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his section explains the functions the di erent s

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stem parameters have, as well as the composition o

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t

h

ese

p

arameters.

For details on how to make settings, re

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er to “System Settings” (p. 95).

SYSTEM MIDI

Here you can make settings

f

or MIDI transmission and reception.

Pa
r
a
m
ete
r
Value
Description
Regist Ctr
l
C
h
1–C
16,
O
FF
R
egistration Contro
l
C
h
anne
l
se
l
ects t
h
e MIDI receive c
h
anne
l
use
d
d
uring switc
h
ing
of re
g
istrations when MIDI messa
g
es (Pro
g
ram Chan
g
e/Bank Select) are sent from an
external MIDI device. Set this to “OFF” i
f
registrations are not to be switched
f
rom an
externa
l
MIDI
d
evice.
Rx Program Chang
e
O
N, OF
F
S
peci
es whether Program Change messages will be received (ON) or not (OFF).
Rx Ban
k
Se
l
ect
O
N
,
O
F
F
S
peci es whether Bank Select messa
g
es will be received (ON) or not (OFF).
Rx Control Chang
e
O
N, OF
F
S
peci
es whether Control Change messages will be received (ON) or not (OFF)
.
Rx
S
ysEx
O
N
,
O
F
F
S
peci es whether System Exclusive messages will be received (ON) or not (OFF)
.
Ens Rx C
h
Ch
1–C
h
1
6
S
peci
es the receive channel on which the Ensemble part will receive MIDI messages.
Voc
Rx
Ch
C
h1–
C
h1
6
S
peci es the receive channel on which the Vocal Desi
g
ner part will receive MIDI
messages.
B
&
P Rx
C
h
C
h1–
C
h1
6
S
peci es the receive channel on which the Bass & Percussion parts will receive MIDI
messages.
T
x E
d
i
t
O
N
,
O
F
F
S
peci es whether changes you make to the settings of each part will be transmitted as
sy
stem exc
l
usive messages (ON) or not transmitte
d
(OFF)
.
T
x Pro
g
ram Chan
ge
O
N
,
O
F
F
S
peci es whether Pro
g
ram Chan
g
e messa
g
es will be transmitted (ON) or not (OFF)
.
T
x Ban
k
Se
l
ec
t
O
N
,
OF
F
S
peci
es whether Bank Select messa
g
es will be transmitted (ON) or not (OFF)
.
L
oca
l
Sw
O
N, OF
F
S
peci
es whether the VP-770’s ke
y
board will pla
y
the sounds o
f
each o
f
the VP-770’s
parts (ON) or wi
ll
not p
l
a
y
t
h
em (OFF)
.
N
ormally, you can leave this ON.
P
er
f
ormance data
f
rom the VP-770’s ke
y
board will be sent to each o
f
the VP-770’s parts
a
nd transmitted from the MIDI OUT connector. If you have connected an external MIDI
s
equencer, the MIDI messages transmitted
f
rom the MIDI OUT connector will be routed
th
roug
h
y
our MIDI sequencer an
d
returne
d
to t
h
e VP-770’s MIDI IN connector. T
h
is can
create problems, such as duplicate MIDI messa
g
es bein
g
received, which causes each o
f
th
e VP-770’s parts to soun
d
ever
y
note twice. In t
h
is situation,
y
ou can turn t
h
e Loca
l
Sw
s
etting OFF so that the performance data from the keyboard will not play the parts.
T
x A
cti
v
e
Se
n
s
O
N, OF
F
S
peci
es whether Active Sensing messages will be transmitted (ON) or not (OFF).
S
oft Throu
gh
O
N
,
O
F
F
Thru function re-transmits all messa
g
es received at the MIDI IN connector to the MIDI
O
UT connector without modi
fy
ing them in an
y
wa
y
.
D
e
vi
ce
ID 17–
32
W
hen you want to transmit or receive System Exclusive messages, set this parameter to
m
atc
h
t
h
e
D
e
vi
ce
ID n
u
m
be
r
of
t
h
e
ot
h
e
r MIDI
de
vi
ce.
S
ysEx Protec
t
O
N
,
O
F
F
This prevents the settings of user memory from being rewritten by system exclusive
messages transmitted b
y
an external MIDI device. The “ON” setting prevents rewriting,
a
n
d
t
h
e “OFF” settin
g
a
ll
ows rewritin
g
.
System Parameters