Startup Mode; Play Mode - Edirol PCR-M30 Owner's Manual

Use MIDI functionality

Startup mode

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MIDI Sound Generator

PLAY mode

When you power up the PCR-M30/50/80, it will start up in PLAY mode.
In PLAY mode, playing the keyboard will transmit note messages to play the connected MIDI
device.
The display will show the Current channel (p. 48).
In PLAY mode, you can play the keyboard to produce sound on a connected sound module,
and also use various other functions, such as operating the Bender Lever to change the pitch of
the currently sounding note (Pitch Bend), or to add vibrato (Modulation), or switching the
octave (Octave Shift).
In order to send MIDI messages from the PCR-M30/50/80 to your application, perform the
following steps.
1
Set the MIDI channel the PCR-M30/50/80 will use to transmit to the same channel on the
application is using to receive on.
Use MIDI Channel mode to set the MIDI transmit channel.
(➔MIDI Channel mode (p. 48)).
2
Select a sound on your MIDI sound module.
(➔Selecting Sounds on a Sound Module (p. 50).
3
Once you have finished making settings, try playing the keyboard.
When you play the keyboard in PLAY mode, MIDI messages are sent to the application.
* Since the PCR-M30/50/80 does not contain a sound generator, you cannot play MIDI data using the
PCR-M30/50/80 alone.
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