Kawai CN41 - Manual (Page 54)

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MENU FUNCTIONS
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10) MIDI CHANNEL
This function is used to determine on which MIDI channel the CN41 piano will exchange MIDI information with
external MIDI devices and instruments or a personal computer.
The selected channel will function as both the transmit and receive channel.
Step 1
Press the MENU buttons to select the MIDI channel function.
The current MIDI channel will be shown on the second line of the LCD display.
Step 2
Press the VALUE buttons to select the desired MIDI channel.
The MIDI channel can be set within the range of 1 to +16.
Step 3
Press any one of the SOUND SELECT buttons to exit the menu.
The CN41 piano’s MIDI channel setting defaults to receiving MIDI channel information from all channels, 1 to 16. each
time the power is turned on. This is called ‘omni mode on’. The CN41 piano will switch to ‘omni mode off’ when a specifi c
channel is selected using the MIDI channel function, and data will only be received on that specifi ed channel. In order
to specify channel 1 in the ‘omni mode off’ state, fi rst select channel 2, then select channel 1.
When multi-timbral mode is on (page 58):
When playing in split mode with Multi-timbral mode ON
: Notes played in the lower section of the keyboard will be transmitted on the channel
that is one channel higher than the selected channel. For example, with the
MIDI channel is set to 3 notes played in the lower section of the keyboard will be
transmitted on channel 4.
When playing in dual mode : The notes played will be transmitted on two channels, the selected channel and the
channel that is one channel higher. When channel the selected MIDI channel is 16,
channel 1 will be used to transmit notes for the layered part.
2
1
10 MIDI Channel
= 1 (TRS/RCV)