Apple Logic Pro 8 - Manual (Page 886)

886 Chapter 39 Working in the Environment
Depending on whether or not you have activated the sub-instrument’s Program
parameter, the following information will appear in the Arrange area’s track list:
 The name of the multi instrument and channel number (if the parameter is not
activated).
 The short name, channel number, and program name (if the parameter is activated).
Program Names
There are 128 program names in the Multi Instrument window. A total of 15 banks of
128 program names are available. There are several ways of entering program names:
 By double-clicking on the name (via the text input field).
 By copying (via the Clipboard) from a different multi instrument, or from a word
processing program. The Clipboard functions for a whole sound bank are available in
the Options pop-up menu.
 First, copy the program numbers or General MIDI names to the Clipboard, and add
them to a word processor document.
 You can then edit the names and copy the whole section back again.
 If you want to use program numbers instead of names, choose Init Names as
Numbers from the Options menu.
 If you want to use General MIDI program names, choose Init General MIDI Names. If
the Use GM Drum Program Names for Channel 10 checkbox at the bottom of the
window is activated, the standard GM drum set names will be shown in the Program
menu of the Parameter box for sub-instrument 10.
If the Program box in the selected sub-instrument’s Parameter box is checked, you can
send a program change message by selecting a program name in the Multi Instrument
window.
Banks
The Bank pop-up menu allows you to choose one of 15 available sound banks (0 to 14).
The top item (No Bank specified. Names of Bank 0 used.) can be used if your sound
generator does not understand bank select messages, or only has 128 sound programs.
 Bank 0 is always initialized.
 The first time you choose one of the banks numbered 1 to 14, you will be asked
whether or not you want to initialize this bank.
 Non-initialized banks use the names of the equivalent program numbers from
bank 0.
Note: You should only initialize additional banks if you want to enter program names
for those banks, because each initialized bank uses more memory.
In the pop-up menu to the right, labeled Bank Message, you can define the MIDI events
that are sent when you switch between the banks of the multi-instrument.