Connecting Midi Equipment; The Vr-700'S Internal Structure; Sound Generator Section; Midi Routing - Roland VR-700 Owner's Manual

Connecting MIDI Equipment

* To prevent malfunction and/or damage to speakers or other
devices, always turn down the volume, and turn off the power on all
devices before making any connections.

The VR-700's Internal Structure

Sound Generator Section

The VR-700 contains a sound generator for organ sounds and
ensemble sounds, and a sound generator for song playback.
The organ/ensemble sound generator is a multi-part sound
generator; with the factory settings, each part is assigned to the
following MIDI channels.
Organ/ensemble sound generator parts
Upper organ
Lower organ
Pedal organ
Ensemble 1
Ensemble 2
Internal rhythm
Spring shock
* MIDI messages received at the MIDI PEDAL IN connector are
automatically converted to the MIDI channel specified by "Pedal
Organ MIDI Channel" (p. 57).
fig.MIDIroute01.eps
MIDI channel
(factory setting)
1
3
2
4
5
10
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MIDI Routing

External MIDI keyboard
Player
Internal
rhythm
Song
Song playback
sound generator
VR-700
Keyboard/Controllers
Pedal keyboard
Inside the VR-700, MIDI connections are routed as shown in the
illustration.
With the factory settings, MIDI messages received at the MIDI IN
connector or USB MIDI connector will play the corresponding part of
the organ/ensemble sound generator. When a song is played back
on the internal player, it will be sounded by the song playback
sound generator.
* MIDI messages received at the MIDI PEDAL IN connector are
automatically converted to the MIDI channel specified by "Pedal
Organ MIDI Channel" (p. 57).
You can change the MIDI routing by changing the Function mode
setting "MIDI/Player Mode" (p. 57).
Received at the MIDI
MIDI/Player
IN connector or USB
Mode
MIDI connector
Mode 1 Organ/ensemble
(factory setting) sound generator
Song playback
Mode 2
sound generator
Organ/ensemble
Mode 3
sound generator
Song playback
Mode 4
sound generator
USB
MIDI MIDI
MIDI
IN OUT
Organ/ensemble
sound generator
MIDI
PEDAL
IN
Song playback
Song playback
sound generator
Song playback
sound generator
Organ/ensemble
sound generator
Song playback
sound generator
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