Midi Applications - Korg KROSS Parameter Manual

Appendices

MIDI applications

About MIDI
MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, and is a
world-wide standard for exchanging various types of musical data
between electronic musical instruments and computers. When
MIDI cables are used to connect two or more MIDI devices,
performance data can be exchanged between the devices, even if
they were made by different manufacturers.
Settings when connected to a
MIDI device or computer
Here we will explain the settings you'll make on the KROSS when
connecting it to another device.
The "Convert Position" setting
The KROSS's settings Key Transpose, Velocity Curve, and
After Touch Curve (MIDI IN) (see page 156) respectively allow
you to adjust the transposition, velocity sensitivity, and aftertouch
(received only from the internal sequencer or from MIDI IN)
sensitivity.
The aftertouch curve is applied only to data received from the
internal sequencer or from MIDI IN. The After Touch
Curve (MIDI IN) setting does nothing if Convert Position
(see page 160) is Pre-MIDI.
The effect that these settings will have on the internal sequencer
and on the MIDI data that is transmitted and received will depend
on Convert Position setting.
• If you want to control an external MIDI tone generator from the
KROSS, set Convert Position to PreMIDI. The various settings
listed above will be reflected in the MIDI data that is
transmitted. These settings will also be reflected in the data that
is recorded on the internal sequencer.
Incoming MIDI data will be handled with settings equivalent to
Key Transpose 0, Velocity Curve 4, and After Touch Curve
3.
• When controlling the KROSS's tone generator from an external
MIDI device, select PostMIDI. The above-listed settings will
affect the MIDI data that is received. These settings will also
affect the data that is played back from the internal sequencer.
Outgoing MIDI data will be handled with settings equivalent to
Key Transpose 0, and Velocity Curve 4.
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Local Control On settings
If you've connected the KROSS to a computer or external MIDI
sequencer and want to use the "echo-back" from that device to
play the KROSS, turn echo-back on for your external MIDI
sequencer or computer (so that the data it receives at MIDI IN will
be retransmitted from MIDI OUT), and turn off the KROSS's local
control setting (so that the KROSS's keyboard section and sound
generator will be internally disconnected).
When you play the keyboard of the KROSS, the musical data will
be transmitted to the external MIDI sequencer or computer, and
then echoed back to play the KROSS's tone generator. In other
words, by turning Local Control OFF, you can prevent notes from
being sounded in duplicate, as would otherwise occur if a note
were sounded by the KROSS's own keyboard and again by the
data that was echoed-back.
If the arpeggiator function is on, playing the KROSS's keyboard
will not cause the arpeggiator to run, and only the musical data
produced by playing the keyboard will be transmitted. The
arpeggiator will run only in response to the notes that are echoed-
back and received at MIDI IN. In this way, turning off Local
Control prevents the arpeggiator from running in duplicate.
Select this setting when you wish to record on the external MIDI
sequencer or computer using only the notes that trigger the
arpeggiator, and to use the echoed-back notes to use the
arpeggiator while monitoring your recording or during playback.
Note: If you want the note data produced by the arpeggiator to be
recorded on the external sequencer/computer, set Local Control
on, and turn off the Echo Back setting of the external sequencer/
computer.
To turn off Local Control, press the Local Control On (see page
160) check box to uncheck it.
When using the KROSS by itself, leave Local Control turned on.
(If this is off when the KROSS is used by itself, playing the
keyboard will not produce sound.)