Korg Grandstage X - MIDI Connections and Settings; About MIDI; Connecting the Grandstage X to a MIDI Device or Computer

Grandstage X - MIDI settings
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MIDI connections and settings
| About MIDI
MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, and is a worldwide standard for exchanging vari-
ous types of musical data between electronic musical instruments and computers.
When MIDI cables are used to connect two or more MIDI devices, performance data can be exchanged
between the devices, even if they were made by different manufacturers. You can also use a USB
cable to connect this instrument to your computer.
| Connecting the Grandstage X to a MIDI device or com-
puter
To exchange MIDI data between devices, connect the MIDI connector of your external device to the
Grandstage X.
Note: The transmitting and receiving MIDI channels must be the same.
MIDI IN connector
Connect the MIDI OUT connector of your external device to this connector to receive MIDI messages
with the Grandstage X.
MIDI OUT connector
Connect the MIDI IN connector of your external device to this connector to transmit MIDI messages
from the Grandstage X.
Controlling an external MIDI tone generator from the Grandstage X
If you want to use the Grandstage X’s keyboard and controllers to play sounds and otherwise control
an external MIDI tone generator, connect the Grandstage X’s MIDI OUT connector to the external MIDI
tone generator’s MIDI IN connector with a MIDI cable.
Tip: You can use the split function to assign different MIDI channels to the upper and lower parts of the keyboard,
and transmit MIDI messages from each part to control the external MIDI tone generator.
→ MIDI channel settings (MIDI ch)
→ LAYER and SPLIT part MIDI channel settings (Layer Part ch, Split Part ch)
→ MIDI ch Mode (MIDI channel mode)