Bands

A band is a collection of performance channel settings that determine how parts in a sound file are played. For each channel, a band includes an instrument assignment as well as settings for volume, pan, and transposition. Every part in a performance is mapped to a performance channel, and each part plays with the instrument settings applied to its channel by the band.

Although a band can be thought of as a set of instruments, it is not the same as a DLS collection. A DLS collection is a set of instruments that can be downloaded to the synthesizer and thus made available to any application. The instruments themselves contain no information about assignment to performance channels, volume, pan, or transposition. This data must be supplied by bands for the channels used by a performance.

Note   When bands are downloaded to the synthesizer, it is really the DLS instruments referenced by the band that are being downloaded.

Bands can be saved as separate files or included in styles or segments.