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Synchronization with midi equipment 5, Connections, Setup – Sony MDM-X4 User Manual

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Synchronization with MIDI Equipment

5

Press ENTER.
The indication for the tempo change position
starts blinking.
Tempo map 1 can only be set to the first bar.

6

Turn the jog dial to the right to display Del.

7

Press ENTER.
“Deleted” appears in the display and tempo map
5 is deleted.

The previous operations can also be used to delete
tempo map 1. However, tempo map 1 should only be
deleted after deleting all the other tempo maps from 2
up.

Controlling This Unit from
Other MIDI Components Using
MMC

You can control this unit from MMC (MIDI Machine
Control) compatible external MIDI equipment, such as
a sequencer (etc.).

Connections

Use a MIDI cable to connect this unit to a MIDI
compatible sequencer (etc.).

Setup

Set this unit’s “MMC” system setting to “on”.
See “Changing a Setting” (page 18) for details.

This unit accepts the following MMC command/

responses:
• Stop (Command 01) : Stops the disc. Reception of

this command during recording (or rehearsal) will
cause recording (rehearsal) to stop.

• Play (Command 02,03) : Starts playback. Reception

of this command during recording (or rehearsal) will
not cause recording (rehearsal) to stop.

• Fast Forward (FF) (Command 04) : Fast forward.

Reception of this command during recording (or
rehearsal) will cause recording (rehearsal) to stop.

• Rewind (REW) (Command 05) : Rewind. Reception

of this command during recording (or rehearsal) will
cause recording (rehearsal) to stop.

• Record Strobe (Command 06) : During playback, it

starts recording on the recordable track (the track
selected with the REC SELECT key). During stop
mode, it starts recording (or rehearsal) on the
recordable track. Reception of this command during
modes not listed above (pause mode, etc.) has no
effect on the unit.

• Record Exit (Command 07) : Stops recording on all

tracks.

• MMC Reset (Command 0D) : Resets MMC related

information to the state it was in at power on.

• Write (Command 40,41) : Writes or changes data in

the specified information field (for Track Record
Ready only).

• Locate (Command 44) : Locates the specified time

code.

• Group (Command 52) : Checks the device ID list to

see whether or not the unit belongs to the current
group. If it belongs to the group, that group ID is
used to receive MMC data.
This unit can store up to 16 IDs.

• Track record ready (Response 4F) : Turns REC

SELECT on/off.

0 5 : D e l 1 0 0

Blinking

sequencer

(etc.)

MIDI
OUT

MIDI

IN

MIDI signal