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As we’ve seen from Chapter 5, the vast majority of MIDI instruments and devices store their internal patch preset data within RAM memory. Synthesizers, samplers, or other devices contain information on how the controlling oscillators, amplifiers, filters, tuning, and other presets are to be configured, in order to create a particular sound timbre or effect. In addition to controlling sound patch parameters, the unit’s memory can also store such setup information as effects processor settings, keyboard splits, MIDI channel routing, and controller assignments. These parameters, which can be manually edited from the device’s front ...

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