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MIDI

3 MIDI

The MIDI mode allows you to setup various parameters relating to the S1000. Of course, MIDI

receive channels, etc, can be set up from the EDIT PROG mode, but this mode gives you control

over some more "global" parameters.

BASIC MIDI

When you first press the MIDI button, the BASIC MIDI CHANNEL CONTROL page is

entered. This selects a number of parameters which affect the MIDI response of the whole

instrument.

The first parameter is the "program select enable" parameter. This can be set ON or

OFF to enable or disable Program Change commands. Disabling Program Change commands

can be important when controlling the S1000 from an external sequencer, as it will stop

nonexistent programs being selected accidentally, with the resulting embarrassing periods of

silence.

However, if you decide to enable Program Change, the next parameter allows you to specify

the MIDI channel on which the S1000 will accept these messages. Note that S1000 starts

numbering its programs at 01, as opposed to some MIDI devices, whose programs start at 00.

You can override the Program Change channel by switching the Program Change OMNI to

ON. This does not mean that notes will be received and played on any channel, but only

Program Change messages.

The currently selected program number is displayed and may be changed underneath this.

Remember that a program number on the S1000 does not mean that a single program has

been selected - instead it means that all

programs with that number are selected.

Finally, the "

OMNI override for play input" does what its name implies -playing data

(Note On/Off, etc) will be accepted from any

MIDI channel, which means that when you are

testing and editing a program, you don't have to worry about setting the keyboard or any

MIDI source to the right channel number. Of course, when performing from a keyboard

and/or a sequencer (using a MIDI merge), you can turn this off to take full advantage of the

multi-timbral capability of the S1000.

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