MOTU Micro Lite [94/166] Switching presets using a patch change

CLOCKWORKS FOR MAC OS 9

SWITCHING PRESETS USING A PATCH CHANGE

Each preset has a MIDI patch change number assigned to

it; the patch change number is displayed in a text box to the

right of the preset in the Presets window as shown in

Figure 6-40 on page 92. You can call up a preset using a

MIDI controller or sequencer by sending a MIDI patch

change event to your Express interface with the

corresponding patch number value. For example, if you

wanted to call up the Live Keyboards factory preset shown

in Figure 6-40, you would send a MIDI patch change event

with a value of 10.

If you want to change the patch change number for a

preset, click the text box and type in the new number.

To get your Express interface to respond to the preset

patch changes, you need to indicate where the patch

change will be sent from. We’ll call this the preset trigger

source: the MIDI channel your Express interface will

“listen to” for preset patch changes.

To specify the preset trigger source:

1 Choose Set preset trigger source from the Preset menu.

2 When the Set Trigger Source dialog box appears,

indicate the MIDI or serial port you would like to send the

patch changes from.

Figure 6-42: The Set Trigger Source dialog lets you indicate the source of patch

change messages that will call up your Express interface presets.

If you are going to use a MIDI controller, choose it from

the input cable device pop-up menu. If you are going to

change Express interface presets from computer software,

check the computer box. The foot switch option lets you

switch presets using patch change events sent by a foot

switch. For information, see “Switching presets with the

pedal” on page 102. Be sure to indicate the MIDI channel

you will be transmitting the patch change on, too.