Question: I cannot load instruments in real time from a sequence in my EPS 16-Plus. I use the 1.30 operative system and the menu SELECT LOADABLE INST. does not show on my screen, yet I can insert the parameter LO=x in EVENT EDIT TRACKS in my sequences but it does not work. Could you please help me and tell me how I should do this?

Answer: The LOADFILE sequence command was a theory as the 16-Plus was designed, and then abandoned for the reason that if the FX SELECT = INST, there would be a glitch in the sound, and the engineers couldn't get rid of it. I never understood this reasoning, since you would use the function when you were sequencing, and then you'd almost always have the FX SELECT=BANK. But anyway, it did exist on a bootleg OS 1.17 and 1.19 - you can download it.

Directions for LoadFile Use (16-Plus OS 1.17/1.19 only)

• Press CMD-SEQ/SONG, and scroll to the menu EDIT LOADABLE INST. This seems to be a master page where you can select the Track numbers that will respond to LOADFILE events.
• To insert a LOADFILE event, CMD-TRACK, and scroll to EVENT EDIT TRACK. Position the time (BAR-BEAT-CLOCK) to where you want the LOADFILE event to occur. Scroll once left and select EVENT TYPE=LO LOADFILE. Press Enter-Yes, and select INSERT. The display will show the LOADFILE event, and simply adjust the LO= parameter to the file that you want to load from the selected storage device. Numbers correspond exactly with the file, so you will notice that only 1-38 are valuable to you. Also remember that only Instrument (type 3, technically) files can be loaded, NOT Bank files as OS 1.3 allows you to do.

If you don't want to use LoadFiles, another clever trick is to run a MIDI cable from the MIDI OUT back into the MIDI IN, then send program changes from within the track out to itself. If the MIDI IN MODE=MULTI, and PROGRAM CHANGE=ON, the 16-Plus and ASR-10 will react to program changes like this:

• Program Changes 1-38, loads a Instrument file or a Bank file (OS 1.30 only) into the first track that is set to that MIDI Channel. For example, if Track 1 MULTI-IN CHANNEL is set to 4, and the sequencer sends a PC of 15 on MIDI Channel 4, Track 1 will load in File 15 from the current storage device and the current directory - IF the file is an Instrument file or bankfile. It will do this even if the Sequencer is running.
• Program Changes 101-128, on the MIDI Base Channel, will invoke macros 1-28. This can enable you to navigate around your hard drive to sound a particular sound.

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