Midi; What Is Midi; The Computer Port (Pk7 Only) - GEM PK5 Owner's Manual

• 9 MIDI

WHAT IS MIDI?

MIDI is the abbreviation for "Musical Instrument Digital Interface", a standard interface used to connect two or
more electronic musical instruments together in order that one pilots the other.
This chapter discusses some of the more common MIDI applications for the PK7/PK5 on a general basis.
PK7/PK5 is equipped with a standard MIDI interface consisting of a MIDI IN and MIDI OUT port.
To use PK7/PK5 as a stand alone instrument, it is not necessary to connect the MIDI ports.
With MIDI it is possible to:
• use PK7/PK5 to pilot another musical instrument;
• connect PK7/PK5 to an external sequencer (computer) to programme Songs and Styles;
• control PK7/PK5 with a master keyboard or other controlling device (guitar controller, wind controller, drum
pads...).

THE COMPUTER PORT (PK7 ONLY)

The COMPUTER port can simultaneously act a MIDI IN and MIDI OUT port and allows the direct connection of
the instrument by means of a single serial cable.
When the COMPUTER port is in use, the MIDI ports are disabled.
If you have a computer capable of directing MIDI data to the serial port (specified as RS232 in IBM PCs and
compatibles, MODEM in Macintosh), you can substitute the two MIDI cables with the single serial cable.
The connection via the COMPUTER port allows the control of 16 MIDI channels, as for the standard MIDI
interface.
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