About Midi Channels - Roland VariOS User Manual

Cautions when using VariOS-8 with
another sequencer
Synchronizing the arpeggiator to the tempo of your MIDI
sequencer
If you are using VariOS-8 with your MIDI sequencer, you can set VariOS-8 Controller's [SYNC] switch to MIDI so that the VariOS-
8 arpeggiator will be synchronized to the tempo of your MIDI sequencer.
1. Set VariOS-8 Controller's ARPEGGIO/[SYNC] switch to MIDI. (Refer to p. 11)
2. Start up your MIDI sequencer.
3. Send the MIDI clock of your MIDI sequencer to "Roland VariOS MIDI" (the port of the VariOS sound generator section).
4. Specify Roland VariOS MIDI (the port of the VariOS sound generator section) as the output port for the tracks of your
sequencer, so that it will control the VariOS.

About MIDI channels

When playing VariOS-8 from a sequencer, choose Roland VariOS MIDI as the output port for the corresponding track in your
sequencer, and set the MIDI output channel to match the MIDI Receive Channel of the VariOS. You can use either of the following
two methods to set the VariOS's MIDI Receive Channel.
• From VariOS-8 Controller
Refer to step 6 of "Starting up VariOS-8 Controller and making settings" on p. 6.
• From the menu of the VariOS hardware module
Refer to "Setting the MIDI Receive Channel" on p. 8.
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