Choosing The Instrument Sound (Bank And Patch) - CAKEWALK PRO AUDIO User Manual

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Note:
If you rearrange your MIDI output devices after making port
assignments, you may Þnd MIDI information being sent to different
instruments than you expect. Also, Pro Audio allows you to deÞne
instruments that are associated with certain output ports and
channels. If you use this feature, the name of the port will change to
reßect the instrument you have chosen. For more information about
instrument deÞnitions, see Chapter 10, Using Instrument DeÞnitions.
To Assign a Track to a Port...
1. Move the highlight to the Port column of the track you want to
assign.
2. Press the + or – key until the port you want is displayed.
You can also change the port value in a variety of other ways, as
described on page 3-15. To change the port setting for more than one
track at a time, select the tracks you want to change and choose
Track-Property-Port .
Choosing the Instrument Sound (Bank and
Patch)
Electronic keyboards and synthesizers often contain hundreds or
thousands of different sounds. Each sound is known as a patch. The
name comes from the early days of synthesizers, for which you physically
rewired (using patch cords) the oscillators and modulators to produce
different sounds. Patches are normally organized into groups of 128,
called banks. Most instruments have between 1 and 8 banks, but MIDI
supports up to 16,384 banks of 128 patches each (thatÕs over 2 million
patches).
The bank and patch settings in the Track view control the initial bank
and patch of a track during playback. Every time Pro Audio starts