Turning Transmission Of Midi Messages On And Off Separately For Each Keyboard; Using The Vk-88 To Select Tones On An External Sound Module - Roland VK-88 Owner's Manual

■ Turning Transmission of MIDI
Messages On and Off
Separately for Each Keyboard
You can specify whether or not MIDI messages are to be
transmitted by each keyboard. At the factory settings, MIDI
messages are transmitted from all of the keyboards.
1.
To switch transmission of MIDI messages from the
upper manual on or off, hold down the [BANK] button
and press the [LARGE CHOIR] button.
To switch transmission of MIDI messages from the
lower manual on or off, hold down the [BANK] button
and press the [GOSPEL CHOIR] button.
To switch transmission of MIDI messages from the
pedalboard on or off, hold down the [BANK] button
and press the [SYNTH PAD] button.
2.
Press the [1] button.
3.
Turning the [VIBRATO AND CHORUS] knob
switches the setting.
Turn the [VIBRATO AND CHORUS] knob to the right to
turn this on, or to the left to turn it off. At the factory
settings, this is turned on.
If you press the VIBRATO AND CHORUS [UPPER]
button, the setting will return to its initial value.
4.
Press the [WRITE] button to finalize the settings.
5.
Save the finalized parameter settings in a registration
(p. 48).
NOTE
Never turn off the power while registration are being
saved.
NOTE
Changes in the different keyboards' MIDI message
transmission settings are saved to the registrations. If
you turn off the power without saving the edited
settings to a registration, your changes will be lost.
Connecting the VK-88 to External Devices
■ Using the VK-88 to Select
Tones on an External Sound
Module
You can select tones on an external sound module from the
VK-88. This procedure sets the Bank Select (MSB, LSB) and
Program Change messages for each keyboard.
1.
Make the master keyboard setting (p. 88).
2.
To switch settings for the upper manual, hold down the
[BANK] button and press the [LARGE CHOIR] button.
To switch settings for the lower manual, hold down the
[BANK] button and press the [GOSPEL CHOIR]
button.
To switch settings for the pedalboard, hold down the
[BANK] button and press the [SYNTH PAD] button.
The indicators of buttons [1]–[4] will blink.
3.
Press one of the buttons from [2] through [4] to select
the parameter that you want to edit.
Upper Manual Setting
Button
EXTERNAL UPPER BANK SELECT
[2]
MSB
EXTERNAL UPPER BANK SELECT
[3]
LSB
EXTERNAL UPPER PROGRAM
[4]
CHANGE
Lower Manual Setting
Button
EXTERNAL LOWER BANK SELECT
[2]
MSB
EXTERNAL LOWER BANK SELECT
[3]
LSB
EXTERNAL LOWER PROGRAM
[4]
CHANGE
Pedalboard Setting
Button
EXTERNAL PEDAL BANK SELECT
[2]
MSB
EXTERNAL PEDAL BANK SELECT
[3]
LSB
EXTERNAL PEDAL PROGRAM
[4]
CHANGE
Parameter
Parameter
Parameter
Page
OFF,
0–127
OFF,
0–127
OFF,
1–128
Page
OFF,
0–127
OFF,
0–127
OFF,
1–128
Page
OFF,
0–127
OFF,
0–127
OFF,
1–128
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