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 |
Violin | 0 | 40 |
Violin Legato | 1 | 40 |
Violin Pizzicato | 4 | 40 |
Violin I | 2 | 40 |
Violin II | 3 | 40 |
Violin Tremolo | 5 | 40 |
Violin Spiccato | 6 | 40 |
Viola | 0 | 41 |
Viola Legato | 1 | 41 |
Viola Pizzicato | 4 | 41 |
Viola I | 2 | 41 |
Viola II | 3 | 41 |
Viola Tremolo | 5 | 41 |
Viola Spiccato | 6 | 41 |
Cello | 0 | 42 |
Cello Legato | 1 | 42 |
Cello Pizzicato | 4 | 42 |
Cello Tremolo | 5 | 42 |
DoubleBass | 0 | 43 |
DoubleBass Legato | 1 | 32 |
DoubleBass Pizzicato | 4 | 32 |
DoubleBass Tremolo | 5 | 32 |
Trumpet | 0 | 56 |
Trumpet Legato | 1 | 56 |
FrenchHorn | 0 | 60 |
FrenchHorn Legato | 1 | 60 |
Trombone | 0 | 57 |
Trombone Legato | 1 | 57 |
Tuba | 0 | 58 |
Tuba Legato | 1 | 58 |
Flute | 0 | 73 |
Flute Legato | 1 | 73 |
Flute I | 2 | 73 |
Flute II | 3 | 73 |
Piccolo | 0 | 72 |
Piccolo Legato | 1 | 72 |
Clarinet | 0 | 71 |
Clarinet Legato | 1 | 71 |
Clarinet I | 2 | 71 |
Clarinet II | 3 | 71 |
Oboe | 0 | 68 |
Oboe Legato | 1 | 68 |
Bassoon | 0 | 70 |
Bassoon Legato | 1 | 70 |
Glockenspeil | 0 | 9 |
Timpani | 0 | 47 |
Harp | 0 | 46 |
Orch Percussion | 127 | 49 |