Keyboard Assign Mode; Transmitted Data - Yamaha PSS-680 PortaSound Authorized Product Manual

Transmitted Data

In this mode, Timing Clock, Start/Stop and note on/off data
are transmitted. The 16 MIDI channels are used to send the
following information:
Channel
MANUAL
1 to 16
Data
Any of the 16 channels can be
(assignable)
assigned for transmission of nor-
mal keyboard performance data,
i.e. the melody and accompani-
ment you play all by yourself.
If an AUTO ACCOMPANI-
MENT feature is being used, only
key data from the MELODY
SECTION will be transmitted.
Default channel is 1.
MELODY MEMORY Data
The performance data from
MELODY banks 1 to 5 is trans-
mitted on the MIDI TRANSMIT
channel that was selected when
the bank was recorded. It is pos-
sible to change this stored channel
number during record standby
while the MELODY bank indi-
cator is blinking with alternating
long/short intervals (see p.22).
Simply select the new channel
with TRANSMIT CH. [e], then
press the MELODY bank button
again so that its indicator goes
out.
The TRANSMIT channel se-
lected during recording is also
chosen for transmission when
several banks have been used as
a "set" for a polyphonic MEL-
ODY.
CHORD key note data
11
Key note data for ORCHESTRA
12 to 14
parts 1 (ch 12) thru 3 (ch 14).
BASS key note data
15
RHYTHM key note data in-
16
cluding those for HAND PER-
CUSSION. (See the table on this
page (and the next).)
•
A MIDI OUT CHANNEL list (15a) is printed on the front
panel of the PortaSound for easy reference.
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Keyboard Assign Mode

Information
PERFORMANCE
Points To Remember
•
If the TRANSPOSE function is being used, it will affect
all transmitted key note data except the rhythm part.
•
The MELODY VOL. setting determines the trans-
mitted key on velocity data (i.e. how loud the basic
sound of the controlled external instruments will be).
•
In the case of the Auto Accompaniment sounds, the
velocity data is preset for each style and each of its
parts.
MIDI Key Numbers and Percussion Sounds
MIDI
KEY
KEY# TRANSMITTED AS...
NAME
X
C1 36 (24H)
X
C#1
37 (25H)
D1 X
38 (26H)
D#1 X
39 (27H)
E1 40 (28H) X
41 (29H) SYNTH TOM LOW
F1
42 (2AH) SYNTH TOM MID
F#1
G1
43 (2BH) SYNTH TOM HI
X
G#1 44 (2CH)
45 (2DH) BASS DRUM
A1
A#1
X
46 (2EH)
X
47 (2FH)
B1
C2 48 (30H) LOW TOM
C#2
49 (31H) SNARE HI
D2
50 (32H)
MID TOM
ACCEPTED AS...
X
X
SNARE HI
X
SYNTH TOM LOW
SYNTH TOM LOW
SYNTH TOM MID
SYNTH TOM HI
BASS DRUM
BASS DRUM
RIM SHOT
LOW TOM
LOW TOM
SNARE HI
MID TOM