Roland RS-50 Setting the patch receive channel, Setting the program change receive switch, Patch

Performing with an external MIDI device

Setting the patch receive channel

When you have finished connecting the external MIDI device, match RS-50’s Receive channel with the external MIDI device’s Transmit channel. Here we will explain the settings for using the RS-50 in Patch mode.

*If you are using the RS-50 in Performance mode, the part and channel numbers will be the same unless you change the settings.

1.Press [SYSTEM] so it is lit.

2.Use PAGE/CURSOR [ ]/[ ] to select “Patch Rx Ch”

(patch receive channel).

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By holding down [SHIFT] and using PAGE/CURSOR [ ]/

[ ] you can quickly select the “SYSTEMMIDI” group (p. 90).

3.Use VALUE [-]/[+] to modify the value.

VALUE

1–16:Performance data of each part will be received on the selected channel.

Setting the program change receive switch

Then, to enable tones to be switched from the external MIDI device, set the Receive Switch for Program Change and Bank Select to ON. Factory settings have these set to ON.

1.Press [SYSTEM] so it is lit.

2.Use PAGE/CURSOR [ ]/[ ] to select “Rx Prog Chg” (Receive Program Change Switch) and “Rx Bank Sel” (Receive Bank Select Switch).

3.Use VALUE [-]/[+] to set both parameters to “ON.”

4.Press [WRITE] to save the settings.

For further information, refer to “How to make the system function settings” (p. 88).

Press [EXIT] to cancel the operation and return to the previous page.

*For instructions on setting the external MIDI device’s Transmit channel, refer to the owner’s manual for that device.

*If you are using Performance mode, you will also need to set “Receive Sw,” “Receive Prg Chg,” and “Receive Bank Sel” for each part in addition to the settings described above (p. 57).

Selecting RS-50 sounds from an external MIDI device

Transmitting Bank Select (Controller Numbers 0 & 32) and Program Change messages from the external MIDI device to the RS-50 allows you to switch patches and rhythm sets.

1.Transmit a value for the Bank Select MSB (controller number

0)(BnH 00H mmH) message to the RS-50.

2.Transmit a value for the Bank Select LSB (controller number

32)(BnH 20H llH) message to the RS-50.

3.Transmit a Program Change (CnH ppH) to the RS-50.

n:MIDI channel number

mm, ll: Bank number

pp:Program number

The “Perform Ctrl Ch” (Performance Control Channel) setting lets you switch performances in Performance mode. With the factory settings, this is set to “OFF”; performances will not be switched.

Bank number/program number correspondence table

The MIDI messages transmitted by an external MIDI device correspond with patches/rhythm sets on the RS-50 as shown in the following table.

*If the Program numbers on your external MIDI device are referenced as values from 0 to 127, find the appropriate number by subtracting 1 from the number in the following correspondence chart.

*When the RS-50 receives a Program Change message without receiving the Bank Select, it switches to the patch or rhythm set with the same Bank number as the currently selected patch or rhythm set.

For details on how numbers in the table correspond to the sound of the RS-50, refer to “Patch list” (p. 111).

Performance

Group	Number	Bank Number		Program
		MSB	LSB	Number
User	001–008	085	000	001–008
Preset	001–032	085	064	001–032

Patch

Group	Number	Bank Number		Program
		MSB	LSB	Number
User	001–128	087	000	001–128
Preset	001–128	087	064	001–128
	129–256	087	065	001–128
	257–384	087	066	001–128
	385–512	087	067	001–128
	513–640	087	068	001–128
GM Patch	001–256	121	000–	001–128

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