Yamaha Electone EL-900 Owner's Manual page 163

T he M ID I M essages of t he E L -900
T he M ID I m essages can be di vi ded i nt o t w o groups: t he C hannel M essages
and Syst em M essages. B el ow i s an expl anat i on of t he vari ous t ypes of M ID I
m essages w hi ch t he E L -900 can recei ve/ t ransm i t .
C hannel M essages
The C hannel M essages are t he dat a rel at ed t o t he perform ance on t he keyboard
for t he speci fi c channel . Each t i m e you pl ay t he keyboard on t he EL-900, t he
channel m essages, w hi ch keys are pl ayed and how hard t he keys are pressed,
w i l l be t ransm i t t ed vi a a speci fi c channel . T he channel m essages from an
ext ernal keyboard can be recei ved by t he E L -900 and t hus you can pl ay t he
E L -900 from an ext ernal keyboard.
N ot e O n
Indi cat es w hi ch keys are pl ayed w i t h t he not e num bers 0 t hrough
127. T he recept i on not e range i s C -2 (0) ﾐ G 8 (127), C 3 = 60.
V el oci t y
Indi cat es how hard t he key i s hel d. T he range i s 1 ﾐ 127.
N ot e O ff
G enerat ed w hen a key i s rel eased.
Program C hange
The Program C hange m essages al l ow you t o change voi ces i n t he m i ddl e of a
song. W i t h t hese m essages you can change t he regi st rat i ons of t he EL-900.
C ont rol C hange
T he C ont rol C hange m essages l et you sel ect a voi ce bank, cont rol vol um e,
panni ng, m odul at i on, port am ent o t i m e, bri ght ness and vari ous ot her cont rol l er
param et ers, t hrough speci fi c C ont rol C hange num bers w hi ch correspond t o
each of t he vari ous param et ers.
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N O T E :
For m ore det ai l ed i nform at i on see M ID I
D ata F orm at on page 167 and M ID I
Im pl em ent at i on C hart on page 179.
N O T E :
For m ore detailed inform ation on the
C ont rol C hange m essages avai l abl e for t he
EL-900 see M ID I D at a Form at on page 167
and M ID I Im pl em ent at i on C hart on page
179.
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