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Introduction
Farfisa FX1000 is a MIDI expander. Connecting it to a PC via USB cable or via MIDI it is possible to listen
music.
What is MIDI?
The acronym MIDI is the abbreviation of "
M
usical
I
nstrument
D
igital
I
nterface" and represents a stan-
dard for the transmission of data via cables between an electronic musical instrument and a personal
computer or another electronic musical instrument.
The General Midi (GM) system
This expander adopts the General Midi (GM) system, a standard which allows users to receive or send
data in MIDI format to a personal computer or to another keyboard without compatibility problems
between musical instruments of different brands.
The FX1000 is equipped with a USB-MIDI plug for connection to the personal computer and with a
MIDI-In socket to receive MIDI data from a keyboard or a MIDI device with a MIDI Out socket.
The connection takes place using the
USB cable
(supplied) or a
MIDI cable
(not supplied) as shown in
the next examples.
Connection of the FX1000 to a Personal Computer
a. Connect USB cable to a computer
b. connect USB cable to the FX1000
c. connect the STEREO LINE OUT socket of the
FX1000 to an external amplifier.
5. CONNECTIONS
cable not included
cable included
