Korg NAUTILUS Series

MIDI applications About MIDI
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MIDI applications
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
manufacturers.
Connecting MIDI devices & computers
Controlling an external MIDI tone
generator from the NAUTILUS
When you wish to use the NAUTILUS’s keyboard,
controllers, and sequencer etc. to play an external MIDI tone
generator, use a MIDI cable to connect the NAUTILUS’s
MIDI OUT connector to the MIDI IN connector of the
external MIDI tone generator.
Controlling the NAUTILUS’s tone
generator from an external MIDI device
When you wish to play or control the NAUTILUS’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 the
NAUTILUS.
Controlling two or more external MIDI
tone generators from the NAUTILUS
You can use the MIDI THRU jack to simultaneously control
multiple MIDI devices. (This type of connection should be
used to connect no more than three devices. If you wish to
connect a larger number of MIDI devices, we recommend
that you use a MIDI patch bay as shown in the second
diagram below.)
You can also use a MIDI patch bay to control multiple MIDI
devices.
The “Convert Position” setting
On the NAUTILUS, Key Transpose, Velocity Curve and
After Touch Curve (MIDI IN) (GLOBAL 0–1a) allow you
to transpose the pitch, adjust the velocity sensitivity, and
adjust the after touch sensitivity.
The effect that these settings will have on the internal
sequencer and on the MIDI data that is transmitted and
received will depend on “Convert Position” (GLOBAL 1–
1a) setting.
• If you want to control an external MIDI tone generator
from the NAUTILUS, set “Convert Position” to Pre
MIDI. The various settings listed above will be reflected
in the MIDI data that is transmitted. These settings will
also be reflected in the data that is recorded on the
internal sequencer.
Incoming MIDI data will be handled with settings
equivalent to Key Transpose 0, Velocity Curve 4, and
After Touch Curve 3.
• When controlling the NAUTILUS’s tone generator from
an external MIDI device, select Post MIDI. The above-
listed settings will affect the MIDI data that is received.
These settings will also affect the data that is played back
from the internal sequencer.
NAUTILUS
MIDI OUT
MIDI tone generatorMIDI IN
NAUTILUSMIDI IN
MIDI OUT
MIDI keyboard
NAUTILUSMIDI OUT
MIDI IN
MIDI THRU
MIDI keyboard
MIDI tone generator
MIDI IN
MIDI IN
MIDI OUT
MIDI IN
MIDI OUT
MIDI keyboard
MIDI tone generator
MIDI patch bay
MIDI IN
MIDI OUT
NAUTILUS