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Chapter 9 Connecting External Devices
Chapter 9
Local On: The keyboard and internal sound generator are
connected.
fig.09-
Local Off: The keyboard and internal sound generator are
separated. No sound will be produced by the keyboard when
it is played.
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→When connecting a unit in the Roland MT series, you don’t
need to switch off Local Control. MT units transmit Local Off
messages when their power is switched on. If you first switch
on the KR-7/5, then the MT-series device, Local Control is
automatically switched off on the KR-7/5.
■Sending Tone Change Messages
(Program Change/Bank Select
MSB/Bank Select LSB)
A Program Change is a message that means “change to the
Tone of the specified number.” The device that receives this
changes to the Tone of the corresponding number.
When you choose a Program Change message (Program
Number), the Program Number will be transmitted to the
MIDI device connected to the KR-7/5. The MIDI device that
receives the Program Number changes the tone to the
corresponding Program Number.
Normally, the Tone is selected from the 128 Tones available.
Some MIDI devices, however, have more than 128 Tones.
With such devices, the Tone is selected through a
combination of Program Change messages and Bank Select
messages. There are two parts of a Bank Select message: the
MSB (Controller 0, with a value of 0–127) and the LSB
(Controller 32, with a value of 0–127).
* Some MIDI instruments can’t handle Bank Select messages.
Others can handle Bank Selects, but do not recognize the LSB
part.
■Sending Recorded Performance Data to a MIDI Device (Composer MIDI Out)When Composer Out is active, you can send performance
data recorded with the KR-7/5 to a connected MIDI device
or computer.
When you turn on the power, this is set to “OFF” (data is not
sent).
1. Press the [Menu] button.
2. Touch <Composer MIDI Out>.
fig.09-04.eps
3. Touch to set ON or OFF.
4. Touch <Exit> to return to the Menu screen.
Local On
Sound is emitted
Sound Generator
Local Off
No sound produced
Sound Generator