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### class:Patch [NONE]
-     public class Patch
      extends Object
A `Patch` object represents a location, on a MIDI synthesizer, into which a single instrument is stored (loaded). Every `Instrument` object has its own `Patch` object that specifies the memory location into which that instrument should be loaded. The location is specified abstractly by a bank index and a program number (not by any scheme that directly refers to a specific address or offset in RAM). This is a hierarchical indexing scheme: MIDI provides for up to 16384 banks, each of which contains up to 128 program locations. For example, a minimal sort of synthesizer might have only one bank of instruments, and only 32 instruments (programs) in that bank. To select what instrument should play the notes on a particular MIDI channel, two kinds of MIDI message are used that specify a patch location: a bank-select command, and a program-change channel command. The Java Sound equivalent is the `programChange(int, int)` method of `MidiChannel`. See Also: `Instrument`, `Instrument.getPatch()`, `MidiChannel.programChange(int, int)` , `Synthesizer.loadInstruments(Soundbank, Patch[])` , `Soundbank`, `Sequence.getPatchList()`

### constructor:Patch(int, int) [NONE]
- #### Patch
      public Patch(int bank,
                   int program)
Constructs a new patch object from the specified bank and program numbers. Parameters: `bank` - the bank index (in the range from 0 to 16383) `program` - the program index (in the range from 0 to 127)

### method:getBank() [NONE]
- #### getBank
      public int getBank()
Returns the number of the bank that contains the instrument whose location this `Patch` specifies. Returns: the bank number, whose range is from 0 to 16383 See Also: `MidiChannel.programChange(int, int)`

### method:getProgram() [NONE]
- #### getProgram
      public int getProgram()
Returns the index, within a bank, of the instrument whose location this `Patch` specifies. Returns: the instrument's program number, whose range is from 0 to 127 See Also: `MidiChannel.getProgram()`, `MidiChannel.programChange(int)`, `MidiChannel.programChange(int, int)`