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Bank Select: A special set of MIDI messages designed to allow programs to be recalled from multiple banks of MIDI instrument. The MIDI specification was originally developed to access up to 128 programs using the Program Change message (0Ð127). At that time (mid 1980's) no synthesizer held more than 128 sounds, but as technology advanced rapidly in the early 1990's and RAM prices decreased, we found more and more synthesizers with greater than 128 patches. The MIDI Association recognized this problem and developed a new MIDI command called the Bank Select Command. The Bank Select command is made up of two messages: Continuous Controller 0 (Most Significant Bit or MSB) and Continuous Controller 32 (Least Significant Bit or LSB). Continuous Controller messages are often abbreviated as CC (For example: CC0 and CC32). Having two messages allows you the ability to access up to 16,384 banks, each with 128 patches for a total of 2,097,152 patch locations! Unfortunately the MIDI Association left the implementation of the Bank Select commands up to the synthesizer manufacturers and each company implemented it differently. Some synthesizers require both CC0 and CC32 while others require one or the other. You must check your synthesizer's MIDI implementation chart to determine what message your machine needs.

B-Bender	Backbeat	Back-Emf
Backline	Backplane	Backplate
Backup/Back Up	Backward Compatible	Backwards Masking
Badge	Baffle	Baffled Stereo
Bagpipe	Bakelite	Balanced
Balanced Power	Ball-end	Balun
Bambino Guitar	Banana Plug	Band
Band Limit	Bandpass	Band Reject Filter
Bandwidth	Banjo	Banjo Tuners
Banjo Tuners	Bank Select	Bantam
Bar	Bar Bridge	Baritone Guitar
Baroque	Barre Chord	Barrier Miking
Bass	Bass Management	Bass Reflex
Bass Trap	Basswood	Baud
Baud Rate	Baxandall Shelving Curve	Baxandall Tone Controls
Beaming	"Beano" Album	Bear Claws
Beat	Beatboxing	Beat Juggling
Beat matching	Beats (or "Beating")	Bebop
Bel	Bell Filter	Belly
Belt Drive	Beta	Betamax (or shortened to "Beta")
Bezier CurveBezier Curve	Bi-Amp	Bi-Directional
Bi-flex Truss Rod	Bi-phase modulation (Binary Phase-shift keying)	Bi-phase Sync
Bias	Bias Beat	Bias Beat
Bias Beat	Bias Beat	Bichord
Bigsby	"Bikini" Guitar and Bass Ensemble	Bill Putnam, Sr.
Binary	Binaural	Binding
Binding Post	Binhex	BIOS
Birdseye	Bit	Bit Depth
Bit Mapping	Bitonality	Bitsetting
Bit Splitting	Biwa	Blackburst
Black Burst	Black Panel Amp	Blackwood
Blade Switch	Bleed	Blending
BLER	Blind Transfer	Block
Blu-ray	Blue Book	Bluetooth
Blumlein Microphone (or Blumlein Pair)	BMI	BNC
Bobbin	Body Pack	Bolt-in Neck
Bolt-On Neck	Bookmark	Bookmatching
Book Type Field	Boom Operator	Boost (and Cut)
Boot	Boot Camp	Bottleneck
Bouncing	Boundary Microphone	Bout
Boutique Amp	BPM	bps
Bracing	Braided Shield	Breaker
Breakout/ Breakout Box	Breath Controller	Breathing
Breve	Brian May "Red Special"	Brickwall Filter
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Bridged	Bridge Pin	British EQ
Broadband	Brockburst	Brockburst
Broken Chord	Broken Octave	Brownian Movement/Motion
Brown Sound	Bubinga	Bucking
Buffer	Buffer Under-Run	Bug
Bulk Dump/Load	Bullet Truss Rod	Bump (slang)
Burl	Burn	Burn-In
Burns Bison	Burns Bison Bass	Burns Gear-0-Matic
Burns Gear-0-Matic	Burst	Bus
Bus Bar	Buzz Track	Broadcast Wave File (BWF)