The M50; Midi Channels - Korg M50-88 Parameter Manual

Appendices
Messages transmitted and
received by the M50
In the text below, [...] indicates hexadecimal notation.

MIDI channels

MIDI messages can be exchanged when the transmitting
and receiving devices are set to the same MIDI channel.
MIDI uses sixteen channels, numbered 1–16. The way in
which channels are handled will differ depending on the
mode.
Program mode
• Other than transmission for the Drum Track function, all
data is transmitted and received on the global MIDI
channel.
The global MIDI channel is the basic channel that the
M50 uses for MIDI transmission/reception, and is set by
MIDI Channel (Global 1–1a).
• The Drum Track function in Program mode will
transmit and receive on the following MIDI channels.
Receive: Global MIDI channel.
Transmit: The MIDI channel specified by the Drum Track
Prog MIDI Out (Global 1–1a) setting (default: channel
10).
Note: Transmission is enabled if Drum Track Prog MIDI
Out (Global 1–1a) is checked. By default, this is off
(unchecked).
Combination mode
• The global MIDI channel is used to transmit/ receive
messages for selecting a combination and turning effects
on/off, and to transmit/receive exclusive data.
• Each timbre will transmit/receive MIDI data on the
MIDI Channel (Combi 3–1(2)c) that is specified for that
timbre.
• The Drum Track function will transmit and receive on
the following MIDI channels.
Receive: Global MIDI channel. The M50's keyboard will
control triggering.
Transmit: The MIDI channel specified by the Drum Pat-
tern Output (Combi 7–6a) setting of each combination.
Set this to match the MIDI channel of a timbre to which a
drum program is assigned.
• The Ch MIDI channel specified for each effect (Combi 8–
1–4a, 9–2a) is used to control dynamic modulation of the
insert/master/total effect, the pan following the insert
effect, and send 1 and 2.
• When you operate the keyboard or controllers of the
M50, messages will be transmitted on the global MIDI
channel, and will also be transmitted on the MIDI
channel of any timbre whose Status (Combi 2–1a) is set
to EXT or EX2.
• Channel messages will be received if they match the
MIDI channel of a timbre whose Status is set to INT
(Combi 3–1(2)c).
Sequencer mode
• The global MIDI channel is used to transmit/ receive
exclusive data and for messages that switch effects on/
off.
• MIDI data transmission/reception for each MIDI track
will occur on the MIDI channel specified for each MIDI
track by MIDI Channel (Seq 3–1(2)c).
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• The Drum Track function will transmit and receive on
the following MIDI channels.
Receive: The MIDI channel specified by the Drum Pat-
tern Input (Seq 1–1a) setting of each song. You will nor-
mally set this to Tch and use the M50's keyboard to
control triggering.
Transmit: The MIDI channel specified by the Drum Pat-
tern Output (Seq 1–1a) setting of each song. Set this to
match the MIDI channel of the MIDI track to which a
drum pattern is assigned.
• The MIDI channel specified for each effect by the Ch
parameter (Seq 8–1–4a, 9–2a) is used to control dynamic
modulation of the insert/master/total effect, the pan
following the insert effect, and send 1 and 2.
• When you operate the keyboard or controllers of the
M50, messages will be transmitted on the MIDI channel
selected by Track Select (Seq 0–1–1(2)a). However,
messages will be transmitted only if the selected MIDI
track has a Status of BTH, EXT, or EX2. For more
information, please see "Track Select" on page 130.
• When the sequencer is played back, musical data of
MIDI tracks whose Status is BTH, EXT, or EX2 will be
transmitted on the specified MIDI channels.
• MIDI tracks whose Status is INT or BTH will receive
channel messages of the matching MIDI channel. For
more information, please see "Status" on page 151, and
"MIDI Channel" on page 151.
Note on/off
Note-on [9n, kk, vv]
Note-off [8n, kk, vv]
(n: channel, kk: note number, vv: velocity)
When you play a note on the M50's keyboard, it will
transmit note-on/off messages.
When the arpeggiator is running, note-on/off messages
generated by the arpeggiator are transmitted. If Local is Off,
note-on/off messages generated by the arpeggiator will not
be transmitted. (See "Local Control On settings" on
page 391)
If the Drum Track Prog MIDI Out setting (Global 1–1a) is
checked, the drum track pattern will transmit note-on/off
messages while the drum track function is operating.
However, most instruments do not receive or transmit note-
off velocity, and neither does the M50.
Program Change/Bank Select
Changing the program/bank
Program change [Cn, pp]
(n: channel, pp: program number that allows 128 sounds to
be selected)
• Programs 000–127 in banks A–E correspond to program
changes [Cn, 00]–[Cn, 7F].
• Programs 001–128 in banks GM, g(1), g(2), g(3), g(4),
g(5), g(6), g(7), g(8), g(9), and g(d) correspond to
program changes [Cn, 00]–[Cn, 7F].
Bank select MSB (CC#0) [Bn, 00, mm]
Bank select LSB (CC#32) [Bn, 20, bb]
(n: channel, mm: bank number upper byte, bb: bank number
lower byte)
• The internal banks that correspond to each bank select
number will depend on the Bank Map setting (Global 0–
2a). KORG is the default setting. For more information,
please see "Bank Map" on page 218.