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Chapter 9 Connecting External Devices

Local On: The keyboard and internal sound generator are

connected.

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Sound is emitted

Sound Generator

Local On

■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.

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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No sound produced

Sound Generator

Local Off

→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.

2.Touch <Composer MIDI Out>.

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3.Touch to set ON or OFF.

4.Touch <Exit> to return to the Menu screen.

■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.

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