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MIDI Applications
The following explains how your RP60/70 can be used in the most common
MIDI setups suited to this instrument:
a) as a MIDI controlling device (Master);
b) as a tone generator (in other words, a Slave);
c) for MIDI sequence recording.
As a MIDI controlling device
RP60/70, like most MIDI instruments, transmits note and
velocity information (touch response) via the MIDI OUT port
whenever notes are played on the keyboard.
If the MIDI OUT port is connected to the MIDI IN port of another
MIDI keyboard (synthesizer, etc.) or a tone generator (more
commonly called an “expander”, but essentially any device
with an internal sound engine), the external unit will respond
precisely to the notes played on the transmitting keyboard.
The result is that such a setup allows you to play two instruments at the same
time, using RP60/70 as the controlling device (Master) and the other as the
device being controlled (Slave).
Quite simply, every time you select a Preset, you will send Program change
messages to the external device who will respond by playing a second sound.
As a Slave device
As well as transmitting MIDI information, RP60/70 recognizes
the same type of data if received at the MIDI IN port from an
external controlling device. In this case, the MIDI IN port of the
RP60/70 is connected to the MIDI OUT port of the external
controlling unit. This, therefore, allows RP60/70 to be control-
led in exactly the same manner as described above, only this
time, the RP60/70 behaves as the slave and the external
device the controller.
Midi Sequencer recording
The type of data transfer described above can be exploited very
efficiently for MIDI sequence recording. For this connection,
shown in the diagram, the RP60/70 MIDI OUT is connected to the
Sequencer MIDI IN, and the Sequencer MIDI OUT is connected
to the RP60/70 MIDI IN. This connection is more commonly
know as a “MIDI Loop”.
Any instrument with a sequencer, or a Computer running
sequencer software, can be used to capture (record) the MIDI
data transmitted by the RP60/70.
When the recorded data is played back, the RP60/70 reproduces the recorded
sequence in exactly the same manner as it was recorded.
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