Roland MP-500 owner manual Set the Midi Channel, Receiving on all Midi channels- Omni On/Off

Connecting to MIDI Devices

■Receiving on all MIDI channels— Omni On/Off

When set to Omni On, the MP-500 will sound as a result of received MIDI messages, no matter which channel the messages arrive on.

When set to Omni Off, the MP-500 will recognize only the messages that arrive on the MIDI channel that has been selected, as explained under “Set the MIDI Channel.”

■Switching Omni On/Off

Omni On is automatically set when the power is switched on.

Hold down the [Piano 1] button, the [Piano 2] button, and the [Harpsichord] button, and press the “F4” note to turn the setting On, or the “G4” note to turn the setting Off.

fig.8-08.e

Electric	Electric	Harpsi-	Vibra-	Pipe	Strings
Piano 1 Piano 2 Piano 1	Piano 2	chord	phone	Organ

Tone

Tempo	Beat	Sound On/Off	Play	Rec	Demo Song
	Metronome

Omni On Omni Off

Set the MIDI Channel

MIDI features sixteen MIDI channels, numbered 1–16. The connected devices must be set to use the same MIDI channels, otherwise no sound will be produced.

-In a setup where you wish to play the MP-500 and also have another MIDI-equipped instrument or sound module play the same notes, you should first set the channel used for reception on your external device to the same channel that you have the MP-500 set to use for transmission.

-If using another MIDI keyboard as a master instrument, and you wish to have the MP-500 played by it, you would need to set the channel used for reception on the MP-500 to the same channel that the master keyboard will be transmitting on.

-When wishing to have a sequencer play the MP-500, you need to set the channel used or reception on the MP-500 to the same channel that the recorded MIDI data is set to use.

When the MP-500 is turned on, Channel “1” is selected.

While holding down the [Piano 1], [Piano 2], and [Harpsichord] buttons, press the appropriate key (C2–D4) on the keyboard.

The MIDI transmit channel and receive channel will

switch to the number that corresponds to the note you

pressed.

fig.8-09.e

Electric	Electric	Harpsi-	Vibra-	Pipe	Strings
Piano 1 Piano 2 Piano 1	Piano 2	chord	phone	Organ

							Tone
Reverb Chorus	Electric	Electric	Harpsi-	Vibra-	Pipe	Tempo	Beat	Play	Rec	Demo Song
	Piano 1 Piano 2 Piano 1	Piano 2	chord	phone	Organ Strings		Sound On/Off
			Tone				Metronome

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

MIDI channel

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