Graham Pearson
Well-known member
I just bought a backup RM4 and, for a while, I was buffalo'd because I couldn't select channel 4 with my MIDI foot-pedal. Channels 1 through 3 were working fine but channel 4 would not activate.
Then I remembered the front panel channel selector button. It's not there just to select channels, it's also there to save MIDI selections.
It turns out, channel 4 on my new RM4 was responding to MIDI Program Change message #5, not #4. The solution is simple.
I used my foot-pedal to send a MIDI Program Change message #4. The RM4 "remembers" the most-recent MIDI message until another message is received.
I used momentary presses of the front panel channel selector button until the RM4's channel 4 was selected and then I pressed and HELD the channel selector button for about 3 seconds. This "couples" the RM4's channel 4 with MIDI Program Change message #4.
Now, the RM4 responds to MIDI Program Change messages the way I want it to.
I know this has been posted before, but it's worth a refresher!
Then I remembered the front panel channel selector button. It's not there just to select channels, it's also there to save MIDI selections.
It turns out, channel 4 on my new RM4 was responding to MIDI Program Change message #5, not #4. The solution is simple.
I used my foot-pedal to send a MIDI Program Change message #4. The RM4 "remembers" the most-recent MIDI message until another message is received.
I used momentary presses of the front panel channel selector button until the RM4's channel 4 was selected and then I pressed and HELD the channel selector button for about 3 seconds. This "couples" the RM4's channel 4 with MIDI Program Change message #4.
Now, the RM4 responds to MIDI Program Change messages the way I want it to.
I know this has been posted before, but it's worth a refresher!
