Each of these channel settings can be set to any one of the 16
MIDI channels, or they can be turned off, in which case dashes
will be displayed. The two receive channels can also be set to
receive messages from all 16 MIDI channels at once, a con-
dition which is known in MIDI parlance as “omni on”.
The omni on setting is represented in the P-100’s display by the
word “all”.
4.
Exit MIDI Utility mode.
Press the [MIDI] button to exit MIDI Utility mode. (If you
wish, you can return to step 2 to change other settings before
you leave this mode.)
Program change receive channel
The P-100 can be set to receive program change messages on a channel other than the normal
receive channel. When you select a channel from 1 through 16, or “all”, as the program
change receive channel, the P-100 will receive program change messages on the selected
channel only. It will not accept program change messages on the receive channel, unless the
receive channel and program change receive channel settings happen to coincide.
If you set the program change receive channel to “off’, the P-100 will accept program change messages
transmitted on the receive channel. When you use this setting
however, the P-100 will ignore any program
change receive table settings. (The program change receive table is described on pages 42 and 43.) Instead,
program change messages 1 through 10 will select the corresponding
P-100 voices, and any program change
messages above 10 will be ignored.
The separate program change receive channel setting makes for greater flexibility when using the P-100’s MIDI
merge function in an extended MIDI system. This extra flexibility is convenient, but it would be less useful if it
meant having to change two receive channels rather than just one all the time.
Fortunately, the P-100 is designed so that whenever you alter the receive channel setting. the program change
receive channel will automatically shift to the same value. Thus, when you want to set both to the same value.
you need only change one. When setting them to different values, though, be sure to change the receive channel
first!
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