To select a sound in the JV-35/50 via MIDI, you will need to send a Bank Select message followed by a Program Change message. Continuous Controller messages are used to select between the various banks of sounds. Use the following procedure to select a Tone from an external sequencer:
- Send a Continuous Controller (CC) 00 message from your sequencer, and assign a value for the bank you want to access. A value of 0 will access the Capitol Tones, a value of 1 through 32 will access the Variation Tones*, and 127 will access the MT-32 emulation Tones.
- Immediately following the Continuous Controller 00 message, send the Program Change message for the sound that you want.
* Variation Tones and their corresponding CC00 values are listed in the back of the Owner's Manual: https://www.roland.com/us/support/manual_archive/