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HAdvanced Features
1) MIDI
Interface
1 Introduction
The letters MIDI
stand for Musical
Instrument
Digital
Interface,
an international standard for connecting synthersizers, drum
machines, and other electronic musical instruments so that they can exchange performance data.
The P360 features three MIDI
jacks — IN, OUT, and THRU — that allow it to both send and receive these kinds of data.
Note:
The sending and receiving instruments must be assigned the same channel number before they can communicate.
2 Typical Applications
2.1
Ensemble playing with another keyboard instrument
Example:
a digital synthesizer
Synthesizer
If you connect the MIDI OUT jack on your electronic piano to the MIDI
IN jack on the synthesizer and the synthesizer's LINE
OUTPUT jack to the piano's LINE IN jack, you will be able to play both instruments simultaneously from the piano keyboard. The
interface transmits both the keys played and the strength with which you played them, so the synthesizer output is exactly the
same as it would be if you were playing the keyboard directiy.
The only differences is that the synthesizer uses a different tone
color, which blends with the digital piano's to create an ensemble effect.
You can, for example, add the synthesizer's strings to
your piano solo to give it more depth.
Note:
If you reverse the MIDI IN and MIDI OUT connections, you can play the piano from the synthesizer just as easily.
2.2
Drum Machines
Example:
a drum machine
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Drum Machine
Connecting a drum
machine allows you to add a rhythm accompaniment
to your playing or create special effects by adding notes
from the percussion instrument to the piano output.
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