About The Mt 300S's Sound Generator; Selecting The Sound Generator - Roland MT-300S Owner's Manual

About the MT 300s's Sound
Generator
The MT 300s's internal sound generator supports both
the General MIDI System and the GS Format.
You can also use the MT 300s's sound generator for
MIDI devices that do not contain sound generators by
connecting those devices to the MT 300s.
TERMS
What is a Sound Generator?
A sound generator does just what the name suggests,
that is, it generates or creates and outputs sounds. The
MT 300s internal sound generator can produce sounds
for sixteen separate parts. In addition, you can select
the tones to be played in each part, with a tremendous
variety of instrument sounds from which to choose.
* When using the MT 300s as a sound generator, set "RX
Channel Convert" to "OFF" (p.102).
General MIDI system
The General MIDI system is a set of recommendations which seeks to
provide a way to go beyond the limitations of proprietary designs, and
standardize the MIDI capabilities of sound generating devices. Sound
generating devices and music files that meets the General MIDI stan-
dard bears the General MIDI logo (
General MIDI logo can be played back using any General MIDI
sound generating unit to produce essentially the same musical per-
formance.
GS format
The GS Format ( ) is Roland's set of specifications for standardiz-
ing the performance of sound generating devices. In addition to
including support for everything defined by the General MIDI
System, the highly-compatible GS Format additionally offers an
expanded number of sounds, provides for the editing of sounds,
and spells out many details for a wide range of extra features,
including effects such as reverb and chorus.
Designed with the future in mind, the GS Format can readily
include new sounds and support new hardware features when they
arrive.
Since it is upwardly compatible with the General MIDI System,
Roland's GS Format is capable of reliably playing back GM Scores
equally as well as it performs GS Music Files (music files that has
been created with the GS Format in mind).
This product supports both the General MIDI system and the GS
format, and can be used to play back music files carrying either of
these logos.
). Music files bearing the
Connecting External Devices
Selecting the Sound
Generator
You can have the sound of any part produced by
either the MT 300s's internal sound generator, or the
sound generator of a connected MIDI device. This set-
ting is called "MIDI Out."
1. In Step 4 of the MIDI settings procedure (p.100),
press the Beat [ ] button or Tempo [
until "MIDI Out" appears in the upper part of the
screen.
2. Switch the setting with the [Dial].
Displayed Description
As in "Selecting Piano Sounds"
Piano
(p.21), the sounds for parts are pro-
duced by the MT 300s's sound gen-
erator, except for the part for which
the piano sound from a connected
digital piano is set.
Music for all Parts will be sounded
All
by the MT 300s's sound generator, as
well as by the connected device.
This setting allows you to select the
Each
sound generator, the MT 300s's or
that of the connected MIDI device,
to be used for each part.
3. Select "Each" and press the [Transpose] button;
the following screen is displayed.
fig.70-1_30 (Screen)
4. Using the Beat [
] button or Tempo [
select the part.
5. Use the [Dial] to switch between "INT" and
"EXT."
Displayed Description
The MT 300s's internal sound gener-
INT
ator is used.
The sound generator of the connect-
EXT
ed device is used.
* When the power is turned on, all channels will be set to
"INT."
] button
] button,
101