Hi Andrew,

Yes, my patch list does specify the bank numbers.

I guess I'm having a really hard time explaining what I want to do. I want to use my synth bank select messages as system default so that every time I load a song or make a new one I don't have to make any patch changes ... unless I want to. That is, the channels will be mapped through bank select MSB and LSB values to my GM bank and regular GM patches will play fine.

Why do I want to do this?

I can either set my synth to GM mode or Performance mode. In GM mode it is a straight GM module and everything works ... except I can't address any other banks when it is in GM mode.

If I use Performance mode, than I can still address the GM bank through the bank select. I can now address all my other patches as well.

If my system is set up with the Channels bank select MSB and LSB value for GM bank select, the GM midi patches all play perfectly ... but I can make a patch change if I want to song by song ... but I wouldn't have to reset everything every time I start a new song or reload one.

I have found a 'save as' work around of saving the 'new' screen as a 'default' song with the bank select messages incorportated for new songs ... but that doesn't help with the basic problem of playing existing songs or midi files.

Prado

Last edited by Prado; 02/04/10 01:19 PM.