SEM Ciao midi help

[jpender993]

I have a SEM Ciao midi and I’m trying to program some of the voices (instrumentation). I have the manual and followed the steps, but it won’t hold the new instrument in memory. Let’s say I want to select Violin on Channel 2, bank A. I press and hold the Treble section and press Chanel 2, the the lights flash. I then select instrument 40. It will play violin, but if in go to Chanel 1, then back to Chanel 2, the setting is gone. How do I Store the selection? Can someone give me the final step?
Thanks in advance- Jack

 

[Alan Sharkis]

I had a SEM Ciao ao long ago that I honestly can’t recall if what you want to do is possible. It could be that you’re confusing midi channels with memory locations. They’re not the same thing.

 

[jpender993]

I’m trying to store one of the 400 instruments in the book. For example, if I press button 2, I want to hear a violin on treble, a bass guitar on the bass and piano on the chord. I know it can be done since I’ve done it years ago, but I’m missing something.

 

[JerryPH]

I do not own a CIAO, but that definitely is not going to have much to do with MIDI channels, but more like what Alan suggests, how to create a preset.

 

[jpender993]

Ok - let’s call it a preset - any idea how to store it on a channel?