Korg 61key, 73key, 88key Connecting the KROME to acomputer, Connecting M IDI devices

Setup
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Connecting the KROME to
acomputer
USB connection
TheKROMEprovidesbothMIDIandUSBconnectors
asstandardequipment.ByconnectingtheKROMEto
yourcomputerviaUSB,youcanuseitasacontroller
andMIDIsoundmoduleforyourDAWsoftwarewith
singlecableconvenience;andwithouttheneedfora
MIDIinterface.
Byusingthededicatededitor,youcaneditsomeofthe
parametersoftheKROMEfromyourcomputeras
thoughitwereasoftwareplug‐in.
Note:TheUSBconnectoroftheKROMEisonlyableto
transmitandreceiveMIDIdata.
BeforeyouconnecttheKROMEtoyourcomputer
viaUSB,youmustinstalltheKORGUSB‐MIDI
driveronyourcomputer.
Connecting via the MIDI connectors
YoucanconnecttheKROMEtoyourcomputervia
MIDIbyusingacommerciallyavailableMIDI
interface.
Note:FormoreaboutMIDIinterfaces,refertothe
owner’smanualoftheMIDIinterfaceyou’reusing.
SomeUSB‐MIDIinterfacesmaybeunableto
transmitorreceivetheKROME’sMIDIexclusive
messages.
Connecting M IDI devices
ByconnectingtheKROME’sMIDIconnectorstoan
externalMIDIdeviceyoucantransfersoundsettings
andperformancedatasuchasnotemessagesbetween
yourexternalMIDIdeviceandtheKROME.
About MIDI
MIDIstandsforMusicalInstrumentDigitalInterface,
andisaworld‐widestandardforexchangingvarious
typesofmusicaldatabetweenelectronicmusical
instrumentsandcomputers.WhenMIDIcablesare
usedtoconnecttwoormoreMIDIdevices,
performancedatacanbeexchangedbetweenthe
devices,eveniftheyweremadebydifferent
manufacturers.
Controlling an external MIDI tone
generator from KROME
IfyouwanttousetheKROME’skeyboard,chord
triggerswitchesandothercontrollers,sequencer,and
arpeggiatortoplayorcontrolanexternalMIDIsound
module,useaMIDIcabletoconnecttheKROME’s
MIDIOUTconnectortotheMIDIINconnectorofyour
externalMIDIsoundmodule.
Controlling KROME’s tone generator
from an external MIDI device
WhenyouwishtoplayorcontroltheKROME’stone
generatorfromanexternalMIDIkeyboardor
sequenceretc.,useaMIDIcabletoconnecttheMIDI
OUTconnectoroftheexternalMIDIdevicetothe
MIDIINconnectorofKROME.
Controlling two o r more extern al MIDI
tone generators from KROME
YoucanalsouseaMIDIpatchbaytocontrolmultiple
MIDIdevices.
KROME
MIDI IN
MIDI OUT
MIDI keyboard
KROME
MIDI IN MIDI OUT
MIDI keyboard
MIDI IN
MIDI OUT
MIDI IN
MIDI OUT
MIDI IN
MIDI OUT
KROME
MIDI keyboard
MIDI
patch bay
MIDI tone generator