MIDI Applications
The following explains how your pRP7 can be used in the most common
MIDI setups suited to this instrument:
a)as a MIDI controlling device (Master);
b)as a tone generator (in other words, a Slave);
c)for MIDI sequence recording.
As a MIDI controlling device
pRP7, like most MIDI instruments, transmits note and velocity information (touch response) via the MIDI OUT port whenever notes are played on the keyboard.
If the MIDI OUT port is connected to the MIDI IN port of another MIDI keyboard (synthesizer, etc.) or a tone
generator (more commonly called an “expander”, but essentially any device with an internal sound engine), the external unit will respond precisely to the notes played on the transmitting keyboard.
The result is that such a setup allows you to play two instruments at the same time, using pRP7 as the controlling device (Master) and the other as the device being controlled (Slave).
Quite simply, every time you select a Preset, you will send Program change messages to the external device who will respond by playing a second sound.
As a Slave device
As well as transmitting MIDI information, pRP7 recog- nizes the same type of data if received at the MIDI IN port from an external controlling device. In this case, the MIDI IN port of the pRP7 is connected to the MIDI OUT port of the external controlling unit. This, therefore, allows pRP7 to be controlled in exactly the same manner as described above, only this time, the pRP7 behaves as the slave and the external device the controller.
Midi Sequencer recording
The type of data transfer described above can be exploited very efficiently for MIDI sequence recording. For this connection, shown in the diagram, the pRP7 MIDI OUT is connected to the Sequencer MIDI IN, and the Sequencer MIDI OUT is connected to the pRP7 MIDI IN. This connection is more commonly know as a “MIDI Loop”.
Any instrument with a sequencer, or a Computer running sequencer software, can be used to capture (record) the MIDI data transmitted by the pRP7.
When the recorded data is played back, the pRP7 reproduces the recorded sequence in exactly the same manner as it was recorded.
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