MR-200 – Owner’s Manual
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Start/Stop TX
Options
: On, Off
This parameter allows you to specify
whether or not the MR-200 should transmit
Start/Stop signals to MIDI OUT A and B.
They cause the receiving instrument
(arranger, drum machine, workstation) to
start and stop at the same time as the
MR-200.
If you want that external instrument to use
the exact same tempo as the MR-200
(including tempo changes), you should also
activate the “Clock TX” parameter.
This only works if you set the external instrument
to execute Start/Stop signals received via MIDI. See
its manual for details.
Sync RX
Options
: Auto, MIDI, Remote, Off
This parameter is a combination of the pre-
vious two – this time for the reception of
Start/Stop and Clock messages by the
MR-200. If your external instrument cannot
be synchronized to another source, you can
instead synchronize the MR-200 to the
external instrument.
Select “
Off
” if you do not want to synchro-
nize the MR-200 to an external device. The
other available options are:
Auto–
This is a function for remote control
of song playback (using a PK-5A dynamic
MIDI pedal board, for example). If the
MR-200 receives a MIDI Start message (FA),
it waits for Clock messages. If those Clock
messages are not received (a PK-5A, for
instance, doesn’t send them), the MR-200
starts playback using its internal tempo. If,
however, Clock messages (F8) are received
after the Start message, the MR-200 uses the
external tempo. You can nevertheless go on
using the MR-200 without MIDI Start/
Clock messages, which is not possible when
you select “MIDI”.
MIDI–
Playback can be started or stopped
with MIDI realtime messages (Start, Stop,
Clock) coming from an external clock
source.
Remote–
The MR-200 waits for a Start mes-
sage to start playback at its own tempo.
When it receives a Stop message, playback
stops.
Soft Thru
Options
: Off, OUT A, OUT B, OUT A+B
This parameter transmits the data received
during recording (MIDI IN) to the MIDI
OUT socket you select here. This ensures
that an external module you may have con-
nected to the MR-200 plays the part you are
recording for it (using your Rodgers organ
or a synthesizer, for example). Always select
the OUT socket (“A” or “B”) your module is
connected to. The default value is “OUT B”.
MIDI MACRO Recall
Options
: User, All A, All B, Organ +
Expander
This function allows you to assign all tracks
to the desired MIDI OUT socket in one go
(those assignments can also be modified on
a track-by-track basis, see below).
“User” contains your own output assign-
ments. This is related to the “
Org
” and
“
Oth
” options displayed in REC mode:
“
Org
”= MIDI OUT A, “
Oth
”= MIDI
OUT B. That message is displayed as soon as
you change a setting of the last macro you
selected. “All A” assigns all tracks to the
MIDI OUT A socket, and “All B” does the
same for the MIDI OUT B socket.
Do not forget to connect the receiving instrument to
the MIDI OUT socket you select here.
“Organ + Expander” means that tracks 1~
11 are assigned to MIDI OUT B, while the
Master track and tracks 12~16 are assigned
to MIDI OUT A. This is the obvious choice
when you work with a Rodgers organ and
an MX-200 module, for example. (See
page 15 for how to connect your instru-
ments to the MR-200.)
