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CONTROLLING THE KEYBOARD FROM A MIDI ACCORDION
Connect the accordion MIDI OUT port to wk1000 MIDI IN socket with a standard Midi cable. To drive
wk1000 from your accordion, proceed as follows:
Set the MIDI LOCK to ON (see in the MIDI/GENERAL chapter). 1
Set wk1000 CHORD channel (as explained in the MIDI/GENERAL chap-
ter) to the accordion CHORD channel, or to the channel engaged by your
accordion to transmit chords ( midi accordions usually engage Ch.2).
2
Set wk1000 tracks to the midi channels, refer to the table on the side 3
Set COMMON channel to OFF 4
Ensure that the wk1000 is set to ONE FINGER mode (refer to the ARRANGE MODE instructions) 5
Extend the SPLIT point to the maximum setting allowed for the chords (refer to the SPLIT chapter) 6
Note: If you wish to listen to wk1000 sounds together with the melody coming from your accordion, set the UP-
PER 1 sections (or UPPER1 and UPPER 2 together) to the same midi channel that the accordion engages for the
right hand, or melody section (midi Accordions usually engage Ch.1 and/or Ch. 4).
the setting you have created can be store in any of the 63 available Performances. The entire set of Perfor-
mances can be saved to the Floppy Disk.
Track Midi Channel
DRUM Ch 10
BASS Ch 3
ACC1 Ch 5
Acc2 Ch 6
Acc3 Ch 7
LOWER Ch 2
UPPER2 Ch 1
UPPER1 Ch 1
COMMON OFF
CHORD 2
If you prefer to use a computer software sequencer to record your Songs in order to exploit some of the
advanced editing functions, proceed with the following general instructions. The idea is to use the wk1000
to generate the MIDI messages to send to the computer sequencer.
USING A COMPUTER (OR EXTERNAL SEQUENCER)
In this setup (Song mode) and with the correctly assigned MIDI channels, the MIDI messages generated
by the wk1000 keyboard are sent from the wk1000 MIDI OUT, received by the MIDI IN of the computer
MIDI interface and recorded by the sequencer. When you launch the Play command in the sequencer, the
MIDI messages are sent via the computer’s MIDI OUT port and received at the wk1000 MIDI IN. Via MIDI,
you can send messages from the computer and perform all the operations that you would normally carry
out on the wk1000 control panel. You can change sounds, set volumes and pan levels, select and control
the effects, etc. When you send messages to wk1000 to select Sounds, the Sound selection message must
be received on the MIDI channel assigned to the track to which the Sound is assigned. wk1000. To select
wk1000 Sounds, fi rst send a Control Change 00 message (Bank Select) followed by a Program Change
(PC) message. The Sound table, with corresponding MIDI selection messages is listed in the Appendix.
To use the described setting, it is advisable to set the track used to send data to the computer sequencer
to [LOCAL OFF]. Set the computer sequencer to retransmit all the MIDI messages received to wk1000.
Depending on the software used, this retransmitting function is identifi ed by different designations: ECHO,
ECHO ON, ECHO BACK., PATCH THRU, SOFT THRU, MIDI THRU, etc. By setting the track used to send data
to the computer sequencer to [LOCAL OFF] , playing on the keyboard will produce no sound. Nevertheless,
data are transmitted to the sequencer via MIDI. The sequencer echoing function retransmit the same MIDI
received data directly to wk1000 sound generator. Consequently, you can hear the sounds coming again
from wk1000 keyboard. If you do not set the track to [LOCAL OFF], when the [ECHO] function is active on
the computer, you will hear a double note sound with each note played: the fi rst note is generated by the
internal (LOCAL) connection between the keyboard and the sound generator, the second is generated by
the external MIDI connection from the keyboard to the sequencer, back to the sound generator.
•Connect the wk1000 MIDI OUT port to the sequencer’s MIDI IN port
•Connect the Sequencer MIDI OUT port to the wk1000 MIDI IN port
The Computer Port is an alternative to the MIDI connections just described, you can use the COMPUTER
port and a single serial cable. The COMPUTER port disables the MIDI port.
THE COMPUTER PORT
Macintosh (o compatibles) communicate at the speed of 1 MHz. Read the computer Software manual for reference.Use a
standard serial cable of the DB8 type to connect wk1000 to the MacIntosh MODEM port. Set the COMPUTER parameters
to MAC in [MIDI/GENERAL].
•Apple Macintosh
IBM PC (or compatibles) may communicate at the speed of 31250 baud (PC1) or 38400 baud (PC2). Use standard serial
cables of the DB8-DB9, DB8-DB25 types connect wk1000 to the PC serial port. Set the COMPUTER parameters to PC1
or PC2 in MIDI/GENERAL.
•IBM PC