Korg KTV1 owner manual Using Midi to work with clips

4. Using MIDI to work with clips

What is MIDI?

MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, and is a world-wide standard for transferring a wide variety of performance-related information between electronic musical instruments and computers.

MIDI connections

Use commercially available MIDI cables to send and receive MIDI messages. Connect the kaptivator’s MIDI connectors to the MIDI connectors of the external MIDI device.

MIDI IN connector: Receives MIDI messages from another MIDI device. Connect this to the MIDI OUT connector of your external device.

MIDI OUT connector: Transmits MIDI messages from the kaptivator. Connect this to the MIDI IN connector of your external device.

MIDI output when you press a Clip Pad

The following note numbers are assigned to the clip pads. The corre- sponding Note-on message is transmitted when you press a clip pad.

Using a MIDI keyboard to play clips

A

B

68 69 70 71

64 65 66 67

60 61 62 63

56 57 58 59

You can use Note messages sent from a MIDI keyboard connected to the MIDI IN connec- tor not only to play back the clips selected for the clip pad, but also to play back as many clips as there are keys on your keyboard, without having to switch banks.

How Note messages correspond to Clips

Upper (note numbers: 64–127)

The clips of the eight banks assigned to clip pad Group A (64 clips) are assigned to note numbers 64 through 127 in ascending order.

Lower (note numbers: 0–63)

The clips of the eight banks assigned to clip pad Group B (64 clips) are assigned to note numbers 63 through 0 in descending order.

Bank m Bank m+1 Bank m+2 Bank m+6 Bank m+7

Bank n-7Bank n-6 Bank n-2Bank n-1Bank n

A

B

				47		56	63		72
				48	55		64	71		79
68	69	70	71	Bank m
64	65	66	67
60	61	62	63	Bank n
56	57	58	59

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