Playing Another Instrument With The Liverpool - Korg Liverpool Owner's Manual

38 MIDI

Playing another instrument with the Liverpool

PLAYING ANOTHER INSTRUMENT WITH THE
LIVERPOOL
You can use the Liverpool as the master controller for
your MIDI setup.
1. Connect Liverpool's MIDI OUT to the other instru-
ment's MIDI IN.
2. Set-up the other instrument's tracks to the same
channels you want to play from Liverpool. For
example, if you wish to play the Upper 1 and
Upper 2 tracks with the other instrument's sound,
set the other instrument to receive on the same
channels of the Upper 1 and Upper 2 tracks (by
default, channels 1 and 2).
3. Set the general volume of the other instrument
with its own volume controls.
4. Mute/unmute any track right from the Liverpool
front panel. Set each track's volume using Liver-
pool own VOLUME/VALUE controls.
5. Play on Liverpool's keyboard.
The Keyboard
Liverpool's physical keyboard can drive up to 4 tracks
via the MIDI OUT (Upper 1–3 and Lower). MIDI out-
put channels are set in Global mode (see "Page 10 -
MIDI OUT Channels" on page 130).
As a default situation (Default Setup), each of Liver-
pool Realtime Tracks transmit on these channels:
Track
Upper1
Upper2
Upper3
Lower
When a track is in mute, it can't transmit any MIDI data
to an external expander or sequencer connected Liver-
pool's MIDI OUT.
To hear only the expander's sounds, you can lower the
MASTER VOLUME control on the Liverpool, or set the
Realtime Tracks to the External status (see "Page 15 -
Track: Internal/External" on page 47).
The Sequencer
Any Sequencer's track can drive a channel on an exter-
nal instrument. To set each track's MIDI output chan-
nel, see "Page 10 - MIDI OUT Channels" on page 130.
To hear only the expander's sounds, you can lower the
MASTER VOLUME control on the Liverpool, or set the
Song tracks to the External status (see "Page 8 - Track:
Internal/External" on page 79).
Select the Sequencer 1 or Sequencer 2 MIDI Setup
(depending on the Sequencer you are using on the Liv-
erpool) to set the channels as follows.
Track
Song 1...16
The Arranger
One of the most interesting aspect of MIDI, is that you
can use your Liverpool to play an external instrument
with its onboard arranger. Yes, it's hard to beat the
audio quality of Liverpool, but you could wish to use
that old faithful synth you are still accustomed to...
To assign some of Liverpool Style tracks to an external
instrument, set them to the External status (see "Page
15 - Track: Internal/External" on page 47).
Select the Default MIDI Setup to set the channels as fol-
lows (this is the default status of Liverpool).
Out Channel
1
Track
2
Bass
3
Drums
4
Percussion
Acc1...5
Out Channel
1...16
Out Channel
9
10
11
12...16