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APPENDIX IV
KEYBOARDS: - These would be listed as "Note On" MIDI commands and the organ produces a nominal "velocity" of
64 on all divisions without OST
(optical sensor technology) keying. On the GW4, OST™ (velocity) keying is on the
Orchestral and Solo manuals (non-2
nd
touch). On the GW319 OST™ (velocity) is on the Solo Manual only. On the
R311, OST™ (velocity) is on the Solo and Great manuals. On the R211 the accompaniment and solo manuals have
OST™. The organ will read any velocity other than "0" to turn a note on.
Manual Divisions:
Manual
MIDI Channel
Solo (GW4 only)
6
Solo (GW319-R311),Orchestral (GW4)
4
Great (Solo on R211)
1
Great 2
nd
Touch
7
Accompaniment
2
Accomp 2
nd
Touch
5
Pedal
3
General Pistons
8
Trem Pistons
9
Trigger and Traps Pistons
10
Usually the note information has three pieces of data: 1) Channel, 2) Note Number, and 3) Velocity (listed here as a
value). If you use a program such as Cakewalk for the IBM type computers, these three will be listed in the "event
view" as follows:
TRACK CHANNEL
TIME EVENT VALUE DURATION
1
1
X:XXX:XX NOTE G5
64 100
This means that on track 1 (or whatever track you have recorded on) there is a message sent via MIDI for a note-on
on channel 1 to play "G5" (which is really the "G" above middle "C" on the keyboard in MIDI terms) at a velocity of
"64" for a duration of "100" ticks (a length measurement used by Cakewalk).
PISTONS: - These are generally listed as "Program Changes" or a "Patch Change" in MIDI language and usually
correspond to the manual they are attached to. "Patch" information in MIDI starts at "0", but our first piston in each
division is "1" so you must subtract by "1" to get the piston's equivalent program change number. The "additional"
divisions of pistons are:
GENERALS = MIDI channel 8
TRAPS = MIDI channel 10
TREMS = MIDI channel 9
TRACK CHANNEL TIME EVENT VALUE DURATION
1 1 X:XXX:XX
PATCH
0
1 8 X:XXX:XX
PATCH
9
