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CHAPTER 6: MIDI SETUP
This menu accesses important MIDI functions. General instructions are:
1. Press the MIDI SETUP button.
2. Use the Page (up and down) buttons to select different "pages" of functions; the display's
lower right window shows the page number. These pages are described below.
3. Adjust values on pages, if necessary, as described for each page.
4. After making all needed changes, press MIDI SETUP again to exit, or choose another
page.
All the parameters on the following pages remain as set, even if you turn off power, until
changed.
6.1 PAGE 1: SELECT MIDI CHANNEL (MIDI CH)
PAGE
MIDI CH
OMNI
SETUPMIDI
PERFORM
The display shows the MIDI CHannel (1-16) or Omni. Enter the desired value with the
number or INC/DEC buttons. (With the number buttons, enter a leading zero if necessary; 00
selects Omni mode.)
Background The SR-16 can receive and transmit MIDI data in Omni mode (receives data appearing on any of the
16 MIDI channels; transmits data over channel 1) or Poly mode (transmits and receives over any one of the 16 MIDI
channels).
Use Omni when playing the SR-16 from an external MIDI controller (MIDI drum pads, MIDI keyboard, etc.) since it's
not necessary to match channels. When several instruments are being driven by MIDI (e.g., when a sequencer
sends out data over several channels to different instruments), use Poly mode so that the SR-16 tunes in to only
the channel containing drum data.