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MIDI Functions
The RY20 is a fully functional MIDI instrument. It can send or receive
MIDI data through its MIDI IN and OUT connectors. You can play its
voices from another instrument or you can use it to control other MIDI
devices, such as keyboards or tone generators. You can connect your
RY20 to a MIDI data storage device, such as the Yamaha MDF2 MIDI
Data Filer, to perform back-ups of your valuable pattern, song and
drum pad data.
This mode determines whether the RY20 timing is synchronized by its
own internal clock or by an external MIDI clock.
1Put the RY20 in MIDI Mode by pressing the [ MIDI ] button. Notice that the
MIDI” indicator is switched on. The current mode is flashing below the
SYNC” prompt.
11 MIDI Functions
MIDI Sync
NOTE
From the initial display page in MIDI Mode, pressing the [ MIDI ] button will switch
the RY20 back to the previously selected play mode, such as Pattern or Song Play
Mode. From the other display pages of MIDI Mode, pressing the [ MIDI ] button will
switch to the mode’s initial display page.
Please note that you CANNOT select MIDI Mode while the RY20 is playing or in
Pattern or Song Record Mode. You also cannot start Pattern or Song playback
while the RY20 is in MIDI Mode.
MIDI
PATTERN MIDI
A CHASE
MAIN A
PAD BANK
OTHERS
HH
SD
BD