Kenton Prophet V (after Feb 05) User Manual
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11) For transmit key velocity (ON or OFF), keep pressing the increase or decrease key and listen at the device
attached to the MIDI OUT until the velocity is suitable. The setting is stored in non-volatile memory when you hit the
enter/exit key [Top C ].
12) Program change – you can enable or disable response to incoming program change messages by using the Eb
and E keys (see list on page 2)
13) Local On / Off – by using the F or Gb keys you can turn local keyboard control ON or OFF. With local OFF, the
Prophet keyboard will only send MIDI, it won’t play the Prophet directly. With local ON it will play, and send MIDI.
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT MIDI CONNECTIONS
Any MIDI IN should be connected to a MIDI OUT or a MIDI THRU similarly any MIDI OUT should be connected only
to a MIDI IN and any MIDI THRU should also only be connected to a MIDI IN.
MIDI OUT is the signal from the synthesizer (or drum machine etc.) that is to be sent to another instrument. MIDI IN
is a received signal that contains MIDI information from another synth, and MIDI THRU is an exact copy of
information arriving at the MIDI IN socket. This allows several instruments to be connected together.
If you want to wire your own MIDI cables the following information may be useful.
1) Although a 5 pin connector is used, only two connections plus an
earth connection are required.
2) If you look at the din plug from the wiring side you will see that the pins are numbered. From left to right (or
clockwise) these are 1 - 4 - 2 - 5 - 3.
3) The pins numbered 1 & 3 are not used.
4) The screen (earth) is connected to pin 2 (centre pin)
5) Pin 4 of one plug should be connected to pin 4 of the other
6) Pin 5 of one plug should be connected to pin 5 of the other
7) You should now have a working MIDI lead
8) It is preferable to label one end of the cable MIDI IN & the other end MIDI OUT, to avoid confusion.
WARRANTY
All Kenton MIDI Kits come with a 12 month (from purchase date) back to base warranty, (i.e. customer must
arrange and pay for carriage to and from Kenton Electronics).
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