Principal Midi Applications - Generalmusic WK3 World Keyboard Owner's Manual

Principal MIDI applications

WK3 PILOTING AN EXPANDER WITH THE
PERFORMANCES (OR ADDITIONAL KEY-
BOARD)
If you want to pilot a keyboard or expander (sound
module) using WK3 as the Master controlling
device, carry out the connection as described
below.
• Connect the WK3 MIDI OUT port to the expand-
er's MIDI IN port.
Set WK3 to operate in Performance mode (Up-
per 1, Upper 2 and Lower keyboard sections) in
order to be able to play at least three sounds si-
multaneously in real time. In Song mode, WK3
renders one track available for real time use.
In this setup (WK3 in Performance mode), data
from the WK3 keyboard is sent from the WK3
MIDI OUT port and received by the MIDI IN port
of the expander. Remember to match the MIDI
channels of both devices for correct operation.
You will hear sounds from both devices.
If you want to play only the expander's sounds
and exclude the WK3 sounds, you can either
regulate the WK3 track volumes to zero level with
the track sliders (or in Edit Mixer - Section Level
parameter), or you can set the WK3 tracks for
Local off operation (in Edit MIDI - Section Local
off parameter).
By using the track sliders (F6...F8), you can regu-
late the WK3 track volumes as desired. By tak-
ing them all to zero, you will only hear the ex-
pander's sounds.
By using the Section Local Off parameter and
setting the keyboard tracks to "Off", you discon-
nect the keyboard from the internal sound gen-
erator; the keyboard data is sent to MIDI OUT
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only. Each note of the WK3 will play only note of
the expander.
PREPARATION
1. Connect the WK3 MIDI OUT to the expander's
MIDI IN.
2. Press a Performance button in the PERFORMANCE
GROUPS section and select a Performance.
3. Program the keyboard tracks of the Perform-
ance as required, assigning sounds, setting
volumes and pan, effects, etc.
3. Press MIDI in the EDIT PERFORMANCE section to
enter «Edit MIDI» and programme the MIDI chan-
nels.
The MIDI channels must match those of the
expander sections, OR, consult the expand-
er's owner's manual for information regard-
ing how to programme the expander's parts
for MIDI communications with WK3.
4. Press ESCAPE to exit «Edit MIDI» and store the
changes to the Performance.
If you don't store the Performance changes,
they will lost when you select a different Per-
formance, or re-select the same one.
5. Play on the WK3 keyboard to send data to the
external expander.
You will hear WK3 sounds play together with
the expander's sounds.
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