Future Retro Revolution Owner Manual - Manual (Page 35)

MIDI PROGRAM CHANGE
The Revolution does support MIDI program change messages. These messages allow other
MIDI sequencers to remotely select patterns to play within the Revolution, or the Revolution can
select patterns remotely in other MIDI sequencers which support program change messages. The
program change messages sent by the Revolution can also be used to select different sound patches in
an external MIDI sound module.
If you would like the Revolution to send or respond to MIDI program change messages, you must
first set up the MIDI parameters in the Song mode. Stop the unit’s playback, and press the Song key
(Song key indicator should turn on) to enter the Song mode. Press the Accent/MIDI key and the
display will show INT or EXT. When set to INTernal, the Revolution will send program change
messages to external MIDI sequencers or sound modules whenever a new pattern is selected. When
set to EXTernal, the Revolution will sync its playback to an external MIDI sequencer. Program
change messages sent by the external MIDI sequencer can then be used to select different patterns to
play in the Revolution. Use the Up/Down keys to select the appropriate mode.
Press the Accent/MIDI key again and the display will show the MIDI channel (1-16) the Revolution
sends and receives information on. Use the Up/Down keys to select the MIDI channel you wish to
send or receive MIDI program change messages on. The MIDI channel must be the same as the
device sending or receiving MIDI program change messages.
Press the Accent/MIDI key again and the display will show the setting for program change messages.
Here there are two options being PCof or PCon. When PCof is select program change messages will
not be sent or received by the Revolution. When PCon is selected, the Revolution will send and
respond to MIDI program change messages. Use the Up/Down keys to select the appropriate setting.
Press the Accent/MIDI key once more to exit the MIDI mode. The Accent/MIDI key indicator will
now be off. Press the Song key to exit Song mode, and begin sending or responding to program
change messages.
Note: The Revolution only sends or responds to MIDI program change messages while in the Pattern
mode. Song mode does not support these messages.
To send program change messages to an external device, connect the MIDI out of the Revolution to
the MIDI in of the external device. You will also need to make sure this external device is set up to
respond to program change messages on the same MIDI channel selected in the Revolution. When
playback is stopped, selecting different patterns in the Revolution will send the appropriate program
change message to the external device. When the Revolution is playing patterns, each time a new
pattern begins playback the appropriate program change message will be sent to the external device.
To allow an external sequencer to remotely select patterns in the Revolution, connect the MIDI out of
the external sequencer to the MIDI in of the Revolution. Make sure the external sequencer is setup to
send program change messages on the same MIDI channel selected in the Revolution. Press the Play
key on the Revolution to cue up its playback to the external sequencer. Pressing play on the external
sequencer will now begin playback of the Revolution (syncing its playback to the external
sequencer), and any program change messages received while the Revolution is syncing can be
used to select different patterns to play. The Revolution will respond instantly to any program
change message received. If a pattern is at step 8 when a program change message is
received, a new pattern will be selected and start playing from step 8. If you want the
patterns to be selected at even measures, you will need to send a program change
message at the beginning of the measure.
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