Midi; About Midi; Midi Channels; Midi In, Out And Thru Ports - Kurzweil Andante CUP2A User Manual

MIDI

Chapter 10

About MIDI

MIDI is the acronym for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. It is the industry standard protocol
which allows the exchange of musical data between electronic musical instruments, devices (such
as a sequencer), and computers. MIDI enables MIDI-equipped devices designed by different
manufacturers to communicate MIDI data to each other.
MIDI data is sent or received using standard MIDI cables to connect to other MIDI devices or a USB
cable to connect to a computer. The Andante CUP2A is equipped with conventional MIDI In, Out
and Thru ports, and a USB port. The Andante CUP2A has a standard class-compliant USB-MIDI
implementation, and does not require the installation of any additional drivers.

MIDI Channels

Similar to television channels, MIDI protocol transmits multiple channels of MIDI performance data.
Typical MIDI instruments can play up to 16 channels at the same time. Each channel can be assigned
its own voice.
To change and/or assign MIDI channels, enter Settings Mode and select the MIDI Channel
parameter. See the MIDI Implementation chart at the end of this chapter for details.

MIDI In, Out and Thru Ports

The CUP2A is equipped with the conventional MIDI In and Out, and Thru ports. The MIDI In port is
used to receive MIDI data from another MIDI device; the MIDI Out port is used to transmit the MIDI
data generated by the CUP2A to another MIDI device; the MIDI Thru port passes MIDI In data along
to an external device.
When you connect the MIDI Out of the CUP2A to the MIDI In of another instrument, you can play the
sounds of both instruments simultaneously from the CUP2A' s keyboard.
When you connect the MIDI In of the CUP2A to the MIDI Out of another controller, you can control the
CUP2A using the other controller.
Depending on your system setup, you may want to use the CUP2A MIDI Thru port to pass MIDI
information from a MIDI controller or computer sequencer to the CUP2A and on to the next device in
your system.
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