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About MIDI
MIDI (Musical Instruments Digital Interface) is a standard fig.33-004.e
specification that allows musical data to be exchanged between The cable from the antenna carries the TV
signals from many broadcast stations.
electronic musical instruments and computers. MIDI With a MIDI Station A
cable connecting MIDI devices that are equipped with MIDI
connectors, you can play multiple instruments with a single
Station B
keyboard, have multiple MIDI instruments perform in ensemble,
program the settings to change automatically to match the
Station C
performance as the song progresses, and more.
The TV is set to the channel of the station
If you mainly use the Fantom-X as a standalone keyboard you wish to watch.
instrument, you may really not need to know much at all about MIDI uses sixteen channels; 1 through 16. Set the receiving device so
MIDI. that it will receive only the channel that it needs to receive.
However, the following MIDI-related information is provided so
Example:
you can play the Fantom-X using an external MIDI device, or master
Set the Fantom-X to send Channel 1 and Channel 2, then set sound
other advanced techniques.
module A to receive only Channel 1 and sound module B only
About MIDI ConnectorsChannel 2. With this setup, you can get an ensemble performance,
The Fantom-X is equipped with the three types of MIDI connectors, with, for example, a guitar sound from sound module A and bass
each which works differently.from sound module B.
fig.33-003fig.33-005.e
MIDI OUTMIDI INMIDI THRU
Transmit channel: 1, 2Receive channel: 1
Sound
Module
A
MIDI keyboardReceive channel: 2MIDI IN
MIDI IN ConnectorSound
Module
B
This connector receives MIDI messages that are transmitted from
When used as a sound module, the Fantom-X can receive on up to
external MIDI devices. The Fantom-X can receive these messages to
sixteen MIDI channels. Sound modules like the Fantom-X which can
play notes or select sounds, etc.
receive multiple MIDI channels simultaneously to play different
sounds on each channel are called multi-timbral sound modules.
MIDI OUT Connector
This connector transmits MIDI messages to external MIDI devices.
General MIDI
The Fantom-XOs MIDI OUT connector is used for sending the General MIDI is a set of recommendations which seeks to
performance data of the keyboard controller section as well as data
provide a way to go beyond the limitations of proprietary
used for saving various settings and patterns.
designs, and standardize the MIDI capabilities of sound
generating devices. Sound generating devices and music files
MIDI THRU Connectorthat meet the General MIDI standard bear the General MIDI
MIDI messages received at MIDI IN are re-transmitted without logo (). Music files bearing the General MIDI logo can be
change from this connector to an external MIDI device. Use this in played back using any General MIDI sound generating unit to
situations such as when you use multiple MIDI devices produce essentially the same musical performance.
simultaneously.
General MIDI 2
The upwardly compatible General MIDI 2 ()
MIDI Channels and Multi-timbral
recommendations pick up where the original General MIDI left
Sound Generators
off, offering enhanced expressive capabilities, and even greater
MIDI transmits many types of data over a single MIDI cable. This is
compatibility. Issues that were not covered by the original
made possible by the concept of MIDI channels. MIDI channels
General MIDI recommendations, such as how sounds are to be
allow messages intended for a given instrument to be distinguished
edited, and how effects should be handled, have now been
from messages intended for another instrument. In some ways,
precisely defined. Moreover, the available sounds have been
MIDI channels are similar to television channels. By changing the
expanded. General MIDI 2 compliant sound generators are
channel on a television set, you can view the programs that are being
capable of reliably playing back music files that carry either the
broadcast by different stations. In the same way, MIDI also allows a
General MIDI or General MIDI 2 logo.
device to select the information intended for that device out of the
In some cases, the conventional form of General MIDI, which
variety of information that is being transmitted to it.
does not include the new enhancements, is referred to as
OGeneral MIDI 1� as a way of distinguishing it from General
MIDI 2.
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