Midi - Yamaha Electone EL-900 Owner's Manual

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MIDI

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 ﾒtalkﾓ to each other and control each otherﾕ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 rhythms 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. For more information see page 161.
VOICE
DISPLAY
FOOT
SW.
VOICE
EDIT
U. FLUTE
VOICE
DISPLAY SELECT
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EFFECT A. B. C.
To select the MIDI page:
SET M. O. C.
Press the EXP. PITCH/MIDI button in the DISPLAY SELECT section, and
select the MIDI page with the Page buttons.
REGIST. EXP.
SHIFT PITCH/MIDI
RHYTHM
PROGRAM
PATTERN SEQUENCE
L. FLUTE TREMOLO
VOICE (FAST)
The MIDI receive channel of each connected MIDI device should match the
numbers set here.
Receive Channels
When using another MIDI device to play the Electoneﾕs voices, you must
set the MIDI transmit channel(s) of the connected device to match the
receive channel(s) of the Electone. The MIDI receive channels of the
Electone are fixed to the following values:
Upper= 1, Lower= 2 and Pedal= 3.
The MIDI transmit channel of each connected MIDI device should match
the above numbers.
MIDI CONTROL Page
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1
Output (Transmit) Channels
For setting the channels over which MIDI information will be
transmitted. Any channel from 1 through 16 can be assigned to each
keyboard, the Upper keyboard, the Lower keyboard and the
Pedalboard
UPPER: 1 - 16
LOWER: 1 - 16
PEDAL: 1 - 16
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