Hammond SKX, Owner'S Manual

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MIDI
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KEYBOARD CHANNELS
Th e Keyboard channels transmit the playing information of the Upper, Lower and
Pedal parts. Th ese are used to exchange playing information with an external se-
quencer.
Th
rough the Upper channel, besides the keyboard information, that of each control-
ler is transmitted.
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EXTERNAL ZONE CHANNELS
Th e External Zone channels are for using SKX as a simple master keyboard to control
the external MIDI equipment. Th ese are Patch parameters, and it is possible to make
diff erent settings to each Patch.
Th
ere are 3 External Zones in total. Each can be allocated to the desired keyboards
(for example, 3 zones for the Upper keyboard and 1 each for the Upper / Lower /
Pedal keyboards).
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EXPANDED KEYBOARDS
When the MIDI Pedalboard is expanded for Pedal part, they behave as if the built-in
keyboards on the SKX, and, not only sounds the built-in sound generator, but also
are transmitted through the MIDI OUT jack to the Keyboard channels as well as
transmitted to the External Zones.