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MAKING THE MIDI

CONNECTIONS

To connect your keyboard to another MIDI-equipped device, you must use a MIDI cable (available at your local Ra- dioShack store).

Cautions:

•Always turn off power to your key- board 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 your key- board’s MIDI OUT and MIDI IN termi- nals. 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 key- board’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 key- board’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 keyboard can send and receive several different types of MIDI data. The keyboard’s tones, rhythms, and other types of MIDI data are sent automatical- ly as you play.

Notes:

•The keyboard’s prerecorded tunes cannot be sent as MIDI data.

•For detailed specifications of the MIDI function, see the “MIDI Imple- mentation Chart” on Page 30.

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 29.

•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. The keyboard sends program change data in the range of 0 to 99, correspond- ing to tone numbers. It receives data within the same range if GM tone map- ping is set to N, or in the range of 0 to 127 if GM tone mapping is set to G. In the latter case, tones in the range of 100 to 127 are translated to the closest tone that the keyboard has.

Pitch Bend — supplies pitch bend infor- mation. The keyboard’s pitch changes as it receives a Pitch Bend message through the MIDI IN terminal, and the keyboard sends pitch bend information through the MIDI OUT terminal as you ro- tate PITCH BEND.

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Using MIDI

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Contents MD-1160 Midi Keyboard ˆ Contents Using Midi Special FeaturesTroubleshooting ˆ Features FCC Wants YOU to Know Using AC Power Connecting PowerUsing Batteries Slide POWER/MODE to OFFConnecting AN External Amplifier Connecting HeadphonesListening Safely Using the Sheet Music Stand ˆ a Quick Look at Your Keyboardˆ Operation Cancelling Auto Power OffBasic Operation Playing Back a Prerecorded Tune Press PLAY/PAUSE or START/STOP to start playing the tunePlaying Along with a Prerecorded Tune PLAY/PAUSE againTurning Applause Off/On Using the Preset TonesSelecting/Playing a Preset Tone Consecutively Playing Back the TunesKeyboard Split Tones Layered TonesPercussion Sounds Selecting/Playing An Auto-Rhythm Using the Preset AUTO-RHYTHMSSTART/STOP again Using FILL-IN Using Auto AccompanimentUsing Synchro Adjusting the Accompaniment VolumeConcert Chord Set POWER/MODE to Concert ChordNumber of Keys Chord Type Pressed Standard Fingering Set POWER/MODE to Fingered Using the Chord BookPress Chord BOOK. Chord Bk appears ˆ Special Features Changing KeysUsing Touch Response Tuning the KeyboardUsing Pitch Bend Using a Sustain Pedal ˆ Using MidiAbout Midi Making the Midi Connections Midi DataEffect Control Number Changing Midi SettingsTUNE/MIDI until TonMap=N appears Using Midi ˆ Troubleshooting Care ˆ Standard Fingering Chord Charts Standard Fingering Chord Charts ˆ Note Table ˆ Midi Implementation Chart Function Transmitted Recognized Remarksˆ Specifications DC 9V JackLimited One-Year Warranty
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