To return to the previous display

If you press the [EXIT] switch or the [FUNCTION] switch, the [FUNCTION] switch indicator will go dark, and you will return to the previous LCD screen.

When the power is turned on, this setting will automatically be Local On.

Synchronizing to an external sequencer

An external sequencer or drum machine connected via MIDI can be synchronized to the SP-500’s recorder for synchronized playback.

1

Press the [FUNCTION] switch

2

Access the “Func 4/10” page

 

3

Select a “Sync.” radio button

Press either the “Int.” or the “Ext.” radio

button.

“Int.”: The internal clock will be used. Select “Int.” when you are using the SP- 500 by itself, or when using it as the mas- ter (controlling device) to synchronize external MIDI devices to the MIDI clock transmitted by the SP-500.

“Ext.”: The SP-500’s recorder will operate in synchronization with the MIDI clock messages it receives. Select “Ext.” when you are using the SP-500 as a slave device (the device being controlled) that is syn- chronized to the MIDI clock transmitted from an external device.

To return to the previous display

If you press the [EXIT] switch or the [FUNCTION] switch, the [FUNCTION] switch indicator will go dark, and you will return to the previous LCD screen.

MIDI Transpose

You can specify whether the “Transpose” setting of the “Func 1/10” page will be applied to the data that is transmitted or received via MIDI.

1

Press the [FUNCTION] switch

2

Access the “Func 4/10” page

 

3

Select one of the “MIDI Trans-

pose” radio buttons

Press either the “Tx” or “Rx” radio but- ton.

“Tx”: Transpose will apply to the trans- mitted note data that you input from the keyboard. It will not affect the received note data.

“Rx”: Transpose will apply to the received note data.

It will not affect the transmitted note data.

MIDI Filter

You can specify whether or not each type of MIDI message (e.g., program change, control change) will be transmitted and received.

1

Press the [FUNCTION] switch

 

2

Access the “Func 5/10” page

Functions

 

 

 

3

For the types of MIDI message

that you do not wish to transmit

or receive, select the correspond- ing check box to turn it off

“Prog.”: Program change

Programs of a connected MIDI device can be changed by transmitting program changes from the SP-500.

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