Assigning the Bank Select method

Your synthesizer uses one of four bank select methods to switch back and forth between banks of sounds. To find the method used for your instrument, check the instrument’s User’s Guide or the manufacturer’s website. The four methods are as follows:

Method	Used for
Normal	Instruments that respond to Controller 0 or Controller 32 bank select messages
Controller 0 only	Instruments that only respond to Controller 0 bank select messages
Controller 32 only	Instruments that only respond to Controller 32 bank select messages
Patch 100...127	Instruments that let you change banks by sending patch changes between 100 and 127

The bank select method you choose affects the bank numbers that you assign to each patch list, as described in the following section. Here’s how you compute the bank numbers:

Bank select method	To compute the bank number
Normal	Take the value of Controller 0, multiply it by 128, and add the value of Controller 32 to derive the bank number. Note: A synthesizer manufacturer may refer to Controller 0 as the MSB (Most Significant Byte) and to Controller 32 as the LSB (Least Significant Byte).
Controller 0 only	The value of Controller 0 is the bank number.
Controller 32 only	The value of Controller 32 is the bank number.
Patch 100...127	Take the patch number and subtract 100 to derive the bank number.

Here is an example of the Normal bank select method. According to the documentation for the Roland JV-1080 synthesizer, the PR-A Bank has a Controller 0 value of 81 and a Controller 32 value of 0. You compute the bank number that you enter in the instrument definition as follows: (81 × 128) + 0 = 10,368.

To change the Bank Select method

1.	Highlight and expand the instrument in the Instrument tree.

2.	Expand the Bank Select Method branch in the Names tree.

3.	Drag the desired bank select method from the Names tree to the Instrument tree.

 

See also:

Creating and editing patch name and other lists

Copying name lists

Assigning patch names

Assigning note names

Assigning controller, RPN, and NRPN names