Casio MA-150 - Manual (Page 27)

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Using MIDI
A MIDI OUT terminal on the back of the console
lets you connect to other MIDI devices.
What is MIDI?
The letters “MIDI” stand for “Musical
Instrument Digital Interface”. MIDI is a world
standard for digital signals and connectors that
allows musical instruments, computers, and
other devices, regardless of manufacturer, to
exchange data with each other.
The keyboard’s MIDI OUT terminal lets you
connect to and send data to a MIDI sound
source.
❚ NOTE
• For details about the type of data you can send,
see the MIDI Implementation Chart at the back
of this manual.
Using MIDI
Connecting to a Computer
❚ NOTE
• To perform the following procedure, you need a
computer equipped with a MIDI interface. The
computer must also have MIDI software installed
on it.
1.
Turn off the keyboard and your
computer.
2.
Use a MIDI cable to connect the
keyboard to the computer’s MIDI
interface.
3.
Turn on the keyboard and your
computer.
• Use the VOLUME buttons to set the
main volume to a relatively low level.
• Start up the MIDI software on your
computer.
4.
Select the keyboard’s MIDI channel.
• E a c h p r e s s o f t h e M I D I b u t t o n
increments the MIDI channel setting.
The current setting is shown on the
display.
• You can select a MIDI channel in the
range of 01 through 16. The Initial
default setting is 01 (Channel 1).
5.
Play something on the keyboard.
• The applicable data for anything you
play is sent to the connected computer.
❚ NOTE
• Tone changes, and auto accompaniment, Song
Bank tune, sustain, and transpose information
are not sent as MIDI data.
Connecting to Another MIDI
Device
It is up to you to provide the MIDI cable
required to connect the keyboard to another
MIDI device.
• If you connect the keyboard’s MIDI OUT
terminal to the MIDI IN terminal of another
MIDI musical instrument, the connected
instrument will sound what you play on the
keyboard.
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