Roland ep-9 - Local On;Off MIDI Control

3. Local On/O
Ordinarily, whenever you play the ep-9’s keyboard, its When the ep-9 is set to “Local On,” and it is connected
internal sound sources will generate the notes you play. You to a sequencer that is set to “Soft Thru On” (*1), the
can, however, disengage these sound generators if you do resulting double-sounding notes (echo-like effect) can
not wish the instrument itself to produce sound. When produce some strange results. This occurs because the ep-
disengaged in this manner, the unit is set to what is known 9 playes the notes twice: once directly from the keyboard
as “Local Off.” itself and again as a result of MIDI messages received
from the sequencer.
Notes sound
Notes do not sound
Some sequencers, such as the Roland MT-200, automati-
cally send out a Local Off message whenever the power is
Sound Module
Local On Local Off
7 + - ; turned on, so you are sure the connected instrument will
Alda tah already be at the appropriate Local Off setting. There are
4 also sequencers (such as the Roland PR-1) which are ordi-
narily used while set to Soft Thru Off, so the instrument
f connected to a sequencer for recording, and the se- being used can be left at Local On.
quencer is set to “Soft Thru On” (*1), you should set the
instrument to “Local Off.” The ep-9 will always be set at “Local On” whenever its
power is turned on.
Notes are sounded
oj Sequencer To turn this setting ON/OFF, hold down the 3 Voice
MRED Ee mio ct buttons shown below while you then press the relevant
Of Po SOE Thon key at position “3” in the illustration.
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*1 Soft Thru On
A setting whereby all data that arrives at a sequencer’s MIDI IN
is passed on (in its original form) through its MIDI OUT.
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