Midi Applications; About Midi; Messages Transmitted And Received By The Triton-Rack; Midi Channels - Korg Triton-Rack Parameter Manual

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.
Messages transmitted and received
by the TRITON-Rack
[...] indicates hexadecimal notation

MIDI channels

MIDI messages can be exchanged when the transmitting
and receiving devices are set to the same MIDI channel.
MIDI uses sixteen channels, numbered 1–16. The way in
which channels are handled will differ depending on the
mode.
Program mode and Sampling mode
• Transmission/reception is performed on the global
MIDI channel*.
* The global MIDI channel is the basic channel that the
TRITON-Rack uses for MIDI transmission/reception,
and is set by "MIDI Channel" (GLOBAL 2.1–1a).
Combination mode
• The global MIDI channel is used to transmit/receive
messages for selecting a combination and turning effects
on/off, and to transmit/receive exclusive data.
• The MIDI channel specified for each timbre (in MIDI
channel (COMBI 3.1–1a)) is used to transmit/receive
MIDI data for each timbre.
• The MIDI channel specified for each of the insert effects
and master effects is used to control dynamic
modulation, and to control the pan and send 1/2 after
the sound has passed through the insert effects.
• When you operate the controllers of the TRITON-Rack,
messages will be transmitted on the global MIDI
channel, and will also be transmitted on the MIDI
channel of any timbre whose "Status" (COMBI 3.1–1a)
is set to EXT or EX2.
• Channel messages will be received if they match the
MIDI channel of a timbre whose "Status" is set to INT
( p.36 "Status" and "MIDI Channel").
Multi mode
• The global MIDI channel is used to transmit/receive
exclusive data and for messages that switch effects on/
off.
• MIDI data of each track is transmitted/received on the
MIDI channel specified for each track (in the MULTI 3.1–
1a/2a).
• When you operate the controllers of the TRITON-Rack,
messages will be transmitted on the MIDI channel
selected by "Control Track." However, messages will be
transmitted only if the track selected by "Control Track"
has a "Status" of BTH, EXT, or EX2.
• When pattern/RPPR is played back, musical data of
tracks whose "Status" is BTH, EXT, or EX2 will be
transmitted on the specified MIDI channels.
• Tracks whose "Status" (MULTI 3.1–1a/2a) is INT or
BTH will receive channel messages of the matching
MIDI channel ( p.54, "Status" and "MIDI Channel").

Note on/off

Note-on [9n, kk, vv]
Note-off [8n, kk, vv]*
(n: channel, kk: note number, vv: velocity)
The TRITON-Rack can receive note-on/off messages to
sound its tone generator. When the arpeggiator is running,
the arpeggiator will transmit note-on/off messages. When
Local Control is Off, note-on/off data from the arpeggiator
will not be transmitted. ("Local Control On"
* Most devices do not transmit or receive note-off velocity,
and the TRITON-Rack does not transmit or receive this
data either.

Program Change/Bank Select

Changing the program/bank
Program change [Cn, pp]
(n: channel, pp: program number that allows 128 sounds to
be selected)
• Programs 000–127 in banks I-A–I-F, E-A–E-H
correspond to program changes [Cn, 00]–[Cn, 7F].
• Programs 001–128 in banks G, g(1)–g(9), g(d), and g(d)
correspond to program changes [Cn, 00]–[Cn, 7F].
Bank select MSB (CC#0) [Bn, 00, mm],
Bank select LSB (CC#32) [Bn, 20, bb]
(n: channel, mm: bank number upper byte, bb: bank number
lower byte)
• The internal banks that correspond to each bank select
number will depend on the "Bank Map" setting
(GLOBAL 1.1–2a). With the factory settings, this will be
GM(2). ( p.109 "Bank Map")
Simply receiving a Bank Select message will not cause
the program or bank to change. The program or bank
will actually change when a Program Change message is
received.
Program mode
• In Program PROG 1.1: Play, program change and bank
select messages are transmitted and received on the
global MIDI channel. These messages are not received
in 2.1: Ed–Basic–7.3: Ed–MasterFX.
Combination and Multi modes
• Program change and bank select messages can be
received on the MIDI channel specified for each timbre/
track to select programs on that timbre/track.
• When you select a combination, program change and
bank select messages will be transmitted by timbres
whose "Status" is EXT or EX2.
In Multi mode, program change or bank select messages
will be transmitted by tracks whose "Status" is BTH,
EXT, or EX2 when you select the "Program Select"
(MULTI 1.1–2b/3b), when you select a song, or when
you return to the beginning of a measure. ( p.33, 51
"Program Select"–"MIDI")
• In Combination and Multi modes, transmission/
reception can be switched on/off for each timbre/track.
( p.41, 58 "Program Change").
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