Using Multiple MIDI Banks

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2011/01/28 10:29:42 (permalink)

Using Multiple MIDI Banks

I did a search  but couldn't find anything that covers this issue.
 
OK, here’s a MIDI question that has me a bit confused.  I’m using an external hardware synth - Alesis QSR - with SONAR and everything is working fine.  I can switch banks & patches in SONAR and the changes show up in the QSR.  I finally got a QSR INS file to work correctly.
 
I have 16 MIDI channels to work with.   I’d like to use Bank 1 with MIDI channels 1 to 7, BANK 2 with channels 8 & 9, and the GM bank with channels 10-16.  I can’t find a way to use multiple banks on a single MIDI interface.
 
I’m now thinking that all 16 MIDI channels must be assigned to the same BANK.  Is this correct?
 
So a possible work around is to copy the patches I need to the USR Bank and map the MIDI channels to it. 
 
Thoughts?
 
Thanks!

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    Re:Using Multiple MIDI Banks 2011/01/28 11:34:29 (permalink)
    Each MIDI track lets you select a Bank and a Patch. The QSR will have to be in multi-timbral mode where it can assign a different voice to each channel. I'm assuming it has that capability. 
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    Re:Using Multiple MIDI Banks 2011/01/28 12:29:36 (permalink)
    Dvae,

    The QSR does alow for multi-timbral mode.

    I guess it is    one track = one bank at any given time.

    But if I have 16 tracks each on a seperate MIDI channel, can those channels be mapped to differnt QSR banks at the same time?

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    Re:Using Multiple MIDI Banks 2011/01/28 17:25:52 (permalink)
    But if I have 16 tracks each on a seperate MIDI channel, can those channels be mapped to differnt QSR banks at the same time?



    That depends on the QSR. Banks are implemented differently by different manufacturers. I tried it on my Korg N1R and was able to send 3 tracks each to separate banks with 3 different patches. Sounded pretty cool. 


    Note: Your QSR will probably run out of resources before you hit 16 tracks especially if you use combination voices which use more oscillators than single voices. 

    Dave
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    Re:Using Multiple MIDI Banks 2011/01/29 01:07:56 (permalink)
    Thanks!

    I'll continue to play with them and see what happens.

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