Controlling Another Instrument With The Is35 - Korg iS35 User Manual

Getting Started • MIDI
Performing a song from computer
Press SONG PLAY to enter the Song Play mode.
1
When in the Song Play mode, the iS35 supplies 16
MIDI channels to an external sequencer. There is a
corresponding iS35 MIDI channel for every MIDI
channel of a song that is played back by the exter-
nal sequencer.
Each MIDI channel can play a different program,
has its own effect send and its own panpot (posi-
tion between the stereo channels). You should
image each MIDI channel as an instrument in a
band or orchestra: for example, you can have the
piano on channel 1, sax on channel 2, strings on
channel 3... You are free to sent them where you
like, except for channel 10 which is reserved for the
drum kit by the General MIDI specifications.
Along with the notes, a song can contain control
events called MIDI controllers (or Control Change
messages), which can regulate parameters such as
volume, vibrato, pan, pedal, etc. The list of the
MIDI controllers transmitted and received by the
iS35 can be found in the Appendix.
The control data of the VOCAL/GUITAR section
must be received over the channel set on "Page 12:
Song Play Harmony" in the Disk/Global mode (see
page 157).
2 Load the song into the computer sequencer, and
put it onto playback.
The external sequencer controls the Start/Stop
functions. At this stage, the iS35 will become a sim-
ple expander.
Note: The iS35 is a General MIDI compatible instru-
ment. If the song you are playing back is General
MIDI compatible, the correct sounds will be selected, if

Controlling another instrument with the iS35

You can use the iS35 as a master keyboard or arranger
for other instruments. You only need to connect the
MIDI OUT connector of the iS35 to the MIDI IN con-
nector of an expander or another keyboard with a
MIDI cable.
As regards the sounds, if the controlled instrument
("slave") is General MIDI compatible, there will be no
problems with arrangements that only use General
MIDI programs (A and B banks).
If the slave is not General MIDI compatible, the name
of the iS35 programs does not match the name of the
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not the sounds might not correspond. See the follow-
ing paragraph.
The programs
The song that is played back by the computer
sequencer can select the iS35 programs through the
two MIDI messages Bank Select (bank selection) and
Program Change (program selection). The first column
in the chart indicates the Bank Select number, the sec-
ond column indicates the Program Change number,
and the third column the iS35 selected program
number.
Bank Select Program Change
No.
0–63
0
64–127
0–63
1
64–127
2 0-63
3 0–63
4 0–127
In the iS35 the Bank Select is represented by the Con-
trol Change message #00 with value 0 and by the Con-
trol Change message #32 with value from 0 to 4 (see
table above).
A suggestion for those who program songs on compu-
ter: Even though it is not essential, you usually set the
bass on channel 2, melody on channel 4, drum kit on
channel 10, control of the iS35 voice harmonizer on
channel 5.
slave programs. You need to edit the iS35 arrange-
ments, by assigning the program change number that
corresponds to the desired sound in the slave to the
tracks.
Note: If the program change sent by the iS35 is not cor-
rectly received by another instrument, change the MIDI fil-
ter of the program change into "n" or "s" (see "Page 9:
MIDI filter" on page 155).
iS35 Program
No.
A11–A88
B11–B88
C11–C88
D11–D88
E11-E88
F11–F88
Dr11–Dr28