Kurzweil SPS4-8 Datasheet download pdf (Page 41)

The Operating Modes

Functions

5-5

Creating Layers in Program Mode is slightly different from creating Splits in Setup Mode.

See The Layer Function on page 6-9 (for Layers in Program Mode) and The Layer Function on

page 7-9 (for Layers in Setup Mode).

MIDI Program Change Function

Pressing both the Sound Select A and Sound Select B buttons simultaneously will take you

into the MIDI Program Change Function page.

With this Function, you can send a MIDI Program Change message to connected sound

modules. Doing so will not affect the local sound (that is, it will not affect the currently

selected program on the SPS4). Using the secondary functions of the Group Select and

Sound Select buttons, you can enter program numbers from 0 to 2,097,152—this seemingly

random number comes from the fact that, by the General MIDI Standard, you can send

Program messages for up to 16,384 MIDI Banks, each containing up to 128 programs.

When a message is sent with the MIDI Program Change Function, any Global setting that

might disable MIDI Transmit or might disable MIDI Program Change is ignored. After the

MIDI Program Change message is sent, the SPS4 will automatically return to the previous

mode.

A MIDI Program Change message can be canceled by pressing any button other than the

Numeric Entry buttons or the Value buttons.

NOTE: A “Bank” is a SPS4-speciﬁc term not to be confused with the general “MIDI

Bank”, which contains 128 Objects. When transmitting MIDI Bank Change and MIDI

Program Change messages, always think in terms of “MIDI Banks” rather than “Banks”.

Differing Program Numbers

If the programs on your connected sound module are organized by MIDI Bank with each

program number being between 0 and 127, then use the following formula to determine

what number to enter for the MIDI Program Change Function:

[MIDI Bank number] * 128 + [program number] - 1

So for example, if you want to send to a MIDI Program Change message for Program 83 in

MIDI Bank 4, you would enter the number 594—this number is equal to 4 * 128 + 83 - 1.

If the programs on your connected sound module are organized by MIDI Bank with each

program number being between 1 and 128, then use the following formula to determine

what number to enter in MIDI Program Change mode:

1 2 ... 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 ... 119 120

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