Using MIDI
TUTORIAL
In order for your external MIDI device to play the sound you want, you need to know what program change number to transmit to it. Please read your external MIDI device’s manual for a list of its program change number/ sound assignments. Then read “Sending Program Change Numbers” in the Reference section, page 48 for the procedure to send a desired program change number from the CA piano.
That is how to layer the CA piano’s sound with a desired sound from an external MIDI device.
LOCAL CONTROL
You may want to play and only hear your external MIDI device’s sound, without the CA piano’s sound. You can turn off the CA piano’s sound using a function called “local control”.
Local control determines whether or not the CA piano will produce a sound when you play it’s own keyboard. When local control is on, the CA piano produces sound as you play the keys. When off, the piano will not produce a sound when you play the keys. The CA piano’s keyboard will however, continue to transmit MIDI information to an external MIDI device.
Press the MENU buttons until you see “7. Local Control”.
7 Local | Control | The LCD display will read “on”, which means the |
= | On | piano is currently set to local control on. |
To turn it off, use the VALUE buttons.
Press any SOUND SELECT button to exit from the function menu.
Play the keyboard and you will hear only the sound from your external MIDI device.
To change the sound from the CA piano, select the desired number as explained in the Reference section and send it from the CA piano to your external MIDI device.
It may be possible to change preset sounds directly on your external MIDI device. In this case you may want to set the CA piano so that it does not transmit program changes. Read “8. Transmit Program Change On/Off” in the reference section on page 49 to learn how to prevent the CA piano from transmitting program changes.
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