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MIDI
MIDI
MIDI Channels
What is MIDI?
MIDI allows you to send the data for multiple parts at the
The letters MIDI stand for Musical Instrument Digital
same time, with each part being sent over a separate MIDI
Interface, which is the name of a worldwide standard for
channel. There are 16 MIDI channels, numbered 1 through 16,
digital signals and connectors that make it possible to and MIDI channel data is always included whenever you
exchange musical data between musical instruments and
exchange data (key press, pitch bend operation, etc.).
computers (devices) produced by different manufacturers.
Both the sending device and the receiving machine must be
MIDI compatible equipment can exchange keyboard key
set to the same channel for the receiving device to correctly
press, key release, tone change, and other data as messages.
receive and play data. If the receiving device is set to Channel
Though you do not need any special knowledge about MIDI
2, for example, it receives only MIDI Channel 2 data, and all
to use this keyboard as a stand-alone unit, MIDI operations
other channels are ignored.
require a bit of specialized knowledge. This section provides
This keyboard is equipped with multi-timbre capabilities,
you with an overview of MIDI that will help to get you going.
which means it can receive messages over all 16 MIDI
channels and play up to 16 parts at the same time. Tone and
volume settings for each channel can be made using the
MIDI Connectionskeyboard?s onboard Mixer, or by an external source that
sends required MIDI control messages.
Keyboard operations performed on this keyboard are sent out
MIDI messages are send out through the MIDI OUT terminal by selecting a MIDI channel (1 to 16) and then sending the
of one device to the MIDI IN terminal of another machine appropriate message.
over a MIDI cable. To send a message from this keyboard to
another device, for example, you must use a MIDI cable to
connect the MIDI OUT terminal of this keyboard to the MIDI
IN terminal of the other device. To send MIDI messages back General MIDI
to this keyboard, you need to use a MIDI cable to connect the
other device?s MIDI OUT terminal to the MIDI IN terminal of
General MIDI standardizes MIDI data for all sound source
this keyboard.
types, regardless of manufacturer. General MIDI specifies
To use a computer or other MIDI device to record and
such factors as tone numbering, drum sounds, and available
playback the MIDI data produced by this keyboard, you must
MIDI channels for all sound sources. This standard makes it
connect the MIDI IN and MIDI OUT terminals of both devices
possible for all MIDI equipment to reproduce the same
in order to send and receive data.
nuances when playing General MIDI data, regardless of the
manufacturer of the sound source.
This keyboard supports General MIDI, so it can be used to
play commercially available pre-recorded General MIDI data
and General MIDI data send to it from a personal computer.
See the ?Tone List? on page A-1 for details about the tones
that are available with GM tones numbered 000 to 127.
If a MIDI THRU function provided by the software is being
run on a connected computer or other MIDI device, be sure to
turn this keyboard?s ?Local Control Setting? off (page E-75).
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