Optimus MD-1200 owner manual Midi Data

Cautions:

•Always turn off power to your MD- 1200 and the other MIDI device before you connect or disconnect MIDI cables.

•As you make the cable connections, be sure to align the MIDI cable pins with the matching holes on the MIDI OUT and IN terminals. If you have trouble plugging in the cable, do not force it! You might damage the plug or the instrument.

To send MIDI data from your keyboard, use a MIDI cable to connect the MD- 1200’s MIDI OUT terminal to the other device’s MIDI IN terminal.

To receive MIDI data on your keyboard, use a MIDI cable to connect the MD- 1200’s MIDI IN terminal to the other de- vice’s MIDI OUT terminal.

Note: You do not need to make both connections if you are only either send- ing or receiving.

MIDI DATA

Your MD-1200 can send and receive several different types of MIDI data. The MD-1200’s tones, rhythms, and other types of MIDI data are sent automatical- ly as you play.

Notes:

•The MD-1200’s demonstration tunes cannot be sent as MIDI data.

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•For detailed specifications of the MIDI function, see the “MIDI Imple- mentation Chart” on Page 58.

Note On/Off specifies which keys are pressed (Note On) or released (Note Off). Also includes how loud a note is played as a value from 0 to 127.

Notes:

•The pitch of a note depends on the tone that is being used, as shown in the “Note Table” on Page 52.

•If the keyboard receives a “request” to play notes outside of its range (higher or lower), it automatically selects the same note in the nearest octave.

Program Change specifies the tone.

Pitch Bend supplies pitch bend infor- mation. A Pitch Bend operation on this keyboard changes the pitch of the built- in sound source and sends a Pitch Bend message through the MIDI OUT terminal.

Control Change adds effects such as vibrato and volume changes applied during keyboard play. The message in- cludes a control number (the effect type) and a control value (the on/off and depth of the effect).