You About MIDI, Sequencers, and the GR-0 can also mix your guitar’s own sound with those in the GR-20 to create new timbres that are all your own. If you’re experienced with MIDI and sequencers, feel free to skip this Each GR-20 Workshop Series booklet focuses on one GR-20 topic, and is section.
On the Sequencer Side of Things MIDI Channel To connect your sequencer to the GR-20, the sequencer has to have a MIDI Select the basic MIDI channel on which you want the GR-20 to send and IN jack and a MIDI OUT jack. If you’re using a: receive data.
The best way to solve this problem is to temporarily turn off the GR-20’s own Mono Mode response to your guitar by activating the GR-20’s Local Control Off feature. In Mono mode, each of your guitar’s strings sends its data on its own MIDI Here’s how:...
Page 5
Here’s why. When you select a new patch on the GR-20, the GR-20 transmits MIDI Bank If you want your sequencer to use a GR-20 patch, set the track’s output Select and Program Change values that identify the patch. You can record to the GR-20’s basic MIDI channel, which we described on Page 3.
Page 6
• When you stop playing a note—the GR-20 sends out a • Play as cleanly as possible—as always with the GR-20. If you do wind up note-off message. with extra or unwanted notes in the recorded sequencer track, you can •...
Page 7
When a storage-capable MIDI device receives the GR-20’s SysEx data, it saves it, and can then retransmit the data at a later date to the GR-20 for reloading. This allows you to keep a safety copy of the GR-20’s data, or to save different...
Page 8
GR-20 receives the data, its display shows “r.. ” When “Ld” returns to the display, press the GR-20’s WRITE button to store the received SysEx data. Power down the GR-20, and then turn it on again to return to normal operation. The End We hope you’ve found this workshop helpful.