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6
What
’
s
MIDI
?
MIDI (Musical Instrument Di
g
ital Inter
f
ace) is a world-wide standard
f
or trans
f
errin
g
per
f
ormance
d
ata and other musical information between electronic musical instruments and computer. By us-
i
ng MIDI ca
bl
es to connect
d
evices t
h
at are equippe
d
wit
h
a MIDI connector,
y
ou can use a sing
l
e
MIDI keyboard to play multiple instruments, create ensembles using multiple MIDI instruments,
automatica
ll
y switc
h
settings as a song progresses, an
d
d
o muc
h
more
.

Connecting a Synt

h

esizer via MID

I
Here’s how
ou can use the VP-770’s ke
board to pla
an external MIDI-connected s
nthesizer, for example
to
l
ayer a piano wit
h
t
h
e VP-770’s voca
l
soun
d
s.

Make

co
nn
ect
i
o
n
s

as

sho

wn

abo

v

e.

S

et the “MIDI receive channel” of

y

our external s

y

nthesizer to 2, and

select a

p

iano sound.

T
he performance data of the Vocal Designer part (MIDI channel 2) will pla
y
y
our external s
y
nthesizer.
T
he following table shows the factory settings. You are free to change the MIDI channel by editing the
system settings (p. 97).
T
he VP-770’s
M
IDI transmit/receive channel
s
P
art MIDI transmit channel
(
xed
)
M
IDI receive channel
(
xed
)
V
ocal Designe
r
C
H
2
*1
C
H2
En
se
m
b
l
e
C
H1 *
1
C
H
1
B
ass
&
P
e
r
cussio
n
C
H3
C
H
3
(
*1
)
Transmitted even i
f
the sound button is o
.

Pl

ay t

h

e VP-770’s

k

ey

b

oar

d.
Y
ou’ll hear the piano sound
f
rom
y
our s
y
nthesizer together with the sound o
f
the VP-770
.
Al
ternative
ly
,
y
ou can connect
y
our externa
l
MIDI
k
e
yb
oar
d
’s MIDI OUT connector to t
h
e VP-770’s
MIDI IN connector, and use your external MIDI keyboard to play the VP-770.
✍
1
.
2
.
✍
✍
3
.
✍
Connecting the VP-770 with MIDI Equipment
MIDI IN
OU
TP
UT
Externa
l
synt
h
esiz
e
INP
U
T
INPUT
Monitor
speaker
(
wit
h
b
ui
l
t-in amp
)