Roland CDX-1 Using MIDI to control the CDX-1 from another device

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Using the CDX-1 with other MIDI devices
Using the CDX-1 with
other MIDI devices
Using MIDI to control the CDX-1 from
another device
The CDX-1 can be controlled in the following ways by MIDI messages from another
MIDI device.
Play samples
By sending MIDI note messages from a keyboard or drum pad to the CDX-1, you can
play the eight samples of the selected pad bank.
To play the samples of the CDX-1, you can choose one MIDI channel from channels 1–16.
1. Press [UTILITY].
The Menu are displayed as icon.
fig.5-24
2. Press CURSOR [ ] to select the MIDI
icon.
3. Press [YES/ENTER].
The MIDI settings screen appears.
fig.5-25
4. Make sure that the cursor is located at the
“Pads Rx Ch.” line.
5. Turn the TIME/VALUE dial to select a channel in the range of “1”–”16.”
If you select “OFF,” samples cannot be played by any MIDI channel.
6. Press [DISPLAY] to return to the Basic screen.
At the factory settings, the pads correspond to MIDI note numbers (numbers that
indicate keyboard locations) as follows.
fig.5-26e
Changing the correspondence between pads and note numbers
1. Press [UTILITY].
2. Press CURSOR [ ] to select the MIDI icon, and press [YES/ENTER].
The MIDI settings screen appears.
3. Press CURSOR [ ] to move the cursor to “Rx Note (Pad1).”
4. Turn the TIME/VALUE dial to specify the note number.
5. Press [DISPLAY] to return to the Basic screen.
Switch the pad bank
The eight samples of the selected pad bank are the only the samples that can be
played by MIDI note messages. To switch the pad bank, use program change
messages.
Of the program numbers sent to the CDX-1, only 1–64 are valid. These select pad
banks 1 through 64 respectively. Program numbers 65–128 will be ignored.
The “Pads Tx Ch.” parameter
specifies the MIDI channel that
will be used to control another
MIDI device when you press
the pads of the CDX-1.
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MIDI
Note
Eight consecutive MIDI note
numbers are used, according
to the pad numbers. You are
free to specify which note
number will be the first (i.e.,
pad [1]) (see the following
section).