Midi Controls - Yamaha Electone EL-37 Owner's Manual

10. MIDI Controls

MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a kind of communication system for electronic musical
instruments. It is built into most every modern digital musical instrument and allows different
instruments to "talk" to each other and control each other's functions. For example, the Upper
keyboard of your Electone could be used to play sounds on a connected synthesizer. In another
application, a rhythm machine can be programmed to play its rhythm patterns in perfect
synchronization with the tempo set on the Electone.
To use the MIDI functions you must, of course, have a second MIDI device (such as a synthesizer or
rhythm machine), and a set of MIDI cables. Connect the MIDI cables as shown in the illustration below:
The MIDI IN/OUT terminals are located on the left underside of the Electone keyboard.
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All MIDI functions are controlled from Page 2 and Page 3 of the PITCH/MIDI pages.
To select the MIDI pages:
Press the PITCH/MIDI button in the DISPLAY SELECT section, and select
Page 2 and Page 3 with the Page buttons.
Page 2—Output Channels
<MIDI OUT>
UPPER=CH1
These select the MIDI channel
for Upper keyboard.
This determines the channels over which MIDI information will be
transmitted. The Upper keyboard can be set to send over channels 1 or 4,
while the Lower keyboard can send over 2 or 5. The Pedalboard
automatically sends over channel 3. The MIDI receive channel of MIDI
device should match the numbers set here.
IN OUT
Synthesizer
or
OUT IN
Rhythm Machine
LOWER=CH2
¡2
These select the MIDI channel
for Lower keyboard.
NOTE
transmit channel(s) of the connected
device to match the receive channel(s)
of the Electone. The MIDI receive
channels of the Electone are
automatically set to the following values:
When using another MIDI
device to play the Electone's
voices, you must set the MIDI
Upper: 1
Lower: 2
Pedal: 3
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