Section 12 — The MIDI Connection
ENSONIQ KT Musician’s Manual 7
This sets the KT to sync to MIDI clocks.
4. Set the drum machine to not send channel information, or to send it on a MIDI channel that is
not being used by any of the KT tracks. Again, MIDI Clocks, Start, Stop, and Continue are
sent and received regardless of MIDI channel or mode.
5. The KT should now sync to the drum machine’s clock. Starting, stopping, or continuing the
drum machine will start, stop, and continue the KT.
To Sequence a Drum Machine from a Track of the KT:
1. Connect the MIDI Out of the KT to the MIDI In of the drum machine.
2. Set the drum machine to Tape Sync or Internal Clock, or any setting other than External or
MIDI Clock. This way it will not play its own patterns, but will act only as a sound-
producing device, sequenced from a track of the KT.
3. Set the drum machine to POLY (OMNI Off) mode, and select a MIDI channel.
4. From Edit Track mode, assign a track on the KT to Status = MIDI, and set it to the same MIDI
channel you assigned the drum machine.
5. You should now be able to play the drum machine from the KT keyboard. You can then
record a track on the KT, from the KT keyboard, which will play on the drum machine — just
as if you were sequencing an external synthesizer.
The advantage of this approach is that some drum machines respond better to velocity when
played from MIDI than when played from their own front panels. Thus, you may get more
dynamic range out of your drum machine if you use this approach. The disadvantage is that you
use up KT sequencer memory to sequence the drum machine.
Song Position Pointers
The KT sends and receives Song Position Pointers via MIDI. Song Position Pointers are MIDI
commands that tell a sequencer or drum machine where to locate within a song or sequence.
When the KT receives a Song Position Pointer, it will locate to the appropriate place in the
selected song or sequence.
The KT sends a Song Position Pointer over MIDI whenever you use the Auto Locate control (the
Goto function on the Locate page). Any receiving unit that recognizes Song Position Pointers will
locate to the same spot. Not all devices recognize Song Position Pointers. To determine if any
other sequencing device you are using does, consult its manual.
MIDI Song Selects
MIDI Song Selects allow a sequencer such as the KT to instruct a remote MIDI sequencer or drum
machine to select a new song whenever you select a Sequence or Song on the KT. Whether or not
the KT transmits and receives them depends on the setting of the Song Select parameter on
System•MIDI page 8.
The KT transmits and receives MIDI Song Selects in Sequence mode as well as Song mode
(depending again on the setting on the “Song Select” parameter). This allows you to select any
KT sequencer location from a remote sequencer, computer or drum machine, and vice versa.
They are set up as follows:
MIDI Song Selects 00-99 will select KT Sequence/Song locations 00-99. Selecting Sequence/Song
locations 00-99 will cause the KT to transmit MIDI Song selects 00-99.
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