Program Change Mode - Akai Professional MPD24 Manual Del Usuario

PROGRAM CHANGE MODE

What is Program Change?
A Program Change, often referred to as a Patch Change, is a MIDI message used for
sending data to devices to cause them to change to a new program. This allows you to tell a
hardware or software device which sound to play. For example, if your MPD24 is
controlling a rock drum kit on your DAW or an external device, using a Program Change
command allows you to easily switch to an electronic kit. This gives you the freedom to re-
orchestrate any MIDI content without having to redo any MIDI note information.
Pressing the PROGRAM CHANGE key calls up PROGRAM CHANGE
mode.
There are two different selectable types of Program Change on the MPD24:
PROG CHANGE
PROG+BANK
Turn [VALUE] dial to select either a PROG CHANGE or PROG+BANK
event.
This event will transmit a regular Program
Change message (0-127) to your DAW or an
external device, allowing you to switch between
128 different program banks.
This event transmits a Program Change message
(0-127), along with a Bank L (Least Significant
Bit) Change message (0-127) and a Bank M
(Most Significant Bit) Change message (0-126),
which allows access of up to 16384 different
program banks. You can use PROG+BANK if
your DAW or external device supports LSB and
MSB.
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