GEM WK6 User Manual

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2•60 User Guide
MASTER
OUT
SLAVE 2
IN
SLAVE 1
IN THRU
18 • MIDI
ABOUT MIDI
MIDI (Musical Instruments Digital Interface) is a
system of communication between electronic
musical instruments and computers. This sec-
tion explains some of the more important MIDI
features of your SK760/880. If you wish to delve
further into MIDI and all the possibilities offered,
you should refer to specialised MIDI literature
available in all music outlets.
All MIDI programming tasks referred to are car-
ried out in the MIDI Edit environment (unless oth-
erwise specified), accessed by pressing the MIDI
button in the EDIT section. Some examples are
discussed here while for the rest, you should
refer to the Edit MIDI chapter of the Reference
manual.
With MIDI it is possible to:
• control another musical instrument (ex-
pander, keyboard, etc.) with SK760/880;
• control SK760/880 with a master keyboard
or other controlling device (guitar controller,
wind controller, drum pads...);
• connect SK760/880 to an external sequencer
to program Songs and Styles.
Fig. 1 - Connection diagram of a master keyboard and two expanders, slave 1 and slave 2 ( or other instruments). The data
generated by the Master is received at the MIDI IN of Slave 1 and sent to the sound engine of Slave 1 and to the MIDI IN of Slave 2.
MIDI cableMIDI cable
internal course
COMPUTER THRU B IN BOUT B IN AOUT ATHRU A
MIDI
SK760/880 MIDI interface
and Computer port
MIDI connection rules
• An instrument which controls another instru-
ment is called the master , while an instru-
ment that is controlled by a controlling de-
vice is called the slave .
• The MIDI OUT of the master is connected to
the MIDI IN of the slave.
• To program Songs on an external sequencer,
connect the MIDI OUT of the SK760/880 to the
MIDI IN of the sequencer; the MIDI OUT of the
sequencer to the MIDI IN of the SK760/880.
• Do not connect the same MIDI port between
two instruments.
The MIDI ports
Your SK760/880 is fitted with a twin set of MIDI
ports:
• Two MIDI OUTs (A & B)
• Two MIDI INs (A & B)
• Two MIDI THRUs (A & B).
The MIDI THRU port
The MIDI THRU port permits the connection of
several slave instruments in series, as shown in
the illustration below (Fig. 1). Slave 1 and Slave
2 are controlled by the single Master. Slave 2
does not receive Slave 1 data, which only acts
as a through device.

GEM WK6 Specifications

General

Brand	GEM
Model	WK6
Category	Electronic Keyboard
Language	English