Midi Applications; As A Midi Controlling Device; As A Slave Device; Midi Sequencer Recording - Generalmusic RealPiano pRP 7 Owner's Manual

MIDI Applications

The following explains how your pRP7 can be used in the most common
MIDI setups suited to this instrument:
a) as a MIDI controlling device (Master);
b) as a tone generator (in other words, a Slave);
c) for MIDI sequence recording.

As a MIDI controlling device

pRP7, like most MIDI instruments, transmits note and
velocity information (touch response) via the MIDI OUT
port whenever notes are played on the keyboard.
If the MIDI OUT port is connected to the MIDI IN port of
another MIDI keyboard (synthesizer, etc.) or a tone
generator (more commonly called an "expander", but essentially any
device with an internal sound engine), the external unit will respond
precisely to the notes played on the transmitting keyboard.
The result is that such a setup allows you to play two instruments at the
same time, using pRP7 as the controlling device (Master) and the other
as the device being controlled (Slave).
Quite simply, every time you select a Preset, you will send Program
change messages to the external device who will respond by playing a
second sound.

As a Slave device

As well as transmitting MIDI information, pRP7 recog-
nizes the same type of data if received at the MIDI IN port
from an external controlling device. In this case, the MIDI
IN port of the pRP7 is connected to the MIDI OUT port of
the external controlling unit. This, therefore, allows pRP7
to be controlled in exactly the same manner as described
above, only this time, the pRP7 behaves as the slave and
the external device the controller.

Midi Sequencer recording

The type of data transfer described above can be exploited
very efficiently for MIDI sequence recording. For this
connection, shown in the diagram, the pRP7 MIDI OUT is
connected to the Sequencer MIDI IN, and the Sequencer
MIDI OUT is connected to the pRP7 MIDI IN. This
connection is more commonly know as a "MIDI Loop".
Any instrument with a sequencer, or a Computer running sequencer
software, can be used to capture (record) the MIDI data transmitted by
the pRP7.
When the recorded data is played back, the pRP7 reproduces the
recorded sequence in exactly the same manner as it was recorded.
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