Appendix; Midi - Yamaha Electone EL-400 Owner's Manual

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Appendix

MIDI

On the right underside of the Electone keyboard you will find the MIDI IN/
OUT jacks and TO HOST terminal.
MIDI is an acronym that stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface,
which allows electronic musical instruments to communicate with each
other, by sending and receiving MIDI messages. If your Electone is
connected with external devices via these MIDI jacks (with a personal
computer via the TO HOST terminal) and appropriate MIDI settings are
done, you can play an external MIDI device such as synthesizer from your
Electone keyboard or your Electone can be played by an external device
such as sequencer (by a personal computer with a sequencing software
installed).
You need MIDI cable(s) when you exchange the data between Electone and
an external device. Or you need a serial cable when you connect Electone's
TO HOST to the computer serial port instead of using MIDI cables.
Also, to exchange the data between your Electone and connected MIDI
device you have to match the MIDI transmit/receive channels on both
devices. Receive channels of Electone are fixed as mentioned on page 106.
Accordingly, you need to match the transmit channels on the external
device to the fixed receive channels of Electone when you want to control
Electone by the external device. See page 105 for the detailed information
about the MIDI channel settings.
Setting examples
Using the TO HOST terminal
Using a separately available Serial Cable allows you to directly connect them
(between the TO HOST terminal of your Electone and the Serial Port of the
personal computer). In this case you need to select one of the HOST SELECT
switches to match the computer type you use.
No additional MIDI setting is necessary.
Windows 95/98
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Macintosh
108
HOST SELECT
8-pin MINI DIN to
PC-2 PC-1
MIDI D-SUB 9-pin Cable
Mac
TO
HOST
EL-400
HOST SELECT
Macintosh Peripheral
PC-2 PC-1
MIDI Mac Cable (M0197)
TO
HOST
EL-400
RS-232C
Windows 95(98)
(DB9)
(Computer)
Macintosh
(Computer)
NOTE:
See page 110 for the information on the
MIDI message types.
NOTE:
MIDI jacks will be inactive when the TO
HOST terminal is currently used.
NOTE:
For Windows users: To actually exchange
the data via the Serial Cable you need to
install the appropriate MIDI driver to your
personal computer in advance.
NOTE:
Select the HOST SELECT switches as follows:
When you use MIDI connection: MIDI
When you use TO HOST connection with
Windows system: PC-2
When you use TO HOST connection with
Macintosh: Mac
NOTE:
If you use a PC with USB terminal, you
need to use USB interface.