Hi

Yes the reason for your described behaviour is that although ch 10 normally defaults to gm drum sets .
Your synth will allow you to use normal chromatic instrument voices on ch 10 should you want to use it, hence you activate patch.
You may not always need a drum kit, say if arranging a big Choral work with orchestra you may well need that extra channel for one of your parts.
Mike


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