MIDI SUPPLEMENT
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DEALING WITH “MIDIOSYNCRACIES”
There are certain compatibility problems between MIDI gear from different manufacturers;
however, many problems are created by operator error and/or a lack of understanding how MIDI
works. If you transmit information on one channel and have the “receiver” set up for a different
channel, forget it. MIDI is quite unforgiving that way...you can hit a bum note and not too many
people will notice, but send a computer a wrong number and it will most definitely notice.
MIDI is a lot of fun provided that you don’t get discouraged when things go wrong. Many times
there is a solution; sometimes there isn’t. In any event, MIDI as it is today is far better than no
MIDI at all. At the very least you can almost always slave two keyboards together, and drive
MIDI keyboards from a MIDI Sequencer. Truthfully, though, MIDI is still a new concept and
people are just getting it all sorted out. If you don’t understand it at first, don’t worry -- keep
experimenting and eventually everything will fall into place.
Summary of Contents for EII+
Page 11: ...INTRODUCTION 1985 1986 1987 E mu Systems Inc Page 11 INTRODUCTION ...
Page 20: ...INTRODUCTION 1985 1986 1987 E mu Systems Inc Page 20 ...
Page 26: ...THE GUIDED TOURS 1985 1986 1987 E mu Systems Inc Page 26 THE GUIDED TOURS ...
Page 84: ...VOICE DEFINITION MODULE 1985 1986 1987 E mu Systems Inc Page 84 Fig VDEF 8 Fig VDEF 9 ...
Page 118: ...PRESET DEFINITION MODULE 1985 1986 1987 E mu Systems Inc Page 118 ...
Page 168: ...ENTER MODULE 1985 1986 1987 E mu Systems Inc Page 168 ENTER MODULE ...
Page 214: ...SMPTE SUPPLEMENT 1985 1986 1987 E mu Systems Inc Page 214 SMPTE SUPPLEMENT OVERVIEW PROTOCOL ...
