KORG Triton Studio - Manual (Page 270)

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Appendices
Connecting an external MIDI sequencer or
computer etc.
You can play the TRITON STUDIO’s keyboard and record
your performance on an external MIDI sequencer/computer
(connected via a MIDI interface), and then play back the
recorded performance to sound the TRITON STUDIO’s tone
generator (i.e., using the TRITON STUDIO as an input key-
board and MIDI tone generator). To do this, connect the
MIDI OUT and MIDI IN connectors of the TRITON STUDIO
and your external MIDI sequencer/computer to each other.
Some USB-MIDI interface devices may not be able to
transmit/receive the TRITON STUDIO’s MIDI exclu-
sive messages.
Local Control On settings
When connections are made as shown above, turn on the
Echo Back function of the external MIDI sequencer or com-
puter (so that data received at MIDI IN will be re-transmit-
ted from MIDI OUT), and turn off the TRITON STUDIO’s
Local Control
setting (so that the TRITON STUDIO’s key-
board and tone generator will be internally disconnected).
When you play the keyboard of the TRITON STUDIO, the
musical data will be transmitted to the external MIDI
sequencer or computer, and then echoed back to play the
TRITON STUDIO’s tone generator. In other words, by turn-
ing Local Control OFF, you can prevent notes from being
sounded in duplicate, as would otherwise occur if a note
were sounded by the TRITON STUDIO’s own keyboard and
again by the data that was echoed-back.
If the arpeggiator function is on, playing the TRITON STU-
DIO’s keyboard will not cause the arpeggiator to operate,
and only the musical data produced by playing the key-
board will be transmitted. The arpeggiator will operate only
in response to the notes that are echoed-back and received at
MIDI IN. In this way, turning off Local Control prevents the
arpeggiator from operating in duplicate.
Use this setting when you wish to record on the external
MIDI sequencer or computer only the notes that trigger the
arpeggiator, and to use the echoed-back notes to operate the
arpeggiator while monitoring your recording or during
playback.
If you want the note data produced by the arpeggiator
to be recorded on the external sequencer/computer, set
Local Control on, and turn off the Echo Back setting of
the external sequencer/computer.
To turn off Local Control, press the “Local Control On”
(Global P1: 1–1a) check box to uncheck it.
When using the TRITON STUDIO by itself, leave Local Con-
trol turned on. (If this is off when the TRITON STUDIO is
used by itself, playing the keyboard will not produce
sound.)
■ Messages transmitted and received
by the TRITON STUDIO
[...] indicates hexadecimal notation
MIDI channels
MIDI messages can be exchanged when the transmitting
and receiving devices are set to the same MIDI channel.
MIDI uses sixteen channels, numbered 1–16. The way in
which channels are handled will differ depending on the
mode.
Program mode and Sampling mode
• Transmission/reception is performed on the global
MIDI channel*.
* The global MIDI channel is the basic channel that the
TRITON STUDIO uses for MIDI transmission/reception,
and is set by “MIDI Channel” (Global P1: 1–1a).
Combination mode
• The global MIDI channel is used to transmit/receive
messages for selecting a combination and turning effects
on/off, and to transmit/receive exclusive data.
• Each timbre will transmit/receive MIDI data on the
“MIDI Channel” (Combination P2: 2–1b) that is specified
for that timbre.
• The “Ctrl Ch” MIDI channel specified for each effect
(“Combination P8: 8–3a, P9: 9–2a, 9–4a) is used to
control dynamic modulation of the insert/master effects,
the pan following the insert effect, and send 1 and 2.
• When you operate the keyboard or controllers of the
TRITON STUDIO, messages will be transmitted on the
global MIDI channel, and will also be transmitted on the
MIDI channel of any timbre whose “Status”
(Combination P2: 2–1b) is set to EXT or EX2.
• Channel messages will be received if they match the
MIDI channel of a timbre whose “Status” is set to INT
(
☞Combination P2: 2–1b).
Sequencer mode and Song Play mode
• The global MIDI channel is used to transmit/receive
exclusive data and for messages that switch effects on/
off.
• MIDI data transmission/reception for each track will
occur on the MIDI channel specified for each track by
“MIDI Channel” (Sequencer P2: 2–1a/2a).
• The “Ctrl Ch” MIDI channel specified for each effect
(“Sequencer P8: 8–3a, P9: 9–2a, 9–4a) is used to control
dynamic modulation of the insert/master effects, the
pan following the insert effect, and send 1 and 2.
• When you operate the keyboard or controllers of the
TRITON STUDIO, messages will be transmitted on the
MIDI channel selected by “Track Select” (Sequencer P0:
0–1a) However, messages will be transmitted only if the
track selected by “Track Select” has a “Status” of BTH,
EXT
, or EX2. (“Track Select” ☞p.50).
• When the sequencer is played back, musical data of
tracks whose “Status” is BTH, EXT, or EX2 will be
transmitted on the specified MIDI channels.
• Tracks whose “Status” is INT or BTH will receive
channel messages of the matching MIDI channel
(
☞“Status,” “MIDI Channel” ☞p.62, 126).
Note on/off
Note-on [9n, kk, vv]
Note-off [8n, kk, vv]
(n: channel, kk: note number, vv: velocity)
When you play a note on the TRITON STUDIO’s keyboard,
it will transmit note-on/off messages. When the arpeggiator
computer
MIDI IN
TRITON
STUDIO
MIDI interface
MIDI IN MIDI OUT
MIDI OUT