MIDI

What is MIDI?

The letters MIDI stand for Musical Instrument Digital Inter- face, which is the name of a worldwide standard for digital signals and connectors that makes it possible to exchange musical data between musical instruments and computers (machines) produced by different manufacturers. MIDI compatible equipment can exchange keyboard key press, key re- lease, tone change, and other data as messages.

Though you do not need any special knowledge about MIDI to use your CELVIANO as a stand-alone unit, MIDI operations require a bit of specialized knowledge. This section provides you with an overview of MIDI that will help to get you going.

What you can do with MIDI

Send

 

 

MIDI cable: MK-5

 

MIDI

 

 

OUT

IN

Sender

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IN Receiver

 

 

MIDI musical instrument

 

 

MIDI sound module

 

 

MIDI sequencer

 

 

Other MIDI device

•What you play on the CELVIANO can be sent to the con- nected device as MIDI messages*1. The connected device sounds notes in accordance with the messages it receives.

•MIDI messages*1 can be sent from the CELVIANO to a commercially available MIDI sequencer*2 for recording.

Receive

OUT

IN

MIDI cable: MK-5

 

MIDI

 

Receiver

IN

OUT Sender

 

 

MIDI musical instrument

 

 

MIDI sequencer

 

 

Other MIDI device

•The CELVIANO can be used to sound notes sent as MIDI messages from a connected device.

•Commercially available MIDI piano data can be sent from a MIDI sequencer*2 or MIDI-capable personal computer for playback on the CELVIANO. Up to 16 parts can be played simultaneously by the CELVIANO.

*1 Keyboard play and memory playback data can be sent as MIDI data. Demo tunes cannot be sent as MIDI data.

*2 A device that contains memory storage for MIDI data. Some MIDI sequencers feature external storage capabili- ties, which let you record a virtually unlimited number of tunes.

MIDI Connections

Two MIDI cables, one for sending and one for receiving, are required for two-way recording and playback capabilities with a connected MIDI sequencer or other device.

MIDI Channels

MIDI allows you to send the data for multiple parts at the same time, with each part being sent over a separate MIDI channel. There are 16 MIDI channels, numbered 1 through 16, and MIDI channel data is always included whenever you exchange data (key press, pedal operation, etc.).

Both the sending machine and the receiving machine must be set to the same channel for the receiving unit to correctly receive and play data. If the receiving machine is set to Channel 2, for example, it receives only MIDI Channel 2 data, and all other channels are ignored.

Your CELVIANO is equipped with multi-timbre capabilities, which means it can receive messages over all 16 MIDI channels and play up to 16 parts at the same time.

Keyboard and pedal operations performed on your CELVI- ANO are sent out by selecting a MIDI channel (1 to 16) and then sending the appropriate message.

Simultaneous Receive Over Multiple

Channels (Multi-Timbre)

The Multi-Timbre mode makes it possible to assign the CELVIANO’s built-in tones to MIDI channels 1 through 16. Then you can simultaneously sound multiple channels to play from a commercially available multi-track sequencer.

❚ NOTE ❚

•See “Assigning Tones to Individual Channels” on page E-22 for details on assigning tones to each channel.

•Up to 16 channels can be received simultaneously (Channel 1 through channel 16).

•The number of channels to be received simultaneously must be predetermined. If it becomes necessary to cancel a chan- nel, the cancel operation must be performed on the sending side.

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