Korg microSTATION - Connecting MIDI Devices

Setup
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Connecting MIDI devices
ByconnectingthemicroSTATION’sMIDIconnectors
toanexternalMIDIdeviceyoucantransfersound
settingsandperformancedatasuchasnotemessages
betweenyourexternalMIDIdeviceandthe
microSTATION.
About MIDI
MIDIstandsforMusicalInstrumentDigitalInterface,
andisaworld‐widestandardforexchangingvarious
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
man
ufacturers.
Controlling an external MIDI tone
generator from microSTATION
IfyouwanttousethemicroSTATION’skeyboardand
othercontrollers,sequencer,andarpeggiatortoplayor
controlanexternalMIDIsoundmodule,useaMIDI
cabletoconnectthemicroSTATION’sMIDIOUT
connectortotheMIDIINconnectorofyourexternal
MIDIsoundmodule.
Controlling microSTATION’s tone
generator from an external MIDI
device
WhenyouwishtoplayorcontrolthemicroSTATION’s
tonegeneratorfromanexternalMIDIkeyboardor
sequenceretc.,useaMIDIcabletoconnecttheMIDI
OUTconnectoroftheexternalMIDIdevicetothe
MIDIINconnectorofmicroSTATION.
Controlling two or more external
MIDI tone generators from
microSTATION
YoucanalsouseaMIDIpatchbaytocontrolmultiple
MIDIdevices.
MIDI IN
MIDI OUT
microSTASTION
MIDI keyboard
microSTASTION
MIDI IN
MIDI OUT
MIDI keyboard
MIDI IN
MIDI OUT
MIDI IN
MIDI OUT
MIDI IN
MIDI OUT
microSTATION
MIDI keyboard
MIDI patch bay
MIDI tone generator