Specifying The Function Of The Midi Connectors - Roland Studio Canvas SD-80 Owner's Manual

Roland sd-80 sound canvas: owners manual

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Specifying the function of the MIDI connectors

If the MIDI OUT/THRU switch on the rear panel is set to [IN1 THRU], MIDI messages received at the MIDI

IN 1 connector will be retransmitted without change from the MIDI OUT 2 connector.

If the SD-80 is operating in USB mode and this switch is set to [IN1 THRU], MIDI messages received at

the MIDI IN 1 connector will be "thru-ed" from the MIDI OUT 2 connector. The MIDI messages that would

normally be output from the computer to the MIDI OUT 2 connector will no longer be output. (They will

not be merged.) In this case, it will not be possible to use USB external output 2 (EDIROL SD-80 MIDI

OUT 2) from the computer.

However, if the SD-80 is operating in MIDI mode and this switch is set to [IN1 THRU], MIDI messages

received at the MIDI IN 1 connector will be "thru-ed" from the MIDI OUT 2 connector as well as being sent

to PART A. In this case, if an external MIDI device sends a dump request to PART B, it will not be

possible to transmit the response.

fig.7-4a

THRU function : ON

MIDI OUT 1

MIDI OUT 2

MIDI IN 1

MIDI IN 2

USB mode

USB

Part group A

Part A1 - A16

Part group B

Part B1 - B16

SD-80

Using the internal sound generator

MIDI mode