Controlling Wk2000 Se From A Midi Accordion; Using The Wk2000 Se In Song Mode With A Computer - Generalmusic WK2000 SE Owner's Manual

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Controlling WK2000 SE from a MIDI Accordion

Connect the accordion's MIDI OUT port to the WK2000 SE MIDI IN then proceed as explained below to control
WK2000 SE from the accordion
1 Enable the MIDI LOCK function
Set the parameter ON, in the MIDI/GENERAL menu. Refer to the MIDI/
GENERAL chapter, for specifi c information.
Set the CHORD channel of WK2000 SE to the same channel as the
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accordion's chord section (MIDI accordions generally use)
3 Confi gure the MIDI channels of the WK2000 SE tracks
Use as reference the table: Midi Accordion settings
4 Set the COMMON channel to OFF
Be sure that WK2000 SE's Chord Recognition mode is set to operate
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in ONE FINGER mode (see ARRANGE MODE)
Extend the SPLIT Point setting to its maximum setting for the chords
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(see SPLIT)
NOTE: If you want to hear the WK2000 SE sounds together with the accordion melody section, assign the UPPER 1 (or
UPPER 1 and UPPER 2) sections the same MIDI channel as the accordions right hand section (generally, MIDI accordions
use channels 1 and/or 4 for the right hand). You can memorise your confi gurations for accordion use in one or more of
the 63 Performances available and save the entire set of Performances to Floppy Disk (or Hard Disk).
Using the WK2000 SE in song mode with a computer (or external sequencer)
If you prefer to use a computer software sequencer to record your Songs in order to exploit some of the advanced edit-
ing functions, proceed with the following general instructions. The idea is to use the WK2000 SE to generate the MIDI
messages to send to the computer sequencer.
•Connect the WK2000 SE MIDI OUT port to the sequencer's MIDI IN port
•Connect the Sequencer MIDI OUT port to the WK2000 SE MIDI IN port
In this setup (Song mode) and with the correctly assigned MIDI channels, the MIDI messages generated by the WK2000
SE keyboard are sent from the WK2000 SE MIDI OUT, received by the MIDI IN of the computer MIDI interface and
recorded by the sequencer. When you launch the Play command in the sequencer, the MIDI messages are sent via
the computer's MIDI OUT port and received at the WK2000 SE MIDI IN. Via MIDI, you can send messages from the
computer and perform all the operations that you would normally carry out on the WK2000 SE control panel. You can
change sounds, set volumes and pan levels, select and control the effects, etc. When you send messages to WK2000
SE to select Sounds, the Sound selection message must be received on the MIDI channel assigned to the track to which
the Sound is assigned. WK2000 SE. To select WK2000 SE Sounds, fi rst send a Control Change 00 message (Bank
Select) followed by a Program Change (PC) message. The Sound table, with corresponding MIDI selection messages is
listed in the Appendix. To use the described setting, it is advisable to set the track used to send data to the computer
sequencer to [LOCAL OFF]. Set the computer sequencer to retransmit all the MIDI messages received to WK2000 SE.
Depending on the software used, this retransmitting function is identifi ed by different designations: ECHO, ECHO
ON, ECHO BACK., PATCH THRU, SOFT THRU, MIDI THRU, etc. By setting the track used to send data to the computer
sequencer to [LOCAL OFF] , playing on the keyboard will produce no sound. Nevertheless, data are transmitted to
the sequencer via MIDI. The sequencer echoing function retransmit the same MIDI received data directly to WK2000
SE sound generator. Consequently, you can hear the sounds coming again from WK2000 SE keyboard. If you do not
set the track to [LOCAL OFF], when the [ECHO] function is active on the computer, you will hear a double note sound
with each note played: the fi rst note is generated by the internal (LOCAL) connection between the keyboard and the
sound generator, the second is generated by the external MIDI connection from the keyboard to the sequencer, back
to the sound generator.
The Computer Port
The Computer Port is an alternative to the MIDI connections just described, you can use the COMPUTER port and a single
serial cable. The COMPUTER port disables the MIDI port.
•Apple Macintosh
Macintosh (o compatibles) communicate at the speed of 1 MHz. Read the computer Software manual for reference.Use a
standard serial cable of the DB8 type to connect WK2000 SE to the MacIntosh MODEM port. Set the COMPUTER param-
eters to MAC in [MIDI/GENERAL].
•IBM PC
IBM PC (or compatibles) may communicate at the speed of 31250 baud (PC1) or 38400 baud (PC2). Use standard serial
cables of the DB8-DB9, DB8-DB25 types connect WK2000 SE to the PC serial port. Set the COMPUTER parameters to PC1
or PC2 in MIDI/GENERAL.
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MIDI Accordion settings
Track Midi Channel
DRUM Ch 10
BASS Ch 3
ACC1 Ch 5
Acc2 Ch 6
Acc3 Ch 7
LOWER Ch 2
UPPER2 Ch 1
UPPER1 Ch 1
COMMON OFF
CHORD 2
The MIDI