Connecting an External MIDI Device
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Functions
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Equipment
Appendix
Quick Guide
Playing the JUPITER-50 from an 
External MIDI Device
Connection example
MIDI OUT connector
MIDI IN connector
MIDI keyboard
JUPITER-50
Setting the Receive Channel
You’ll need to match your external MIDI device’s transmit channel 
with the JUPITER-50’s receive channel.
1.  In the SYSTEM SETUP screen (p. 75), press the [F4] (MIDI) 
button .
2.  Use the Part Channel settings (UPPER, SOLO, PERC/
LOWER) to specify the MIDI channel for each part.
3.  To save the settings, press the [WRITE] button.
The screen will ask “Are you sure?”
4.  Press the [F5] (OK) button.
A message will indicate “Completed!” and the settings will be saved.
Setting the Program Change Receive 
Switch
Here’s how to on/o the receive switch for program change and 
bank select messages. With the factory settings, both are turned 
“ON.”
1.  In the SYSTEM SETUP screen (p. 75), press the [F4] (MIDI) 
button.
2.  Turn ON the “Receive Program Change” and “Receive Bank 
Select” settings under “MIDI Receive.”
3.  To save the settings, press the [WRITE] button.
The screen will ask “Are you sure?”
4.  Press the [F5] (OK) button.
A message will indicate “Completed!” and the settings will be saved.
MEMO
•  For details on these settings, refer to “MIDI ([F4] button)” (p. 77).
•  For details on how to set the transmit channel of your external 
MIDI device, refer to its owner’s manual.