Setting The Midi Channel - Roland HP 737 Owner's Manual

Connecting to MIDI devices
Setting the MIDI channel
MIDI features sixteen channels, numbered 1~16.
The connected devices must be set to use the same MIDI
channels, otherwise no sound will be produced.
- Ina setup where you wish to play the HP Piano and have
another MIDI-equipped instrument or sound module play
the same notes, you should first set the receive channel on
your external device to the same channel you assign to the
HP Piano for transmission.
- If using another MIDI keyboard as a master instrument,
and you wish to have the HP Piano played by it, you
would need to set the channel used for réception on the
HP Piano to the same channel that the master keyboard
transmits on.
- When а sequencer should play the HP Piano, you need to
set the HP Piano's MIDI channel to the same channel that
the desired MIDI track uses. |
When the HP Piano is turned on, Channel "1" is selected.
Hold down the [Piano 1], [Piano 2], and
[Harpsichord] buttons and press the
appropriate key (C2~D4) on the keyboard.
The HP Piano always uses the same MIDI channel for
transmitting and receiving MIDI messages.
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Available MIDI channels
Selecting sounds via MIDI -
Program Change
Program Changes are messages that tell an instrument to
"switch to sound number x." When the other device receives
this message, it will select the sound memory that corre-
sponds to the number contained in the messa ge.
When you press the HP Piano's Tone buttons to change
tones, a Program Change message with the corresponding
MIDI number is sent via the MIDI Out connector. Further-
more, a Program Change message received via the MIDI In
connector causes the HP Piano to select the Tone whose
MIDI number is contained in the changes the tone contained
in the message.
At power-on, the HP Piano is set to "On" (transmit/receive
Program Change messages). |
If you set it to "Off," the HP Piano no longer sends Program >
Change messages when you select another Tone. Also, the
HP Piano then ignores incoming Program Change messages.
Hold down the [Piano 1], [Piano 2], and
[Harpsichord] buttons and press the "E5" to
turn the setting On, or the "F5" to turn the
setting Off.
See below for the tones and their corresponding Program
Numbers.
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