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Connecting the VK-88 to External Devices
Using the VK-88 as the
Master Keyboard
These settings allow the VK-88 to function as a master
keyboard to control external MIDI devices.
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Connecting a External Sound
Generator
1.
Turn off the power of the VK-88 and the external sound
generator that you want to connect.
2.
Use a commercially available MIDI cable to connect the
MIDI IN connector of your sound generator to the
MIDI OUT connector of the VK-88.
3.
Turn on the power of your sound generator.
4.
Turn on the power of the VK-88.
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Making the Master Keyboard
Settings
1.
Hold down the [BANK] button and press the
[STRINGS] button.
The indicators of buttons [1]–[4] will blink.
2.
Press the [1] button.
3.
Turn the [VIBRATO AND CHORUS] knob to the right.
Master Keyboard Mode is switched on.
Turning the [VIBRATO AND CHORUS] knob to the
right turns Master Keyboard Mode on; turning the knob
to the right turns Master Keyboard Mode off. This is set
at the factory to “Off.”
If you press the VIBRATO AND CHORUS [UPPER]
button, the setting will return to its initial value.
When you want to stop editing, press the [H-BAR
MANUAL] button.
4.
Press the [WRITE] button to finalize the settings.
This saves the settings.
The indicators for the [1]–[8] buttons light up while the
settings are being saved.
NOTE
Never turn off the power while parameters are being
saved.
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Setting a Different MIDI
Channel for Each Keyboard
You can assign a separate MIDI channel for each keyboard.
At the factory settings, Channel 1 is assigned to the upper
manual, Channel 3 is assigned to the lower manual, and
Channel 2 is assigned to the pedalboard.
1.
Hold down the [BANK] button and press the
[STRINGS] button.
The indicators of buttons [1]–[4] will blink.
2.
Use the [2]–[4] buttons to select the keyboard whose
MIDI channel you want to change.
3.
Press a key from C2 to D#3 on the lower manual to set
the MIDI channel.
If you press the VIBRATO AND CHORUS [UPPER]
button, the setting will return to its initial value.
When you want to stop editing, press the [H-BAR
MANUAL] button.
4.
Press the [WRITE] button to confirm the settings.
This saves the settings.
The indicators for the [1]–[8] buttons light up while the
settings are being saved.
NOTE
Never turn off the power while parameters are being
saved.
Button
Parameter
[1]
MIDI TX MODE
[2]
EXTERNAL UPPER CHANNEL
[3]
EXTERNAL LOWER CHANNEL
[4]
EXTERNAL PEDAL CHANNEL
Button
Parameter
[2]
EXTERNAL UPPER CHANNEL
[3]
EXTERNAL LOWER CHANNEL
[4]
EXTERNAL PEDAL CHANNEL
5 6 8 10 12 13 15
3
1
2
4
7 9 11
14 16
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