Using The Mv-8000 With Midi Or V-Link Devices; Using Midi Devices; Recording Your Playing From A Midi Keyboard; Playing A Connected External Sound Module - Roland MV-8000 Owner's Manual

Using the MV-8000 with MIDI or
V-LINK devices
The MV-8000 has one MIDI IN connector and two MIDI OUT connectors.
You can connect a MIDI controller (MIDI keyboard, MIDI guitar, MIDI percussion
pads, etc.) to MIDI IN and record your performance on the MV-8000 (e.g., sequence
recording). You can connect sound modules to the two MIDI OUT connectors, and
control sixteen MIDI channels from each connector (for a total of 32 MIDI channels).
V-LINK mode lets you control a V-LINK device connected to MIDI OUT, allowing you
to "perform video" that is linked with your music.

Using MIDI devices

Recording your playing from a MIDI keyboard

Here's how your playing on a MIDI keyboard connected to the MIDI IN connector can
be input to the MV-8000 and recorded on the sequencer.
1. Connect your MIDI keyboard to the MV-8000's MIDI IN connector as
described in Quick Start "Preparing your equipment and making connections"
(p. 4).
VGA OUT/MOUSE (OPTION)
AC cord
2. Begin sequence recording as described in Basic procedure for realtime
recording (p. 78).
Your keyboard performance will be recorded on the sequencer.

Playing a connected external sound module

Performance data recorded on the MV-8000's sequencer can be sent to a MIDI sound
module etc. connected to the MIDI OUT connector.
1. Connect the MV-8000's MIDI OUT connector to your MIDI sound module as
described in Quick Start "Preparing your equipment and making connections"
(p. 4).
VGA OUT/MOUSE (OPTION)
MIDI OUT A/B
AC cord
2. Press .
SEQUENCE screen (p. 205) will appear.
3. Use (up/down) to select the MIDI
track on which the performance data you want
to transmit has been recorded.
The selected track will be the current track.
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MIDI OUT
MIDI IN
MIDI keyboard
MIDI IN
Sound module
By connecting the R-BUS
connector provided by the
MV8-OP1 (sold separately) to
the DIF-AT24 (sold
separately), you can add an
additional sixteen channels of
MIDI OUT.
The MV-8000 receives
performance data from its
MIDI IN connector in "omni
mode." This means that it will
receive all MIDI data without
distinguishing its MIDI
channel.