Kawai CA-X manual Using Midi

Use the VALUE buttons to select Multi-timbral On. The display will read “On1” or “On2”.

Let’s see how this works using an external MIDI device. If you have a keyboard connected to the CA piano try playing some notes. You should hear the CA piano as you play. If you have a MIDI song player or personal computer with MIDI software connected try sending some MIDI song data with one or more different musical parts to the CA. Again you should hear the CA piano playing all the parts. In multi-timbral mode, if you want to hear a particular sound for each part you transmit to the CA you must send the correct Program/sound number from the transmitting MIDI device to the CA piano. Please see page 42 for a list of the Program/ sound number assignments for the CA piano.

If you own a “GM” sound module you’ll probably want to use it as your multi-timbral module instead of the CA piano. If you have a hardware sequencer or personal computer but do not own another sound module, you can enjoy sixteen-part multi-timbral capability with only the CA piano.

MIDI may seem a little difficult to work with at first, but once mastered it offers many new and exciting ways to enjoy music.

While this manual avoids going into too much detail regarding the technical aspects of MIDI such as “system exclusive data”, for those who are more familiar with MIDI or want to be, this manual provides technical MIDI information and a MIDI Implementation Chart, on page 46 and 47.

Using MIDI

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