Radio Shack 42-4058 owner manual Always turn off power to your keyboard

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You do not need to make both connections if you are only either sending or receiving.

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	• Always turn off power to your keyboard and
the	the other MIDI device before you connect or
	disconnect MIDI cables.
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	• As you make the cable connections, be
Memory	sure to align the MIDI cable pins with the
	matching holes on your keyboard’s MIDI
	OUT and MIDI IN terminals. If you have
	trouble plugging in the cable, do not force it!
	You might damage the plug or the
	instrument.

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To connect your keyboard to another MIDI- equipped device, you must use a MIDI cable (available at RadioShack). ￿

To send MIDI data from your keyboard, use a MIDI cable to connect the keyboard’s MIDI OUT terminal to the other device’s MIDI IN terminal.

To receive MIDI data on your keyboard, use a MIDI cable to connect the keyboard’s MIDI IN terminal to the other device’s MIDI OUT terminal. ￿

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Your keyboard can send and receive several different types of MIDI data. The keyboard’s tones, rhythms, and other types of MIDI data are sent automatically as you play.

The keyboard parts (Channels 1 through 4) are sent over the corresponding channels. When you turn auto harmonize on (see “Using Auto Harmonize” on Page 12), the harmonized notes are sent.

You can set accompaniment parts to be sent over the corresponding channels (Channels 6 – 10). See “Changing MIDI Settings.” The keyboard’s prerecorded tunes cannot be sent as MIDI data.

The keyboard can receive data over all 16 MIDI mixer channels at the same time.

The received message is interpreted as chord change data when you set MODE to CONCERT CHORD or FINGERED. See “Changing MIDI Settings.”

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1.Press TOUCH/TRANSPOSE/SETTING, then repeatedly press ￿ or ￿ (CURSOR) until 1<￿<￿appears.

2.Press ￿ (ENTER). ￿￿￿/￿￿￿ ￿￿￿ appears.

3.Within 5 seconds, repeatedly press ￿ or ￿ until the parameter you want to change appears.

/￿￿￿ ￿￿￿ (Keyboard Basic Channel) (Default: ￿￿) — Sets the channel for sending MIDI data to an external device.

￿￿￿# (MIDI In Chord Judge) (Default: ￿88) — When set to on, the keyboard interprets the received basic channel note data as auto accompaniment chords using the current chord fingering method.

￿3￿￿￿￿0￿ (Accompaniment Out) (Default: ￿88) — Set to ￿' to send auto accompaniment as MIDI data.

￿￿3￿￿ (Local Control) (Default: ￿') — Set to ￿' to send data to the keyboard’s speakers and another MIDI device

simultaneously. Set to ￿￿￿ to send data only to another MIDI device (the keyboard’s speakers are muted).

4.Repeatedly press + or – or use the

number buttons to change the setting as required. Then press ￿ (EXIT).

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The “MIDI Implementation Chart” on Page 41 shows specific details about how your keyboard is compatible with the MIDI standard. The following notes explain how the keyboard works within the MIDI standard.

Basic Channel — The MIDI standard allows for the use of up to 16 channels to exchange data. Like a TV broadcast, each of these channels can contain different data. The keyboard can send and receive data on all 16 of these channels.

Mode — The MIDI standard allows for four separate modes of operation. The keyboard sends and receives data in Mode 3. This means that the data sent and received by the keyboard can be polyphonic and can be sent or received on only one channel at a time.

Note Number — The MIDI standard allows for note numbers from 0 through 127. This number represents each possible note that a device can play. The lowest note number (0) is five octaves below middle C and the highest note number (127) is three octaves above middle C. The keyboard can send and receive all 128 note numbers.

Velocity — The MIDI standard allows for velocity numbers from 0 through 127. Velocity is how fast a key is pressed (or if the key is pressed at all) or how loud a note sounds. A velocity of 0 means that the key is not pressed. The lowest velocity (1) is pianissimo and the highest velocity (127) is fortissimo. The keyboard can send and receive all 128 velocity numbers.

Pitch Bender — The keyboard receives (but cannot send) pitch bending signals.

Control Change — This feature sends data on various controllers, each having its own number. For the details of each parameter, see “MIDI Data”.

Program Change — This feature changes the preset sounds. Each sound number corresponds to a program number between 0 and 127. See “MIDI Data”.

System Exclusive — This feature sends special signals unique to the keyboard.

All Notes Off — This feature is a kind of panic button: it stops the current sounds from playing. Only the keyboard receives this message.

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