Midi; The How-To's; Accessing The Midi Functions - Roland E-60 Owner's Manual

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MIDI

MIDI is short for "Musical Instrument Digital Interface". The acronym refers to many things, the most obvious being
a connector type that is used by musical instruments and other devices to exchange messages relating to the act of
making music.
When you play on the E-60/E-50's keyboard or start song or Style playback, your instrument transmits MIDI data to its
MIDI OUT socket (or to the USB port). If you connect that socket to the MIDI IN socket of another instrument, the external
instrument may play the same notes as one of the E-60/E-50's parts, select sounds, etc.
MIDI is a universal standard, which means that musical data can be sent to and received by instruments of different types
and manufacturers. Furthermore, MIDI allows you to connect your E-60/E-50 to a computer or hardware sequencer. (You
can also use the USB port for MIDI applications.)
Connect your E-60/E-50 as shown below.
E-60/E-50
(*) MIDI communication via the USB port is also possible.
MIDI can simultaneously transmit and receive messages
on 16 channels, so that up to 16 instruments can be
controlled. Nowadays, most instruments –like your
E-60/E-50– are multitimbral, which means that they
can play several parts simultaneously with different
sounds.
Note: All E-60/E-50 parts are set to receive MIDI messages. If
they do not seem to respond to the messages you send from the
external controller, check the MIDI connections and the channel
settings on the E-60/E-50.
The transmit and receive channels of the Keyboard
parts are set as follows:
Keyboard part
UP1
UP2
LWR
MBS
MELODY INT
The E-60/E-50 receives data

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Accessing the MIDI functions

Do the following to gain access to the MIDI functions:
(1) Press the [MENU] button.
Recorder track
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(2) Press the [MIDI] field.
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(3) Press the OUTPUT [MIDI] or [USB] field to specify
E-60/E-50 Music Workstation
External MIDI instrument/computer (*)
The display changes to:
which socket(s) to use for MIDI applications.
The MIDI and USB options are mutually exclusive: if
you select "USB", the MIDI sockets are not used, while
MIDI communication via USB is impossible when you
select "MIDI".
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