Midi Settings; Selecting The Transmit Channel (Tx Channel); Disconnecting The Internal Sound Generator And Keyboard (Local Control) - Roland KR-15 Owner's Manual

Chapter 10 Connecting External Devices

MIDI Settings

You can make MIDI settings like those described below.
"MIDI Setting Screen"
fig.09-04.eps
Display Explanation
Chooses the MIDI send channel
Tx Channel
(p. 174).
Switches Local Control on or off
Local Control
(p. 174).
"Program Change Screen"
fig.09-04.eps
Display Explanation
Sends Bank Select MSB messages
Bank Select MSB
(p. 175).
Sends Bank Select LSB messages
Bank Select LSB
(p. 175).
Sends Program Change messages
Program Change
(Program Numbers) (p. 175).
174
Making the Settings
1.
Switch to the Basic screen, or press the One Touch
Program [Piano] button.
2.
Touch <Functions>.
3.
Touch <MIDI Setting> or <Program Change>.
4.
Touch to make the setting for each
item.
Touch <Exit> to return to the Functions screen.
■ Selecting the Transmit Channel
(Tx Channel)
MIDI organizes things into "channels," which are numbered
from 1 through 16. Simply connecting a cable is not enough
for communication to take place. The connected devices must
be set to use the same MIDI channels. Otherwise, no sound
will be produced, and no sounds can be selected.
Select the transmit channel (1–16) of the KR.
The channel setting is at "1" when the KR is powered up.
If the keyboard has been split into right-hand and left-hand
sections, messages from the left-hand section are fixed at "3."
The KR receives messages on all channels from 1 through 16.
■ Disconnecting the Internal
Sound Generator and
Keyboard (Local Control)
When connecting a MIDI sequencer, set Local Control to
"OFF." The setting is at "Local Control ON" when the KR is
powered up.
As illustrated, information describing what has been played
on the keyboard is passed to the sound module over two
different routes, (1) and (2). As a result, you hear overlapping
or intermittent sounds. To prevent this from happening,
route (1) must be disabled, by setting the unit to what is
known as "Local Off."
fig.09-
Local On
(1)
MIDI
Sound
Generator
MIDI
OUT
Each note played is sounded twice
Sequencer
MIDI
IN OUT
Memory
MIDI
IN
Soft Tru On
(2)