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7.2 MIDI filters
Local Control
You can connect the RD-150 to a MIDI sequencer and
record your performances with that sequencer. It goes
without saying that these data can also be played back.
RD-150 ~ MIDI filters
1. Press , followed by F
2. Use DATA [+] /E] to select on or oFF (no connec-
tion).
3. Press [FUNCTION] again to leave the Function mode.
Note: The Local on/off setting you make here is retained
until the RD-150 is switched off.
If the sequencer’s (Soft) THRU (or MIDI Echo) func-
tion is turned on, the notes you record will be retrans-
mitted right away to the RD-150 and thus played a
second time. This happens because the keyboard
information reaches the sound generator via two dif-
ferent routes (1) and (2). This makes the performance
sound strange, and greatly reduces the number of
available voices. To resolve this, you can disable route
(1) by setting the RD-150 to LOCAL OFF.
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_ Each note playedis soundedtwice
Local ON— In this mode, the keyboard is connected
to the RD-150’s sound source.
Sound's emitted —
Local Off— The keyboard and the internal tone gen-
erator are disconnected. No sound will be heard when
you play on keyboard.
—-Nosoundproduced =
Local Off
Program change reception/transmission
filter
“Program Changes” are MIDI messages that allow you
to remotely control Tone selection on the RD-150, or
to select different sounds on an external instrument
that is being controlled from the RD-150. In the latter
case, you need to select a Tone on the RD-150 to cause
the external instrument to change sounds as well.
With the following procedure, you can switch off/on
the transmission/reception of MIDI Program Change
messages.
1, Press [FUNCTION], followed by [STAGE RHODES].
2. Use DATA [4] /-] to select either on (transmit/
receive) or OFF (do not transmit/receive).
3. Press [FUNCTION] again to leave the Function mode.
Note: This setting can be saved along with all other settings.
See page 19.
Effect on/off filter
Another aspect that can be controlled via MIDI is
switching on/off of the Chorus and Reverb effects. As
long as this is possible (on), a special MIDI message
will be transmitted to an external instrument when-
ever you switch the RD-150’s Chorus or Reverb on/
off. Conversely, when the RD-150 receives such a mes-
sage from a sequencer, it will switch the corresponding
effect on or off.
1. Press , followed by [SA_RHODES].
2. Use DATA []/E] to select either on (transmit/
receive) or OFF (do not transmit/receive),
3. Press [FUNCTION] again to leave the Function mode.
Note: This setting can be saved along with all other settings.
See page 19.
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