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MIDI
Update
The
VV-.Sl) pi'ovidt's a
MIDI Update
lunction
that
ensures
that
even
when
you lesume playback from
the
middle
of
a
song
(c.t>.,
after
forward,
backward,
or
block
repeat),
playback
will
resume
c
orrectlw
Song
data contains
many
types
ot
MIDI
messages.
When
song
data
is
played
back trom
the
beginning,
it
transmits these
MIDI messages
in
the correct
order
to
play the
MIDI sound
source.
However,
if
vou
use
for-
ward
or
bat kw.ard,
el<
.
lo
change
the location
from
which
playback
begins, the
MIDI
messages
that
were
skipped over 'Program
Change
messages, Control
Change
messages,
etc
will
not
be
transmitted
to
the
MIDI sound
mhiic
e.
"I
his
means
that
when
playback
resumes,
the
sound
inav
nol
be
c
oner
t.
for
example,
the
song
data contains
Program
Change
messages (messages
that selet
I
sounclsi as
shown
below,
when
vou rewind Irom
point B
to
point
A
and
then begin
playback from
point A, the
string
sound
will
be heard even though
the brass
sound
should be
selected.
A
point
B
point
-.
1
.
1—
Brass
sound
Strings
sound
To
solve
1
sin
ii
problems,
the
VV-50
provides
a
MIDI
Update
function.
It
MIDI
Update
1
is
turned
on, the
song
data
will
be
checked
trom
the
beginning
and
the appropriate
messages
will
be
transmitted
to
ensure
that
the
sound
sourc e
will
have
the correct
settings,
even
if
you change
the point
from whir
h
to
begin playback.
When
the
W-~>0
is
shipped,
MIDI Update
is
turned
on,
and
in
most
rases
this
will
be
the
setting
you
want.
However,
it
the
amount
ot
song
data
is
huge,
in
some
cases
it
will
not
be
possible
to
process the data
cor-
rectly.
In
this
<
ase,
while holding
CLEAR,
pressing
STOP
will
transmit
all
MIDI
messages
(except note
mes-
sages)
trom
the
beginning
of
the
song
to
the current
position.
The MIDI Update
function
can be
turned "Off"
if
necessary.
•
MIDI
Update
on/off
<5^
whi|
e
holding SET, press
FWD.
The
display
will
show
the current
setting
(
Un
).
Press
BWD
to
turn
MIDI
Update
"
Off
".
To
turn
it
On,
press
FWD.
^5^
Press
SET
to
complete
the operation.
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