7. MIDI mode

In this mode you can set the MIDI channel, clock, and pitch bend range.

If you want to save the settings you make in MIDI mode, you must perform the Write operation (☞ p.76 “Saving your Global mode settings”).

About MIDI channels

Just as a television set receives only the program that is being broadcast on the channel to which it is set, a MIDI device receives only the data that is being transmitted on the channel it is set to receive. The MIDI mode MIDI Ch setting lets you set the EMX-1’s transmit/receive channel independently for each synth part 1–5 and collectively for all drum parts together.

Using the EMX-1 as a sound module

Use a MIDI cable to connect the MIDI OUT connector of your MIDI keyboard etc. to the EMX-1’s MIDI IN connector.

1.Press the MIDI key (it will light).

2.Use the []/[] cursor keys to select “MIDI ch” in the display

3.Press the EMX-1’s synth part 1 Part key, and then turn the dial to set the MIDI channel for part 1 to match the channel being transmitted by the con- nected MIDI keyboard or other device. (☞ “Setting the MIDI channel of each part”)

4.When you play the connected MIDI keyboard etc., you will hear synth part 1.

If you connect a multi-track MIDI sequencer to the EMX-1

you will need to set the MIDI channel for synth parts 1–5 and for the drum parts (☞ “Setting the MIDI channel of each part”). Set each part to the MIDI channel of the sequencer track you want that part to play, and start your external sequencer to hear the sounds.

Setting the MIDI channel of each part

MIDI ch ................................................

1...16

Here you can set the MIDI channel for each synth part and for the drum parts. The same MIDI channel is used for transmission and reception. The factory settings are as follows.

1.Press the MIDI key (it will light).

2.Use the []/[] cursor keys to change the display to read “MIDI ch.”

3.Press the part key for which you want to change the MIDI channel (the key will light). To change the MIDI channel for the drum parts, press any of the nine part keys (all of the drum part keys will light).

4.Turn the dial to select the channel.

7. MIDI mode

The MIDI channel for synth part 1 that you specify here will also be used to transmit and receive program changes and exclusive data (”Global MIDI channel”).

Part

Channel

Synth part 1(global)

1

 

 

Synth parts 2–5

2–5

 

 

Drum parts (1–7B)

10

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