Elka MK55 - Connecting the ELKA MK 88;55; MIDI Connectivity Explained

CONNECTIONS
FIG, 1 DESIGN 0 F BACK PAN EL, SHOWING ACCESSO R Y COM N EC TIN G D ET AILS.
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MIDI
Five separate D3iK sockete vail be seen under the heading MIDI, Two each for MIDI OUT 1 and MO GUT
2, and enn Inr MIDI IN
MIDI OUT
Brnn^ a Master Cnnlro KeyrraFird, this instrument doss not have an uudLt uutpui, ir l hat by itsdl, il ts no".
capable of producing sounds as such. T he reason for this being that no sound generator Is present in Line
instrument ilscll. All ihe sounds Ihal are produced are depended on the specilicetKins uMhu mstrLirnents
connected via MID!
The$£ connections cm be made by means of the MIDI OUT sockets, MIDI 0U3 1 and MIDI OUT 2.
Two sockets for both MIDI OU I L and MIDI OUT 2 are provided. (See MIDI CONNECTION EXAMPLES
section for further Informal ion).
From these two pairs of sockets, all the MIDI da:a necessary to set up, control and play Ihe various Junc¬
tions or any MIDI compatiOle Instrument (EXPANDtH, SYNTHESIZER. PEDAE.BOARD, SEQUENCER elu )
will bo transmitted Oh a lOSSl Of 32 completely independent channels.
Furthermore. The MIDI OUT 2 sockets also provide a MIDI CLOCK ouipul for use wilh RHYTHM UNITS
&r.fl SEQUENCERS etc. (See MIDI CONNECTION EXAMPLES for information On the connection of
these units).
MIDI IN
When r>n eternal MIDI CLOCK OUT is connected tolhis Input, the DELAY’EC40 and LOOP fuiiLtiuris of
Ihe MK S&bb w\ be automatically synchronized with this and ai the same time Ihc internal clock will Ixs
disconnected.
The EXTERNAL CLOCK inc'icalor (on the extreme left of the panel) (1) will show lhai an external dock
signal hfjs ueen connected
2