Chapter 5 Midi Mode; Midi Mode Base Pages - Kurzweil KME61 - REV A User Manual

Chapter 5
MIDI Mode
MIDI Mode is used when working with a sequencer. When MIDI Mode is selected, the
internal connection from keyboard and controls to internal sound generator is disconnected.
Instead, key presses, control movements, and sound selections are only sent to the MIDI Out
jack. Similarly, the internal sound generator acts like an independent sound module. A
sequencer or other MIDI processor would typically complete a loop from MIDI Out back to
MIDI In recording and altering the messages as they go.
To enter MIDI Mode, press the MIDI button. Its LED lights to indicate that the panel
controls are in MIDI Mode.
All of the editable MIDI Mode parameters are for setting up the internal sound generator.
They are:
1. MIDI Effect Type (Global for all 16 channels)
2. MIDI Effect Levels (A and B, separate for each channel)
3. MIDI Channel Enable (On and Off for each channel)

MIDI Mode Base Pages

MIDI Mode has two base pages, which are shown below. The up and down menu buttons
may be used to switch between these pages.
1.
2.
Send Program Change
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#1 is a full-screen display of incoming MIDI note activity. Each channel is associated with a
vertical bar with Channel 1 being on the left. Recently received Note-On will cause a bar to
be drawn with an initial height proportional to the Attack Velocity. While the note is held,
the bar will gradually decrease in height. If all notes for the channel turn off, the bar will be
immediately erased. This is an activity indication only; no attempt is made to match the
barʹs dynamics with the envelope of the sound being played.
#2 allows MIDI program changes to be sent manually to any channel. The left soft button
allows the transmit MIDI channel for MIDI Mode to be changed and may be edited with the +
and - buttons in the usual way. Editing the channel does not itself send anything.
The middle and right soft buttons are used to send arbitrary Program Change messages.
Editing either in the usual way causes MIDI Program Change and Bank Select LSB messages
to be sent each time one of the values changes. Besides the usual 0-127 choice, ʺNoneʺ is
available which suppresses sending the corresponding message.
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