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SECTION 14
MIDI
OVERVIEW
It probably goes without saying that the Musical Instrument Digital Interface
has found its way onto practically every keyboard synthesizer currently
available. The Prophet VS MIDI implementation is extensive and practical.
No attempt is made in this manual to explain the workings of MIDI. Instead,
specic applications for the VS in a MIDI system are outlined.
Each of the VS's MIDI parameters are common to all programs, and are
remembered when power is switched o (with the exception of the MIDI
PARAMETERS option, which is disabled at power-on).
BASIC CONNECTIONS
The most basic level of MIDI consists of sending notes from one instrument to
another. In this case, the instrument being played is called the "master," and
the instrument which plays along, the "slave." Figure 14-1 shows how the VS
can be connected as the "master" in a MIDI system, with two slaves. Providing
there are MIDI THRU jacks on each instrument, any number of instruments can
be slaved from one master.
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Figure 14-1
BASIC MIDI CONNECTIONS
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