I have a JV-80 and a Sequencer. I'm trying to control my JV-80 from the sequencer.

On my JV-80, in performance mode, I press the "Pan" button and then the "down" arrow and I have the "Receive Channel" menu. From there, I can determine the midi channel for each sound within my performance sound.

My performance sound is divided in 7 sounds as describe below.

sound 1 (piano)= midi channel 2
sound 2 (string)= midi channel 3
sound 3 (bells)= midi channel 4
sound 4 (brass)= midi channel 5
sound 5 (guitar)= midi channel 6
sound 6 (lead sound)= midi channel 7
sound 7 (harmony) = midi channel 8

The program in my sequencer is configured as follow

sound 1 (Electric Piano)= midi channel 2
sound 2 (Electric Guitar) = midi channel 3
....

When I send the signal from my sequencer through midi, it changes the performance sound (which is set on Global Midi 1) but instead of changing sound 1 from Piano to Electric Piano and sound 2 from String to Electric Guitar, it changes sound 4 from brass to Electric Piano and sound 5 Guitar to Electric Guitar.

What am I doing wrong? Is there another place where I can assign the midi channels?

I know the problem is not with my sequencer cause I have another keyboard and everything is working fine.

Perhaps your sequence is sending a program change on channel 1 (your performance control channel) which is calling up another performance that has different channel assignments per part.

You can stop this by setting the control channel OFF or removing the offending program change message.

Also, have you checked you're sending the appropriate bank change messages before the program change messages?

Post your email address here if you'd like me to have a look at the sequence (just send the first few seconds if you want to protect your artistic work).

kind rgds,
Hound Dog