Skx
Owner’s Manual
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ABOUT MIDI
WHAT IS “MIDI”?
MIDI is an abbreviation of ‘Musical Instrument Digital Interface’.
MIDI is the musical instrument industry standard for exchanging performance infor-
mation between electronic musical instruments and a sequencer, e ects, lighting, and
sound reinforcement gear, etc.
e MIDI standard allows instruments made by di erent manufacturers to e ectively
communicate with each other.
Many types of data can be transmitted and received, including all performance infor-
mation, settings of parameters, and global commands.
MIDI OUT JACK
is is for sending performance information.
To an external MIDI sound module from SKX or to record performances and con-
trols to an external sequencer.
MIDI IN JACK
is jack is used for playing SKX from external MIDI equipment.
WHAT THE MIDI CAN DO ON THE SKX
On the SKX, the MIDI jacks are intended to do the following:
use the MIDI keyboard to expand the number of keyboards.
control an external sound generator such as a synthesizer or sampler.
record/playback the performance on an external sequencer or computer.
For easily making these settings, the SKX is equipped with “MIDI Templates”.
WHAT IS A “MIDI TEMPLATE?”
Because MIDI can be used with such a wide variety of devices - such as synthesizers,
sound modules, sequencers, keyboard controllers etc. - there are a number of features
associated with MIDI, such as Program Change, Controller Change, etc., that allow
each MIDI setup to be optimized for the best results in each application. However,
making all of these settings manually can be quite time-consuming and error-prone.
erefore, the SKX contains a number of pre-formatted settings for the various MIDI
parameters which represent the most ideal settings for each MIDI environment. A
group of these settings is called a MIDI Template.
See page 112“MIDI” for information on how to select the MIDI Template you want to
use.
MIDI JACKS ON THE SKX
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