Roland MKS-100 Owner's Manual page 9

OUTLINE OF THE MKS-100
The MKS-100
can sample
all
sorts of
sounds and
record
them
into
the
built-in
computer
memory
as
digital
data. This
digital
data can be used
to play
various sounds.
In
other words,
when
no
digital da-
ta
is
recorded
in
memory
(right
after the
MKS-100
is
turned
on
for
the
first
time), there
is
no sound
heard from
it.
To
play the
MKS-100, you must
record
sounds
or
load
back
the data
saved on
the quick
disk (QD).
Using the
QD's sound
library,
the
MKS-100
can be
played as
a high
quality,
preset type MIDI sound
module
(The S-10's
sound
library
QD
can be used
for
the MKS-100) even
without
recording any
sound.
The
MKS-100
is
the sound module
that
is
played
by the MIDI
signal sent from
the external MIDI de-
vice.
More
than one MIDI message
can be
re-
ceived by the
MKS-100
using different
MIDI Chan-
nels
from
1
to 16.
Also, the
MKS-100
can
select the
MIDI
Poly
or
Mo-
no mode. The
MIDI
Poly
mode
allows to receive
more
than
one MIDI
message
on one
channel,
and
the MIDI
Mono mode
allows
one message
on one
channel.
In
other words,
in
the Poly
mode,
the
MKS-100
is
8 voice
polyphonic
sound module
which can be used
with
a
MIDI sequencer
or key-
board.
In
the
Mono
mode,
the
MKS-100
is
the 8
sets of
monophonic sound modules which
use
8
MIDI
channels. The
Mono mode
is
effective
for us-
ing
the GR-Guitar System
(interfaced with the Ml-
Dl-Guitar Converter): the
signal
from each
string
can be
received separately, allowing
realistic guitar
sound
without
spoiling
its
characteristic.
* The
Roland
past Guitar
Synthesizers
(e.g.
GR-
700,
GR-77B)
provides
only
the MIDI
Poly
mode.
The MKS-100's
Mono mode
does
not allow
to set
a different
sound
for
each
note separately. This
is
because each
channel
is
not perfectly independent.
The Note Message
(e.g. pitch,
volume) and
the
Bender
message
(guitar's choking),
however,
are
independent.
If
the MIDI
Mono mode
is
not correctly selected,
the
MKS-100
will
not operate
properly,
such as the
chord
is
not played,
etc.
Please check
the type
of
the device
that controls the MKS-100, and
set the
MKS-100's
MIDI
Mode
correctly.