Midi; What Is Midi; General Midi; Midi Settings - Casio CTK-900 User Manual

MIDI

MIDI

What is MIDI?

MIDI is a standard for digital signals and connectors that
allows musical instruments, computers, and other devices,
regardless of manufacturer, to exchange data with each other.
MIDI Connections
To use a computer or other MIDI device to record and
playback the MIDI data produced by this keyboard, you must
connect the MIDI IN and MIDI OUT terminals of both devices
in order to send and receive data.
Rear Panel
If a MIDI THRU function provided by the software is being
run on a connected computer or other MIDI device, be sure to
turn this keyboard's "Local Control Setting" off (page E-70).

General MIDI

This keyboard supports General MIDI, so it can be used to
play commercially available pre-recorded General MIDI data
and General MIDI data send to it from a personal computer.
See the "Tone List" on page A-1 for details about the tones
that are available with GM tones numbered 000 to 127.
707A-E-077A
MIDI cable: MK-5

MIDI Settings

You can change the settings of a number of parameters that
control how MIDI messages are sent and received.
MIDI Parameters
You can use the parameter setting procedure (page E-67) to
change the settings of the MIDI parameters described below.
See page E-70 for details about the setting menu and
procedure.
MIDI In Chord Judge
This parameter determines whether note data received from
an external device should be interpreted as an auto
accompaniment chord fingering. Turn on this parameter
when you want to control auto accompaniment chords from
a computer or other external device.
• on : Causes note data input through MIDI IN to be
interpreted as auto accompaniment chord
fingerings. The channel specified by the keyboard
channel is used for specifying chords.
• oFF : Turns off "MIDI In Chord Judge".
Accomp/Song MIDI Out (Accompaniment/Song MIDI
Out)
Turn on this parameter when you want sound auto
accompaniment or Song Memory on an external devices
sound source.
• on : Outputs auto accompaniment or Song Memory as
MIDI messages through the keyboard's MIDI OUT
terminal.
• oFF : Does not output auto accompaniment or Song
Memory.
• For details about MIDI specifications, visit the CASIO
Website.
http://world.casio.com
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