Change a channel's patch via Edit screen

Assume the Cello Legato patch is currently set to play on channel 2 as so:

If you wish to change the patch for a channel, click on the gray button beside the channel number. You will then be presented with a listing of all available patches like so:

Click on the desired patch name. For example, to select the Tremolo patch, click on it to highlight it. (Its color will turn red). Then click the OK button.

This will return to the edit screen, and now the gray button will show that the Tremolo cello section is the patch that now plays on MIDI channel 2, as so:

Note: Selecting "None" for the patch means that MIDI messages will be ignored on this channel. This is useful if you wish to use a channel for some purpose other than playing the plugin's patches.


Change a channel's patch via a controller

Another way to change a channel's patch is to use the notes on your controller starting with number 23 and lower. (On an 88 key controller, this is the low A on the left side, upto the second B). These 15 keys can be used to switch among the first 16 patches of a plugin.

Note: The first patch is selected by the B note below the second C. The second patch is selected by B flat, The third patch is selected by A. Etc. The last patch is selected by the lowest A. In other words, the patches are assigned to descending keys.

A third way to select a patch is to use Program Change (and Bank Select controller 0) messages.

Patch Bank Select
number
Program
number
Violin040
Violin Legato140
Violin Pizzicato440
Violin I240
Violin II340
Violin Tremolo540
Violin Spiccato640
Viola041
Viola Legato141
Viola Pizzicato441
Viola I241
Viola II341
Viola Tremolo541
Viola Spiccato641
Cello042
Cello Legato142
Cello Pizzicato442
Cello Tremolo542
DoubleBass043
DoubleBass Legato132
DoubleBass Pizzicato432
DoubleBass Tremolo532
Trumpet056
Trumpet Legato156
FrenchHorn060
FrenchHorn Legato160
Trombone057
Trombone Legato157
Tuba058
Tuba Legato158
Flute073
Flute Legato173
Flute I273
Flute II373
Piccolo072
Piccolo Legato172
Clarinet071
Clarinet Legato171
Clarinet I271
Clarinet II371
Oboe068
Oboe Legato168
Bassoon070
Bassoon Legato170
Glockenspeil09
Timpani047
Harp046
Orch Percussion12749