the first three housing 128 sounds organized in “family” groups, and the fourth containing 60 sounds. The bank 1 sounds correspond to the industry standard General MIDI sound library, while banks 2 and 3 contain sounds taken from Generalmusic’s own extensive sound library. Bank 4 contains an additional 60 Sounds, but not organized in “family” Groups like those in banks 1, 2 & 3. Banks 2 and 3 also contain a Percussive family where you’ll find a selection of 16 Drumkits. Another drumkit is also in Bank 4.
These sounds and sound banks can only be selected via MIDI, not from the pRP7 control panel. To select these sounds via MIDI, you would have to send a Midi message to the pRP7 consisting of two parts: ControlChange/Bank Select
MIDI messages transmitted and received by pRP7
pRP7 transmits and receives the following type of MIDI information. Note and Velocity data: This is information pertaining to the note played and relative velocity value. The receiving device recognizes the note because it is defined by the “MIDI note number”, and the velocity value is defined by the “MIDI velocity value”. Whenever a key on the pRP7 is pressed, the note and velocity information is transmitted from the instrument’s MIDI OUT port to the receiving device. Conversely, pRP7 will play the corresponding notes whenever note and velocity data is received at the instrument’s MIDI IN port.
Program Change numbers: This type of information relates to data which identifies the pRP7 Preset. pRP7 transmits MIDI Program Change numbers from 0 - 47, corresponding to the 48 Presets that can be selected from the panel. Whenever you select a Preset, the corresponding MIDI Program Change numbers are transmitted to the receiving device, causing the correspondingly numbered voices to be selected in the external MIDI unit, set to receive on the same MIDI channels as the pRP7.
Conversely, whenever pRP7 receives Program Change number data (for
Control Change messages: The Soft and Damper pedals of the pRP7 generate Control Change data which is transmitted from the instru- ment’s MIDI Out port whenever the pedals are operated. The internal tone generator of the receiving device will respond to the pedal solicita- tions in the same way as the pRP7 Sound engine. Whenever the same type of Control Change data is received by pRP7, it will respond appropriately.
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