What Is Midi; General Midi - Casio CTK-531 User Manual

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What is MIDI?
The eters MIDI stand or Musical Insnament Digital lntrtace, which
Is the name ofa workwide standard for digital signals and cones
tors t h a t makes it possible to exchange musical data befeen mus
'al instruments and computers (machines) produced by ditierent
Jnanufactrers. MIDI compatible equipment can exchange heytoard
Key press key release tone change, and other data av messages,
Though you do nat nee any special nutwledge about SDM to use
this keyboard ava stand-alone tnit MIDI operations require a bi ef
'specialized knowlege. Thi section provides you with am overview
SF MIDI that wil help to get you going
MIDI Connections
MIDI messages are se out through the MIDI OUT terminal ot one
machine to the MIDIIN terminal of another machine ver « MID
Eile To senda mesange trom this keyboard 3s wnother machine f o e
example you must uses MIDI cable le conneet the MIDIOUT term
ral ofthis keyboand tothe MIDIIN terminal o the other machine To
send MIDI messages back to this keyboard, you nee t o use ® MIDI
'le to connect the other machine's MID OT termina tthe MI
IN terminal of this keyboard
To use 1 computer oF other MIDI device to recon and playback the
MIDI data produced by this heyboard, you must connect the MIDI
INand MIDI OUT teretinalsof beth machines in onde send and
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MIDI Channels
General MIDI
(General MIDI standardizes MIDI dat for all ound source types r=
sande of manufacturer General MIDI specifies nich factors as he
'Romberg. drum sounds and available MIDI channels oral sound
sources This standard makes possible forall MIDI eipmnent 1
reproduce the same nuances when playing General MIDI data,
{gardles ofthe manufactorer ofthe sound source,
Though the s o u n d source o this keyboard not General MIDI com:
patible. you can still connect the heyboard to 4 computer or other
Nut equipment to playback Gener! MIDI dst that widely valle
able in stones over computer setworks, and from other s0ures
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Messages
There ia wide vatety of messages d
NOTE ON/OFF
This messae sends data when a key is pressed (NOTE ON) or re
leased (NOTE OT)
'Whenever you pres or eens hxy ca this Keyan the cores
ng NOTE ON or NOTL OFF maeasage is wet by constant ve
fom the MIDI QUT terminal
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The cho note depend onthe lone tate bring Used, as shown
te Note Tate on age At Whonaver tea keyboard reco
'br tate cxtsde Re range or ha one, the same tone
'vada octave noutined,
PROGRAM CHANGE
This the tone selection message, PROGRAM CHANGI can co
lain tone data within the range of Oto 127
APROGRAM CHANGE message (0 0 99) is sent out through this
Keyboards MIDI OUT terminal whenever you manually change is
tone number Receipt of a PROGRAM CHANGE mesiage frm aft
'steal machine changes the tne petting ot this keyboatd (page F
PITCH BEND
This menage carrie pitch bend information for smoothly sliding the
pitch upwards or downwards during keyboard pay. Ths Keyboard
Hoes not send pitch bend data, ut can ceive vc data
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