Kurzweil V150 Owner's Manual page 43

Two-Way Connection
Another common type of connection enables either instrument to be master or slave. This is the
typical configuration used to connect an instrument to a computer for recording and playback.
Figure 4-3 shows a two-way connection between a MIDI instrument and a computer. The cables
connect the computer's MIDI Out to the instrument's MIDI In, and the instrument's MIDI Out
to the computer's MIDI In.
Figure 4-3
MIDI Thru
If you have more than two MIDI instruments, you may want to connect them in a MIDI chain,
which enables you to control multiple slaves from a single master. A typical example of this is a
configuration with a computer controlling a first slave, which passes the MIDI information
through to a second slave—as shown in Figure 4-4. In this case, there's a master/slave
connection between the first and second instruments, and a two-way connection between the
first instrument and the computer. This enables recording from the first instrument to the
computer, and playback on both instruments. During playback, the first instrument receives
MIDI information from the computer, and passes it via its Thru port to the second instrument.
MIDI In
MIDI Out
MIDI Out MIDI In
Two-way connection
MIDI
MIDI Connections
4-3