Setting The Midi Transmit/Receivechannels - Roland HP 1800e Owner's Manual

Setting the MIDI Transmit/Receive
Channels
MIDI provides for the use of 16 channels, numbered 1—16.
When the channel used by the transmitting unitmatches that
of a remote receiving unit, you can play sounds contained in
the remote unit, or change the sounds it uses.
Hold down the FUNCTION button while you press the
VIBRAPHONE button to set the MIDI Transmit/Receive
Channel.
1.
2. With the FUNCTION button still depressed, press the key
Omni On/Off
When set to "Omni ON," the HP-1800e will produce sound
no matter which channel any performance data is received
on. This is convenient for hearing the performance data on
all channels at the same time.
To set the unit to Omni ON, hold down the FUNCTION
button and press the key at the right end of the keyboard (the
highest key). At the same time, both the transmission and
reception channels are automatically set to channel 1.
While holding
While holding
While holding
While the VIBRAPHONE button's indicator is dark, the
transmission and reception channels will be set to the
same channel. The Transmit channel alone can be set
while the VIBRAPHONE button's indicator is blinking;
whereas the Receive channel alone can be set while the
VIBRAPHONE button's indicator is lit.
VIBRA-
PHONE
C=") Tx and Rx channels to the same channel
ij Setting the Tx channel
FUNCTION
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[CS] Setting the Rx channel
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which corresponds to the desired MIDI channel. (See
illustration below.)
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Press the key that corresponds
to the MIDI channel you want
[STI
FUNCTION Ö
FUNCTION
* Thereafter, the unit will be placed back into the Omni OFF
mode when a specific setting for the Receive channel is
made.
Local On/Off
If you intend to record into a seguencer, set it so its "Soft
Thru" function is ON. Atthe same time, set the piano's Local
setting to OFF:
1. Press FUNCTION (the STRINGS button indicator should
be dark). (When this indicator is dark, it means that the
unit is set to Local ON.)
STRINGS
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FUNCTION
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2. With the FUNCTION button still depressed, press the
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STRINGS button, and confirm that its indicator has lit.
(When this indicator is lit, the unit is set to Local OFF.)
STRINGS
FUNCTION
While holding
If the HP-1800 is set to "Local ON" while connected to
a sequencer set with its "Soft Thru" function "ON," the
same notes will be produced twice. This is because the
locally produced keyboard notes first sound internally,
and then are sounded a second time when the note
messages (after having been sent out the HP-1800e's
MIDI OUT, and been routed through the sequencer) have
arrived back again at the HP-1800e's MIDI IN. The
resulting sound might seem quite unnatural.
When the Local feature is set at "Off", the sound source
of the instrument will be disengaged from the keyboard.
Asa result, only the musical information that has traveled
through the sequencer and has arrived back again will
cause the instrument to sound.
Some sequencers, such as the MT-200, automatically
send out a "Local Off" message at power up. There are
also sequencers (such as the PR-1) which are ordinarily
used while set to Soft Thru Off, so the instrument being
used can be left set at Local On.
This piano will always be set at "Local ON" whenever its
power is turned on.
Whenever there are no cables connected to this instru-
ment's MIDI connectors, it will always be at "Local ON."
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