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generator will be internally disconnected). When you play the keyboard of the TRITON Le, the musical data will be transmitted to the external MIDI sequencer or computer, and then echoed back to play the TRITON Le tone genera- tor. In other words, by turning Local Control OFF, you can prevent notes from being sounded in duplicate, as would otherwise occur if a note were sounded by the TRITON Le’s own keyboard and again by the data that was echoed-back.

If the arpeggiator function is on, playing the TRITON Le’s keyboard will not cause the arpeggiator to operate, and only the musical data produced by playing the keyboard will be transmitted. The arpeggiator will operate only in response to the notes that are echoed-back and received at MIDI IN. In this way, turning off Local Control prevents the arpeggia- tor from operating in duplicate.

Use this setting when you wish to record on the external MIDI sequencer or computer only the notes that trigger the arpeggiator, and to use the echoed-back notes to operate the arpeggiator while monitoring your recording or during playback.

If you want the note data produced by the arpeggiator to be recorded on the external sequencer/computer, set Local Control on, and turn off the Echo Back setting of the external sequencer/computer.

To turn off Local Control, the “Local Control On” (GLOBAL 2.1–1a) check box to uncheck it (☞ p.128).

When using the TRITON Le by itself, leave Local Control turned on. (If this is off when this instrument is used by itself, playing the keyboard will not produce sound.)

■Messages transmitted and received

by this instrument

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MIDI channels

MIDI messages can be exchanged when the transmitting and receiving devices are set to the same MIDI channel. MIDI uses sixteen channels, numbered 1–16. The way in which channels are handled will differ depending on the mode.

Program mode, Sampling mode (if the EXB-SMPL option (sold separately) is installed)

•Transmission/reception is performed on the global MIDI channel*.

*The global MIDI channel is the basic channel that this instrument uses for MIDI transmission/reception, and is set by “MIDI Channel” (GLOBAL 2.1–1a).

Combination mode

•The global MIDI channel is used to transmit/receive messages for selecting a combination and turning effects on/off, and to transmit/receive exclusive data.

•The MIDI channel specified for each timbre (in COMBI 3.1–1a) is used to transmit/receive MIDI data for each timbre.

•The MIDI channel specified for the insert effect and master effects (in MIDI channel “Control Ch (control Channel)” (COMBI 7.1–2b, 7.2–1a, 7.2–1c)) is used to control dynamic modulation, and to control the pan and send 1/2 after the sound has passed through the insert effects.

•When you operate the keyboard or controllers of the TRITON Le, messages will be transmitted on the global

MIDI channel, and will also be transmitted on the MIDI channel of any timbre whose “Status” (COMBI 3.1–1a) is set to EXT or EX2.

•Channel messages will be received if they match the MIDI channel of a timbre whose “Status” is set to INT (☞ p.36 “Status” and “MIDI Channel”).

Sequencer mode

•The global MIDI channel is used to transmit/receive exclusive data and for messages that switch effects on/ off.

•MIDI data of each track is transmitted/received on the MIDI channel specified for each track (In Sequencer mode, this will be the settings of SEQ 3.1–1(2)a.)

•The MIDI channel specified for the insert effect and master effects (in SEQ 7.1–3b, 7.2–1a, 7.2–1c) is used to control dynamic modulation, and to control the pan and send 1/2 after the sound has passed through the insert effect.

•When you operate the keyboard or controllers of the TRITON Le, messages will be transmitted on the MIDI channel selected by “Track Select” (SEQ 1.1–1c). However, messages will be transmitted only if the track selected by “Track Select” has a “Status” of BTH, EXT,

or EX2. ( ☞ p.51 “Track Select”– )

•When Sequencer is played back, musical data of tracks whose “Status” is BTH, EXT, or EX2 will be transmitted on the specified MIDI channels.

•Tracks whose “Status” is INT or BTH will receive channel messages of the matching MIDI channel (☞ p.62 “Status” and “MIDI Channel”).

Note on/off

Note-on [9n, kk, vv]

Note-off [8n, kk, vv]

(n: channel, kk: note number, vv: velocity)

When you play a note on the TRITON Le’s keyboard, it will transmit note-on/off messages. When the arpeggiator is running, note-on/off messages will be transmitted by the arpeggiator. (If Local Control is off, the arpeggiator will not transmit note-on/off data. ☞ p.231 “Local Control On set- tings”)

However, most instruments do not receive or transmit note- off velocity, and neither does the TRITON Le.

Most devices do not transmit or receive note-off velocity, and the TRITON Le does not transmit or receive this data either.

Program Change/Bank Select

Changing the program/bank

Program change [Cn, pp]

(n: channel, pp: program number that allows 128 sounds to be selected)

•Programs 000–127 in banks A, B, C, and D correspond to program changes [Cn, 00]–[Cn, 7F].

•Programs 001–128 in banks G and g(d) correspond to program changes [Cn, 00]–[Cn, 7F].

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