CHAPTER 7: Enhancing the Disklavier Features by Hooking Up a MIDI Device

Setting Up the Disklavier for Keyboard Playing Data Transmission (KBD OUT)

Besides the [MIDI OUT] options, more detailed setups for the keyboard playing data transmission is available. The following options should be set up in advance.

[Out Ch]

Assigns the piano part to the desired channels.

[##]: Select this when you assign no channel to the piano part.

[01] thru [16]:

Select the desired channel to which you assign the piano part.

[HP]: Select this when you transmit the ON/OFF pedal data to the “01” and the half-pedal data to the “03”. (This option is prepared for the data format used on the former version of the Disklavier.)

[Local]

Selects whether you reproduce or not the piano part playing with the Disklavier’s internal tone generator.

[ON]: Select this when you reproduce the piano part with the Disklavier’s internal tone generator.

[OFF]: Select this when you reproduce the song (played on the Disklavier) on the external MIDI device. This option inactivates the internal tone generator to prevent both the internal and external tone generator sound at the same time.

[Split]

Sets the split point on the desired note that divides the keyboard into left-hand and right-hand part. The selected note and the notes lower than that note are assigned to the channel set in [Out Ch] option, and the notes higher than that note are assigned to the channel next to the channel set in [Out Ch] option.

[A-1] thru [C7]:

Select the desired note as the split point.

[OFF]: Select this when you assign all the notes to one channel.

[Trans L]

Transposes the left-hand part to the desired key at transmission.

[Trans R]

Transposes the right-hand part to the desired key at transmission.

1 Tap on in the [Main] screen,

and then on .

2 Tap on / so that the following screen appears.

3 Tap on [Out Ch]/[Local]/[Split]/[Trans

L]/[Trans R], and then press to select/adjust the selected option.

4 Tapoperation.on to complete the

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