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USING MIDI

Using MIDI

There are two aspects of channels, one for receiving and one for sending.

The MIDI channel of the receiving instrument must be matched with the

MIDI channel of the transmitting instrument. The idea is just like television

or radio. If you have a desired station to watch or listen to, you need to

tune in to the right channel. When a transmitting instrument uses channel

1, the receiving instrument must be set to use channel 1 also. The CA

piano lets you set the same channel number for both Transmit and receive.

There are 16 MIDI channels available to choose from on the CA piano.

In addition to channel-to-channel connection, it is possible to receive

multiple channels. With MIDI instruments equipped with multi-timbral

capabilities

, you can receive multiple parts on multiple channels each

played with a different sound simultaneously. For example, a MIDI

instrument might receive the melody on channel 1, the chords on 2, the

bass on 3, and assign a different instrument to each channel. Piano for

channel 1, strings for 2, electric bass for 3. In this way, the CA piano can

play up to 16 different parts each with a different sound.

Here’s a diagram to summarize the MIDI connections we have discussed.

Instrument #1, which is transmitting the piano part on channel 1 (Ch 1),

the string part on Ch 2 and the bass part on Ch 3, is connected to Instrument

#2. Instrument #3 is connected to MIDI Thru on instrument #2. The receive

channel is set to 1 for Instrument #2 and multi-timbral mode is turned off.

On instrument #3 multi-timbral mode is on.

MIDI Keyboard #1
Transmitting
Ch 1

Piano

Ch 2

Strings

Ch 3

Bass

MIDI Keyboard #2
Receiving ch 1
Multi-timbral mode off

Sound Module #3
Multi-timbral mode on

Receiving only
Ch 1

Piano

Receiving
Ch 1

Piano

Ch 2

Strings

Ch 3

Bass