Yamaha YDP-181 MIDI Functions

Detailed Settings – [FUNCTION]

Owner’s Manual

ENGLISH

You can make detailed adjustments to MIDI

settings.

For more information about MIDI, see the

“About MIDI” section (page 51).

1. Engage the Function mode and select .

2. Press the [+/YES] button to engage the MIDI

function’s sub-mode, then use the [TEMPO/

FUNCTION ▼, ▲] buttons to select the

desired sub-mode.

Press the [–/NO] or [+/YES] button to set a

selected parameter.

Sub-mode

F6.1: MIDI Transmit Channel Selection

In any MIDI control setup, the MIDI channels of the

transmitting and receiving equipment must be matched

for proper data transfer.

This parameter enables you to specify the channel on

which the instrument transmits MIDI data.

Setting range: 1 – 16, OFF (not transmitted)

Normal setting: 1

F6.2: MIDI Receive Channel Selection

In any MIDI control setup, the MIDI channels of the

transmitting and receiving equipment must be matched

for proper data transfer. This parameter enables you to

specify the channel on which the instrument receives

MIDI data.

Setting range: ALL, 1&2, 1 – 16

Normal setting: ALL

F6.3: Local Control ON/OFF

“Local Control” refers to the fact that, normally, the key-

board controls its internal tone generator, allowing the

internal voices to be played directly from the keyboard.

This situation is “Local Control On,” since the internal

tone generator is controlled locally by its own keyboard.

Local control can be turned OFF, however, so that the

keyboard does not play the internal voices, but the

appropriate MIDI information is still transmitted via the

MIDI OUT terminal when notes are played on the key-

board. At the same time, the internal tone generator

responds to MIDI information received via the MIDI IN

terminal.

Setting range: ON/OFF

Normal setting: ON

F6.4: Program Change ON/OFF

Normally the instrument will respond to MIDI program

change numbers received from an external keyboard or

other MIDI device, causing the correspondingly-num-

bered voice to be selected on the corresponding channel

(the keyboard voice does not change). The instrument

will normally also send a MIDI program change number

whenever one of its voices is selected, causing the corre-

spondingly-numbered voice or program to be selected

on the external MIDI device if the device is set up to

receive and respond to MIDI program change numbers.

This function makes it possible to cancel program

change number reception and transmission so that

voices can be selected on the instrument without affect-

ing the external MIDI device.

Setting range: ON/OFF

Normal setting: ON

F6.

MIDI Functions

NOTE

In Dual mode, Voice 1 data is transmitted on its speciﬁed channel

and Voice 2 data is transmitted on the next greater channel number

relative to the speciﬁed channel. In this mode, no data is transmitted

if the transmit channel is set to “OFF.”

NOTE

Song data is not transmitted via the MIDI connections. However,

channels 3 – 16 of Disklavier Piano Soft songs, and non-protected

External songs will be transmitted via the MIDI connections depend-

ing on the Song Channel Selection setting (page 47).

NOTE

ALL:

“Multi-timbre” Receive mode. This allows simultaneous reception of

different parts on all 16 MIDI channels, enabling the instrument to

play multi-channel song data received from F6.6 or sequencer.

1&2:

“1&2” Receive mode. This allows simultaneous reception on chan-

nels 1 and 2 only, enabling the instrument to play 1 and 2 channel

song data received from a music computer or sequencer.

NOTE

Program change and other like channel messages received will not

affect the instrument’s panel settings or the notes you play on the

keyboard.

NOTE

No MIDI reception occurs when Demo mode is engaged or during

ﬁle operations.

NOTE

For information on program change numbers for each of the Instru-

ment’s voices, Refer to MIDI Data Format on the web site.

http://www.yamaha.co.jp/manual/