Using The Midi In/Out Terminals; Midi; What Is Midi - Yamaha Electone STAGEA ELB-01 Owner's Manual

Using the MIDI IN/OUT terminals

By using an optional MIDI interface such as the UX16, you can connect the Electone
to the computer, with the MIDI IN/OUT terminals on the instrument. Connect the
Electone and the MIDI Interface with two standard MIDI cables (one connecting the
OUT terminal on the Electone to the MIDI IN terminal on the interface, and the
other connecting the IN terminal on the Electone to the MIDI OUT terminal on the
interface). Connect the MIDI interface to the computer with a USB cable.
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MIDI

This section explains what MIDI is, and what it can do, as well as how you can use
MIDI on your Electone.

What is MIDI?

No doubt you have heard the terms "acoustic instrument" and "digital instrument."
In the world today, these are the two main categories of instruments. Let's consider a
grand piano and a classical guitar as representative acoustic instruments. They are easy
to understand. With the piano, you strike a key, and a hammer inside hits some strings
and plays a note. With the guitar, you directly pluck a string and the note sounds. But
how does a digital instrument go about playing a note?
Acoustic guitar note production
Pluck a string and the body resonates
the sound.
IN OUT
MIDI
MIDI OUT MIDI IN
MIDI Interface
(for example, UX16)
Digital instrument note production
Internal amp Tone generator
L
(Electric circuit)
Playing the keyboard
Based on playing information from the keyboard,
a sampled note stored in the tone generator is
played through the speakers.
Depending on your particular
MIDI interface, you may have
to connect the MIDI Interface
and the computer with a
serial cable.
Computer
Internal amp
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