Basic MIDI Settings • Setting MIDI messages
The UTILITY screen MIDI 1 page lets you specify the connector/port to be used for MIDI mes-
sage transmission and reception to and from external MIDI devices.
To access this page, repeatedly press the Work Navigation
section [UTILITY] key or hold down the [UTILITY] key
and use the CURSOR [
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This page contains the following items.
1 IN PORT
Selects the input connector/port to be used for MIDI mes-
sage reception.
• MIDI ......................MIDI IN connector.
• USB 1 ...................USB connector input port 1.
• USB 2 ...................USB connector input port 2.
• --- ..........................Disabled.
B OUT PORT
Selects the output connector/port to be used for MIDI
transmission. MIDI data internally generated by the
AW1600 is transmitted via this connector/port.
• MIDI ......................MIDI OUT/THRU connector.
• USB 1 ...................USB connector output port 1.
• USB 2 ...................USB connector output port 2.
• --- ..........................Disabled.
In the MIDI 2 page of the UTILITY screen, you can make various MIDI-related settings such as
selecting the MIDI messages that will be output from the MIDI OUT/THRU or USB connector,
and specifying MTC/MMC transmission and reception.
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C THRU
Selects the THRU input/output connector/port separately
from the IN PORT and OUT PORT listed left. When this
setting is enabled, no internally generated AW1600 MIDI
data is transmitted.
• MIDI ↔ USB 1
.......... MIDI messages received via the MIDI IN
connector are retransmitted via USB output
port 1, and MIDI messages received via
USB connector input port 1 are retransmitted
via the MIDI OUT/THRU connector.
• MIDI ↔ USB 2
.......... MIDI messages received via the MIDI IN
connector are retransmitted via USB output
port 2, and MIDI messages received via
USB connector input port 2 are retransmitted
via the MIDI OUT/THRU connector.
• USB 1 ↔ USB 2
.......... MIDI messages received via the USB con-
nector input port 1 are retransmitted via USB
output port 2, and MIDI messages received
via USB connector input port 2 are retrans-
mitted via the USB connector output port 1.
• --- ↔ ---.... No THRU settings.
NOTE
• It may be necessary to install an appropriate USB MIDI driver in
order to use the USB connector for MIDI communication on com-
puters ( → p. 209).
This page contains the following items.
1 SYNC OUT
Selects the type of MIDI messages that will be output
from the MIDI OUT/THRU connector or USB connector.
• CLK button ........If this button is on, MIDI Clock (and
Start, Stop, Continue, and Song Posi-
tion Pointer) messages will be trans-
mitted while the recorder is running. If
you turn this button on, the MTC but-
ton will be defeated.
• MTC button........If this button is on, MTC (MIDI Time
Code) will be transmit while the
recorder is running. If you turn this
button on, the CLK button will be
defeated.