Specifying Patch Names for a MIDI Bank |
Patch names, which are meaningful substitutes for patch numbers, 0 to 127, are primarily used in the following way. When you assign an instrument sound to a staff in the Staff Setup dialog, you select the instrument sound from your list of patch names rather than from a list of numbers, 0 to 127. It is much more convenient to refer to patch names than to have to remember or look up the meaning of the 128 patch numbers in some manual. For any given device and its bank(s), you can choose the wording for each of the 128 patches. To specify patch names for a MIDI bank:
-- OR -- Type or "qdc" for Quick Device Configuration.
If you have not yet added the bank, then follow the instructions in Assigning a Bank to a MIDI Device.
Composer will display a Patch Names dialog, such as the following:
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