Instrument Definition

 

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How to get there

Choose Instrument List from the Window Menu, if it isn’t already selected. The Instrument List window appears on your screen. Choose New Instrument from the instrument drop-down list (with View by Staves selected), or click the New Instrument button (with View by Instruments selected).

To change the definition of an existing instrument, select the instrument in the Instrument List window, then click the Edit Instrument button. Or, click the Bank (B) column or ctrl-click the Channel (Chan.), Bank (B), Program Change (Prog.), or Instrument Name (Instrument) columns.

What it does

Use this dialog box to create new instruments and edit existing instruments, as well as to specify or modify channel, bank, and program change information for an instrument.

The first option corresponds to the simple program change. The remaining options provide bank support. "Bank Select 0, Bank Select 32, Program Change" is the standard method of doing bank select; first controller 0 (C0), then controller 32 (C32) are sent with their respective values (these two controllers determine the bank), then a program change (PC) is sent. The next two drop-down list selections are variations on the standard. In both cases, only one of the controllers is sent with its value. The last case, Program Change, Program Change, is bank select done by two standard program changes.

Note: If you prefer, you can directly enter the program change number into the Instrument List’s "Prog." (program change) column, instead of entering it here.

See Also:

Instrument List

General MIDI Patch Numbers and Names

 

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