Using The V-8 With Other Equipment; Using Midi To Control The V-8 From An External Device; About Midi - Edirol V-8 Owner's Manual

Using the V-8 with Other Equipment

Using MIDI to Control the V-8 from an External Device

About MIDI

What is MIDI?
MIDI, an abbreviation for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, is an international standard created to enable exchange
of performance data among devices. Any MIDI-compatible device can be connected simply with a MIDI cable, allowing
transfer of performance data and control of device operations and settings.
MIDI Connectors
MIDI messages (data handled with MIDI). On the V-8, the MIDI OUT and MIDI THRU are combined in one connector.
The function is switched according to the operation being performed (p. 66).
MIDI IN:
MIDI OUT:
MIDI THRU: MIDI messages received at the MIDI IN connector are output as is.
MIDI channels
MIDI allows you to transmit multiple streams of data to connected MIDI devices via a single MIDI cable. This is made
possible by the concept of MIDI channels. You can think of MIDI channels as being somewhat similar in function to
the channels on a television. By changing the channel of a TV set, you can view a variety of programs being
transmitted by different broadcast stations. This is because data is received only from the transmitter whose channel
is selected on the receiver.
In the same way, a MIDI device whose receive channel is set to "1" will receive only the data being transmitted by
another MIDI device whose transmit channel is also set to "1."
MIDI Implementation Chart
The use of MIDI makes it possible to communicate with a broad range of electronic musical instruments. However,
this does not mean that all MIDI messages can be exchanged among all devices. Only those MIDI messages that both
of the communicating devices are designed to understand can be exchanged. The owner's manual that comes with a
MIDI device includes a MIDI Implementation Chart (p. 98).
Such charts allow you to easily find out which MIDI messages that device can transmit and receive. When using MIDI
devices, compare the charts for the devices that will be communicating to check which MIDI messages are compatible.
MIDI messages from other MIDI devices are received here.
MIDI messages from the V-8 are transmitted from here.
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