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MIDI FEATURES - INTRODUCTION TO MIDI
MIDI, the Musical Instrument Digital Interface, is a standard communication interface that allows
Midi musical instruments to share information and control one another.
Most Midi keyboards transmit notes and velocity information via the MIDI OUT socket whenever a
note is played on the keyboard. If this socket is connected to the MIDI IN of a second keyboard or
tone generator, the second instrument will respond to the notes played on the first transmitting
keyboard. This gives you the possibility to play two instruments at the same time using a Master
instrument to drive a Slave instrument.
MIDI MESSAGES TRANSMITTED AND RECEIVED
Your instrument has been designed to transmit and receive most MIDI system signals, including:
NOTE INFORMATION
This information tells the receiving instrument to play a note, specified by the Midi note number, at
a dynamic level, specified by the Midi velocity value.
The instrument will receive and/or transmit from A-1 to C7.
CONTROL CHANGE NUMBERS
Your instrument transmits and receives the following Control Changes:
SOFT, SOSTENUTO, SUSTAIN, VOICE SECTION VOLUME,
MIDI FUNCTIONS
To explore the midi features of the instrument follow the next steps:
1 -
Press SET button - the Led is On -.
2 -
Press the MIDI button. The display shows:
L o n
This is the
LOCAL ON/OFF
page.
Normally the Piano keyboard always controls its internal voices. If it is necessary to
play the external module without playing the voices of the internal sound source, the
LOCAL CONTROL can be switched OFF. This will allow the Piano to transmit the
midi information thru the MIDI OUT whilst the internal voices are silent.
To set the Local Control ON press the (/\) button, to set the Local Control OFF press
the (\/) button.
3 -
Press the MIDI button a second time. The display shows:
P o n
