Connecting A Midi Keyboard (Models With Midi Connector); Setting Up - HP P Class 733/800/866MHz / 1GHz Online Manual

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Connecting a MIDI Keyboard (models with MIDI connector)

Connecting a MIDI Keyboard
By connecting a keyboard instrument to your computer, and running a sequencer
program on your computer to control your musical arrangements, you can create a
mini-recording studio. The keyboard instrument you use must have MIDI capability,
as most modern instruments do.
You store your arrangements in a MIDI file, which is like an orchestral score—it can
contain the sequence of notes for many different instruments, with information on
the pitch and duration of each note and the sort of instrument it should sound like.
Each instrument is played
Track
back on its own channel.
You can play back some
1
channels through your
2
embedded audio and some
through your keyboard
3
instrument.
4
5

Setting Up

Your keyboard, operating system settings, and sequencer program must all be set
up correctly so that you can record and play back music satisfactorily.
It's difficult to give precise instructions here for setting up, as the steps depend on
your keyboard and on the music software you are running. For more specific
instructions, refer to the documentation that came with your keyboard and
software.
Here are some general guidelines, however, that should help you get started.
1 Connect your keyboard instrument to the rear panel of your PC via a MIDI cable.
2 Direct your computer's MIDI output to a playback device as follows:
10
Name Loop Key
Lead piano 1 0
Harmony 1 0
Bass 2
Trombone 2
Jug 2
English
(models with MIDI connector)
Time Port Channel
0 2:External 1 Electric Piano
0 1:SB16 2 Clarinet
15 2:External 3 Bass
15 1:SB16 4 Trombone
15 1:SB16 5 Bottle blow
Patch Volume Size
... 301
... 295
... 175
85 260
... 303