Assign separate midi channels per patch on NS4

[BSCIENCE]

I am using my NS4 as a midi controller and I need to access all 16 midi channels. Ideally I can save a preset with a designated midi channel , however it seems like the midi channels are globally set and not patch specific. As far as I can tell the most I can access without changing global menu is 9:

PIANO A = 1
PIANO B = 2
ORGAN A =3
ORGAN B =4
SYNTH A = 5
SYNTH B = 6
EXT A = 7
EXT B = 8
EXT C = 9

am i missing something? or is there a way to access more channels?

thank you

[anotherscott]

I am using my NS4 as a midi controller and I need to access all 16 midi channels.

If you're using it as a controller (and not counting any global settings), you can access 3 MIDI channels, to control up to 3 external sounds.

it seems like the midi channels are globally set and not patch specific. As far as I can tell the most I can access without changing global menu is 9:

PIANO A = 1
PIANO B = 2
ORGAN A =3
ORGAN B =4
SYNTH A = 5
SYNTH B = 6
EXT A = 7
EXT B = 8
EXT C = 9

am i missing something? or is there a way to access more channels?

If you are using it, not as a controller, but rather as sound module for something else to control (e.g. a sequencer), you can't access 16 sounds on 16 channels, because the keyboard is not capable of generating 16 sounds simultaneously. In fact, you can't even access 9. It generates a max of seven, which you could address on 7 channels, the 7 being:

... piano layer 1
... piano layer 2
... organ layer 1
... organ layer 2
... synth layer 1
... synth layer 2

though you can also use aux kb to trigger any specified combination of the above on a single channel.

At least that is my understanding, not having done it myself.

EXT is for transmitting MIDI, not receiving. Getting back to the first part of the post, it's what you would use if using the NS4 has a controller, rather than as something to be controlled.