Roland HP 147 e - MIDI Channel and Program Changes; Setting the MIDI Channel; Program Change Messages for Tones

Owner's Manual
6.1 Setting the MIDI channel
.
MIDI features sixteen MIDI channels, numbered
1-16. The connected devices must be set to use the
same MIDI channel, otherwise no sound will be pro-
duced.
In a setup where you wish to play the HP-147e and
also have another MIDI -equipped instrument or
sound module play the same notes, you must set the
channel used for reception on your external device to
the same channel that the HP-147e uses for transmis-
sion.
If you use another MIDI keyboard as a master instru-
ment and want the HP-147e to play these notes, you
need to set the channel used for reception on the
HP-147e to the same channel that the master key-
board is transmitting on.
* If you want to use the HP-147e as tone generator for
16
an external sequencer, select the MIDI channel
assigned to the track who's data the HP-147e should
play back.
Note: When the HP-147e is turned on, Channel “1” is
selected,
1. Press and hold the [Key Touch/Demo Song] but-
ton.
2. While still holding the button, press the key corre-
sponding to the desired MIDI channel (between the
C5 and the D#6).
Key Touch/
Demo Song
Hold down...
Select the desired MIDI channel
The MIDI transmit and receive channel will switch to
the number that corresponds to the note you pressed.
Note: Refer to “Functions assigned to the keyboard” on
page 17 for the exact location of the keys you need to press.
6.2 Sending and receiving Pro-
gram Change messages
When you press the HP-147e's [Piano] button or
[Tone] button to change tones, a Program Change
message with the corresponding number is sent via
the MIDI Out connector. Furthermore, a Program
Change message received via the MIDI In connector
changes the Tone to the one with the corresponding
Program Number.
Switching Tones with Program Change messages
If you connect the HP-147e to an external MIDI
sequencer, press the sequencer's REC button to start
recording, and then press the HP-147e's [Tone] but-
ton, a Program Change message for that Tone is
recorded by the sequencer. When you then play back
the sequence, the HP-147e's Tone is changed in accor-
dance with the Program Change messages recorded by
the sequencer. This effectively automates Tone selec-
tion.
Program Numbers for each of the HP-147e's Tones
are shown below.
Program Number ' Tone
1 Piano
4 Harpsichord
6 Electric Piano
9 Strings
11 Piano + Harpsichord
13 © Plano + Electric Piano
16 Piano + Strings
-24 2S: Harpsichord + Electric Piano
7 Harpsichord + Strings
34 Electric Piano + Strings
Note: Other program numbers than those listed above are
ignored.
Note: 11-34 are available in Layer mode (see page 10).