Midi; What Is "Midi; Midi Terminals On This Keyboard; What The Midi Can Do On Your Keyboard - Hammond XK-3 Owner's Manual

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What is "MIDI"?

MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. (The capital letters of these four
words.)
MIDI is for exchanging the performance information between an electronic musical
instrument and a sequencer etc.
MIDI is an international standard, by which instruments made by different manufacturers
can be connected to communitate with each other.
The control information is exchanged, such as the performance infos. of a key being
touched/released and the tone being switched, the damper pedal being pressed/released.

MIDI TERMINALS ON THIS KEYBOARD

MIDI OUT
Sends Performance Informations.
MIDI IN 1 (PEDAL)
MIDI IN 2 (LOWER)
These receives the MIDI Signal. Each MIDI terminal is set to do the same function, when
this keyboard is delivered from the factory.
NOTE: Each MIDI IN terminal can be set for exclusively receiving the LOWER and PEDAL
PART. (P. 86)

WHAT THE MIDI CAN DO ON YOUR KEYBOARD

On this keyboard, the MIDI terminals are intended to do the following:
expand the keyboard and use this as an organ.
record or playback your performance to external computer or sequencer.
control the external sound source such as a synthesizer and a sampler.
Also, to do the setting simply, the "MIDI Template" function is prepared.

MIDI

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