Roland System-8

NAME:SYSTEM-8
OUT:B
CHANNEL:1
0:Bank select *2
1:MODULATION
3:CUTOFF
5:PORTAMENTO
9:RESONANCE
11:PEDAL CONTROL
12:EFFECTS DEPTH
13:DELAY/CHORUS TIME
14:LFO VARIATION
15:LFO TRIG ENV
16:MIXER OSC1
17:MIXER OSC2
18:MIXER OSC3/SUB OSC
19:MIXER NOISE
20:OSC1 COARSE TUNE
21:OSC1 FINE TUNE
22:PITCH ENV
23:PITCH ATTACK
24:PITCH DECAY
25:OSC3/SUB OSC COLOR
26:LFO PITCH
27:LFO FADE TIME
28:LFO FILTER
29:LFO RATE
30:LFO AMP
35:LFO WAVE
41:BEND RANGE
46:OSC1 WAVE
47:OSC1 OCTAVE
48:OSC3/SUB OSC TUNE
49:BEND GAIN
50:OSC1 COLOR
51:FILTER VARIATION
52:OSC1 CROSS MOD
53:FILTER VELOCITY SENS
54:AMP VELOCITY SENS
55:OSC2 COLOR
56:OSC2 FINE TUNE
60:OSC1 MOD
61:OSC2 WAVE
62:OSC2 OCTAVE
63:OSC2 MOD
64:PEDAL HOLD
68:BEND SENS PITCH
69:AMP TONE
70:EFFECTS TYPE
71:EFFECTS TONE
72:DELAY/CHORUS TYPE
73:REVERB TYPE
74:REVERB TIME
75:BEND SENS FILTER
79:HPF CUTOFF
80:MOD SENS PITCH
81:FILTER ENV
82:FILTER KEY
83:FILTER ATTACK
84:FILTER DECAY
85:FILTER SUSTAIN
86:FILTER RELEASE
89:AMP ATTACK
90:AMP DECAY
91:REVERB LEVEL
94:DELAY/CHORUS LEVEL
96:AMP SUSTAIN
97:AMP RELEASE
103:OSC1 VARIATION
104:OSC2 VARIATION
107:OSC3/SUB OSC WAVE
108:FILTER TYPE
109:MOD SENS FILTER
110:AMP LEVEL
111:OSC2 RING
112:OSC2 SYNC
114:MIXER NOISE TYPE
116:LEGATO
117:LFO KEY TRIG
118:TEMPO SYNC
119:MONO

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what does the *2 mean?

The “*2” means nothing for this definition file. The OP simply copied the text from Roland’s MIDI implementation chart for the System-8, which has a footnote #2 that lists values of valid Bank Select MSB and LSB values suitable for System-8 and the plugouts.

It’s therefore also easy to see that the OP omitted CC 32 (Bank Select LSB) from their definition file.

The OP also clearly didn’t consider the Pyramid’s 8-character limit on display of CC names when making this file.