpreted just as they are in the normal
Extended format. But the resulting program change number, instead of selecting a program,
selects a Quick Access bank entry (you must be in Quick Access mode for this to work). There
are two advantages to using this format. First, it allows you to select both programs and setups
using program change commands, without having to switch between Program and Setup
modes. Second, you can remap incoming program change commands to select programs or
setups with different IDs. This is handy if the sending unit canÕt send program change
commands higher than 127.
First, a brief review of Quick Access bank structure. Each Quick Access bank can store ten
entries, each of which can be a program or a setup. Each of the K2600Õs 10 memory banks can
store 20 Quick Access banks (except the Zeros bank, which can store 75). Therefore when youÕre
in Quick Access mode, you have access to 200 (or 750 in the Zeros bank) programs or setups
without leaving the currently selected memory bank. The QA Ext program change format lets
you select any one of those programs or setups via MIDI. If you select another memory bank,
you have a different set of 200 programs and setups at your disposal.
When youÕre using this format, the K2600 will respond to MC 0 or 32 messages for selecting QA
banks, and to PCHs for selecting entries within the current bank. PCHs select entries according
to their ÒchronologicalÓ listing within the QA bank (not according to their IDs).
Command Type
MIDI controller 0 or 32
(MC 0 or MC 32)
Standard (PCH)
Depending on the QA bank entry you want to select, youÕll send the K2600 either a PCH (value
0 to 99), or a MIDI Controller 0 or 32 message (value 0 to 7) followed by a PCH. Sending a single
command will let you select from a range of 10 QA banks and select an entry within that bank
(see the table below). To select a different range of QA banks, send an MC 0 or 32 message
followed by a PCH.
The MC 0 or 32 messages selects the range of QA banks (10s through 70s), while the PCH selects
the bank within that range, as well as the entry within that bank. Neither the MC 0 or 32 nor the
PCH selects a different memory bank (Zeros through 900s). In fact, you canÕt change the memory
bank via MIDI when using this format. All program and setup selections are made within the
currently selected memory bank. YouÕll know which memory bank is selected by looking at the
ID of the currently selected Quick Access bank in the top line of the Quick Access-mode page.
Several examples follow.
10-14
Range of
Result
Values
0 to 7
Selects QA bank 0n, 1n, 2n, 3n, 4n, 5n, 6n, 7n in current memory bank
8–127
Ignored
0–99
Selects last digit (n above) of QA bank, and entry within that bank
100–127
Ignored
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