Yamaha SY55 Product Manual page 137

Summary: Determines whether the SY55 keyboard
controls the internal tone generator system or
not.
Settings: on, off.
Procedure: Use the [DATA ENTRY] control or [-1/
NO] and [+1/YES] keys to turn local control on or
off.
Details: Normally, local control will be turned "on"
so that the SY55 keyboard plays its own internal
tone generator system. If you want to control an
Summary: Determines whether the SY55 will re-
spond to MIDI program change messages for
remote voice/multi selection.
Settings: off, normal, direct
Procedure: The [DATA ENTRY] control or [+1/YES]
and [-1/NO] keys are used to select the desired
MIDI program change reception mode.
Details: The "off setting turns MIDI program
change reception off, so operating the voice se-
lectors on your keyboard/controller will not
cause the corresponding SY55 voice or multi-
play setup to be selected.
LOCAL CONTROL ON/OFF
MIDI PROGRAM CHANGE
Refer to: "ERROR MESSAGES," page 144. Page 3
external MIDI tone generator or other device
from the SY55 keyboard without playing the
internal tone generator, turn local control "off."
One possibility is to drive the SY55 tone genera-
tor system from the internal sequencer while
independently playing a separate external tone
generator from the SY55 keyboard.
Local control is automatically turned ON
whenever the power is turned ON.
In the "normal" mode, program change num-
bers 0 through 63 select SY55 voices 1 through
64, and program change numbers 64 through 79
select multi-play setups 1 through 16.
The "direct" mode allows, in addition to the
voice and multi-play selection of the "normal"
mode, selection of the various SY55 modes by
reception of program change numbers 119
through 127.
of separate MIDI DATA FORMAT.
UTILITY MODE
JOB 7
JOB 8
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