Hidden SC-55 in Integra-7
Posted: 14:51, 1 March 2017
Hey guys,
I keep assuming this would be mentioned somewhere, but it really doesn't seem so, so I will post about it.
Hardly the most exciting function of the beast that is the I7, but if you send GM patches with Bank Select MSB/LSB both as 0, the tone called up will be a Roland SC-55 emulation of the GM patch you selected (ala SC-8820/50, and Sound Canvas VA). It also includes GS patches at the 55 level (eg Dist Gt has Feedback Gt).
If you try and change the patch it will revert back to a 'normal' patch bank. Same as on an 8850, in XG Lite mode, if you try to tweak a patch change knob while an XG instrument is displayed on screen.
So, a hidden SC-55 in the Integra. Not sure why this hasn't been mentioned before, and very confused why the patches aren't listed in the sound list (or anywhere), or why they exist in the Integra in the first place. For me they are very useful though and a welcome bonus on top of everything else.
I keep assuming this would be mentioned somewhere, but it really doesn't seem so, so I will post about it.
Hardly the most exciting function of the beast that is the I7, but if you send GM patches with Bank Select MSB/LSB both as 0, the tone called up will be a Roland SC-55 emulation of the GM patch you selected (ala SC-8820/50, and Sound Canvas VA). It also includes GS patches at the 55 level (eg Dist Gt has Feedback Gt).
If you try and change the patch it will revert back to a 'normal' patch bank. Same as on an 8850, in XG Lite mode, if you try to tweak a patch change knob while an XG instrument is displayed on screen.
So, a hidden SC-55 in the Integra. Not sure why this hasn't been mentioned before, and very confused why the patches aren't listed in the sound list (or anywhere), or why they exist in the Integra in the first place. For me they are very useful though and a welcome bonus on top of everything else.