Casio PS-20 Simultaneous Receive Over Multiple Channels Multi-Timbre, To set the Keyboard Channel

Simultaneous Receive Over

Multiple Channels (Multi-Timbre)

The Multi-Timbre mode makes it possible to assign the digital piano’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 this page 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 cannot be predetermined. If it becomes necessary to cancel a channel, the cancel operation must be performed on the sending side.

Setting the Keyboard Channel

This parameter sets the channel for sending MIDI messages to an external device. You can set any MIDI channel in the range of 1 to 16 as the keyboard channel.

To set the Keyboard Channel

1. While still holding down the CONTROL button, select the Keyboard channel by pressing one of the keyboard keys illustrated below.

Example: Channel 8

C4 A￿6 (black key) B7

•A note does not sound when you press a keyboard key while holding down CONTROL.

❚NOTE

•The Keyboard Channel is automatically set to 1 whenever you turn on the digital piano power.

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Assigning Tones to Individual Channels

You can assign tones to channels using a Program Change message sent from a connected MIDI device. You cannot change the tone assigned to each channel from the digital piano.

❚NOTE

•The GRAND PIANO 1 tone is automatically assigned to all channels whenever you turn on the digital piano power.

Sending Memory Playback Data

You can send memory playback as MIDI data.

The send channel used depends on the keyboard channel setting, as shown in the table below.

Keyboard Play	Keyboard Channel
Memory	Keyboard Channel + 1*

*When you have Channel 16 set as the keyboard channel, memory playback is send over Channel 1.

❚NOTE

•Pedal effect data recorded to memory is applied to play back from memory, and does not affect your performance on the keyboard. Likewise, pedal operations on the digital piano are applied to the keyboard only, and not to play back from the memory.

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