external midi controller
the DAFM synth has two banks of presets - bank 0 and bank 1. You can load presets from
either of these banks to one of the six MIDI channels of the synth using MIDI instructions.
if you select bank 0 by sending the value 0 to the CC parameter 0 (Bank Select MSB), you
can load any of the presets from the bank 0 to the MIDI channel you select by sending
MIDI program change messages with the corresponding number (check the list in the last
page). It's important to note that bank 0 corresponds to the list of curated presets
coming directly from video games.
alternatively, you can use bank 1 to load up to 128 presets that you have saved in your SD
card. to do this, you need to save *.dmp files to the root of the SD card and name them
as instrxxx.dmp, where xxx ranges from 000 to 127. once you've inserted the SD card into
the DAFM synth, send the value 1 to the CC parameter 0 (Bank Select MSB) to change the
bank to 1. then, use a MIDI Program Change message to load that instrument preset to
the related MIDI channel, with a value from 0 to 127 to select the corresponding preset.
in summary, the DAFM synth has two banks of presets, and you can load them to one of
the six MIDI channels using MIDI instructions. bank 0 contains the curated presets from
video games, while bank 1 can be used to load your own custom presets from an SD card.
dafm synth
genesis ym2612 and ym3438
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