Program Change (And Bank Select); Midi: Tx Midi Ch./Local Control - Roland KR-3 Owner's Manual

Program Change (and Bank Select)

"Program changes" are MIDI messages that tell the
receiving instrument to select another sound (or
Tone) and also contain information about which Tone
to select. There may be situations where you would
like to double the Upper part melody with a sound of
an external instrument that is not automatically
selected.
Enter the Program Change function. It allows you to
transmit sound select messages without choosing
Tones on the KR-3 itself.
(*) The term sound select message describes MIDI
message clusters consisting of one or two bank select
messages and a program change message.
1. On the Utility Menu screen, press <√√PAGE> or
<PAGE®®> to select the following display page:
2. Use the <√> and <®> buttons at the lower left of
the display to select the message type.
3. Use <L> and <M> to the left and right of the dis-
play to set the value.
Display MIDI message
CC 00 Bank Select MSB
CC 20 Bank Select LSB
PC Program Change
Please note that each press of a <L> or <M> button
will cause the KR-3 to transmit the value you set.
Always set the numbers in the same order as they
appear on the display: start with CC00, then set CC20,
and finally set a PC value.
Note: Most instruments do not understand CC20 messages,
so feel free to skip that one.
Note: Sound select messages transmitted on the Program
Change page are not executed by the KR-3.

MIDI: TX MIDI Ch./Local Control

1. On the Utility Menu screen, press <√√PAGE> or
<PAGE®®> to select the following display page:
I TX MIDI Channel
TX MIDI Ch refers to the MIDI channel used for
transmitting messages from the KR-3 to external
instruments (TX is short for transmit). If the external
instrument is set to receive on (RX) MIDI channel 3,
select "3" here. Otherwise, the external instrument
will neither play nor select sounds, etc.
2. Use the buttons to the left of the display to choose
the MIDI transmit channel.
That channel number (1~16) appears on the display.
Note: MIDI messages sent from the external MIDI instru-
ment to the KR-3 are received on all channels. However, all
keyboard information (of the Upper, Layer, Lower, Chord,
and Bass Tones) will be transmitted on one channel.
Note: Composer and Music Style data are not transmitted.
I Local Control
Local Control is a switch between the keyboard of
your KR-3 and its tone generator. This switch is usu-
ally set to On so that you hear the notes you play.
Value
When working with an external sequencer, you may
0~127
0~127 have to select Off to avoid that every note is being
1~128
sounded twice (once by yourself and again by the
sequencer).
Local Control has no effect on what is being transmit-
ted to the MIDI OUT connector.
After setting Local Control to Off, do not forget to set
the sequencer's Soft Thru parameter to On. That way,
the messages can be transmitted from the sequencer's
MIDI OUT connector to the KR-3's MIDI IN connec-
tor (use a MIDI cable to establish this connection).
3. Use the buttons on the right of the display to switch
Local Control on or off.
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