Roland MP-60 owner manual Connecting Midi Devices, What’s MIDI?, Setting various functions

Chapter 6. Connecting External Devices

Connecting MIDI Devices

By connecting an external MIDI device and exchanging performance data, you can control the performances on one device from the other. For instance, you can output sound from the other instrument or switch tones on the other instrument.

■What’s MIDI?

MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, an international standard which allows performance information to be communicated among electronic musical instruments and computers.

The MP-60 provides MIDI connectors, which allow performance data to be exchanged with external devices. When these connectors are used to connect the MP-60 to external devices, an even wider range of possibilities becomes available.

*A separate publication titled “MIDI Implementation” is also available. It provides complete details concerning the way MIDI has been implemented on this unit. If you should require this publication (such as when you intend to carry out byte-level programming), please contact the nearest Roland Service Center or authorized Roland distributor.

Connection Examples

*To prevent malfunction and/or damage to speakers or other devices, always turn down the volume, and turn off the power on all devices before making any connections.

Playing the MP-60 from a MIDI sequencer/ Recording an MP-60 performance on a MIDI sequencer

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MT Series

* MT-90s has no MIDI Out connector.

Out MIDI In

MP-60

*Set Local Off if you have connected the MP-60 to a MIDI sequencer. Refer to “Switching Local Control on and Off” (p. 31). Also set your MIDI sequencer to MIDI Thru mode (so that messages received at MIDI IN will be re-transmitted without change from MIDI OUT). For details, refer to the owner’s manual of your MIDI sequencer.

Perform on the MP-60 to play a MIDI sound generator

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Sound Module

MIDI

THRU OUT IN

MP-60

Making MIDI-related Settings

Here’s how you can set the transmit channel and other MIDI-

related settings.

How to enter function mode

1.Hold down the [ON/OFF] button and press the [BEAT] button.

The indicators of the buttons you pressed will blink, and you will enter function mode.

The display will indicate the value of the currently selected function.

Setting various functions

2.Press the button to which the desired function is assigned.

The indicator of the button you pressed will blink.

For details on the contents of each function, refer to the explanations that follow.

3.Press the [+] or [-] button to change the value.

If you press the [+] and [-] buttons simultaneously, the setting will return to the original value.

How to exit function mode

4.Press either the [ON/OFF] button or the [BEAT] button. The button’s indicator will return to the previous state.

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