ROLAND FP-7 Instruction Manual

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Connecting to MIDI Devices
The FP-7 provides MIDI connectors so that performance data
can be transferred between it and other devices. By using
these connectors to connect other devices with the FP-7, you Making the Connections
can take advantage of a wide range of possibilities.
To prevent malfunction and/or damage to speakers
or other devices, always turn down the volume, and NOTE
turn off the power on all devices before making any WhatOs MIDI?
connections.
OMIDI� stands for OMusical Instrument Digital Interface.� It is a MIDI cables are not included. Consult your Roland
universal standard that allows performance data to be dealer if you need to purchase.NOTE
exchanged among electronic musical instruments and computers.
The FP-7 contains a General MIDI 2 compatible sound 1.Turn the volume all the way down on the FP-7
generator.
and the device youOre about to connect.
General MIDI
2.Turn off the power to the FP-7 and the device
The General MIDI is a set of recommendations which seeks to being connected.
provide a way to go beyond the limitations of proprietary
designs, and standardize the MIDI capabilities of sound
generating devices. Sound generating devices and music files 3.Connect a MIDI cable (sold separately)
that meets the General MIDI standard bears the General MIDI between the MIDI connectors on each device.
logo. Music files bearing the General MIDI logo can be
played back using any General MIDI sound generating unit to 4.Switch on the power to the FP-7 and the
produce essentially the same musical performance.connected device.
General MIDI 2
5.Adjust the volume level on the FP-7 and the
The upwardly compatible General MIDI 2 recommendations pick connected device.
up where the original General MIDI left off, offering enhanced
expressive capabilities, and even greater compatibility. Issues that
were not covered by the original General MIDI recommendations, 6.You should also set the MIDI settings as
such as how sounds are to be edited, and how effects should be needed.
handled, have now been precisely defined. Moreover, the You may need to set things such as the MIDI transmit
available sounds have been expanded. General MIDI 2 compliant channel (p. 148) and the Local on/off setting (p. 149).
sound generators are capable of reliably playing back music files
that carry either the General MIDI or General MIDI 2 logo.
In some cases, the conventional form of General MIDI, which does
not include the new enhancements, is referred to as OGeneral
MIDI 1� as a way of distinguishing it from General MIDI 2.
Connectors
fig.cnct-midi1.eps
MIDI Out Connector
Sends data about what is being played on the keyboard and
other performance data.
Connect to the MIDI In connector on the external MIDI device.
MIDI In Connector
Receives messages sent from external MIDI devices.
Connect to the MIDI Out connector on the external MIDI
device.
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