Roland Connecting Midi Equipment, VR-700’s Internal Structure, Sound Generator Section

Connecting MIDI Equipment

*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.

The VR-700’s Internal Structure

Sound Generator Section

The VR-700 contains a sound generator for organ sounds and ensemble sounds, and a sound generator for song playback.

The organ/ensemble sound generator is a multi-part sound generator; with the factory settings, each part is assigned to the following MIDI channels.

Organ/ensemble sound generator parts	MIDI channel
	(factory setting)
Upper organ	1
Lower organ	3
Pedal organ	2
Ensemble 1	4
Ensemble 2	5
Internal rhythm	10
Spring shock	9

*MIDI messages received at the MIDI PEDAL IN connector are automatically converted to the MIDI channel specified by “Pedal Organ MIDI Channel” (p. 57).

MIDI Routing

fig.MIDIroute01.eps

External MIDI keyboard

MIDI		MIDI	USB
			MIDI
IN		OUT
Player
Internal
rhythm
Song
Song playback	Organ/ensemble
sound generator	sound generator
VR-700
Keyboard/Controllers
		MIDI
		PEDAL
		IN

Pedal keyboard

Inside the VR-700, MIDI connections are routed as shown in the illustration.

With the factory settings, MIDI messages received at the MIDI IN connector or USB MIDI connector will play the corresponding part of the organ/ensemble sound generator. When a song is played back on the internal player, it will be sounded by the song playback sound generator.

*MIDI messages received at the MIDI PEDAL IN connector are automatically converted to the MIDI channel specified by “Pedal Organ MIDI Channel” (p. 57).

You can change the MIDI routing by changing the Function mode setting “MIDI/Player Mode” (p. 57).

MIDI/Player	Received at the MIDI
	IN connector or USB	Song playback
Mode
	MIDI connector
Mode 1	Organ/ensemble	Song playback
(factory setting)	sound generator	sound generator
Mode 2	Song playback	Song playback
	sound generator	sound generator
Mode 3	Organ/ensemble	Organ/ensemble
	sound generator	sound generator
Mode 4	Song playback	Song playback
	sound generator	sound generator

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