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Selecting sounds on an external midi device, Using the rd-300nx as a master keyboard – Roland RD-300 User Manual

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Using the RD-300NX as a Master Keyboard

Selecting Sounds on an External MIDI Device

To switch the tones of an external MIDI device, the program number and the MSB/LSB of the Bank Select message are entered as numerical values on

the RD-300NX.

1

2

1. Press the [MIDI] button so the “MIDI” indicator is lit .

The MIDI screen appears.
If “MSB” doesn’t appear on screen, press the Cursor [ ] [ ] buttons several times to display the screen

shown at right will appear.

NOTE

When Rec Mode is set to ON in the Utility Rec Setting in Edit mode, the MIDI screen as shown above is

not displayed. Set Rec Mode to OFF when setting the MIDI Transmit channel (p. 77).

2. Use the Cursor [

] [

] [

] [

] buttons to move the cursor, and use the [DEC] [INC] buttons to set the MSB, LSB, and PC for

each layer .

Pressing the [DEC] [INC] buttons simultaneously switches the settings value to “- - -” (OFF).
When this setting is “- - -” (OFF), bank select and program change messages will not be transmitted.

Parameter

Settings

MSB (Bank Select MSB: CC 00)

0–127, - - - (OFF)

LSB (Bank Select LSB: CC 32)

0–127, - - - (OFF)

PC (Program Change)

1–128,

- - -

(OFF)

NOTE

If the external MIDI sound generator transmits a Program number or a Bank number for which no Tone has been assigned, an alternate Tone may be

selected, or in some cases, there may be no sound played.

If you do not want to transmit the Program number or Bank Select, use the procedure described above to set the PC/MSB/LSB to “- - -” (OFF).
If this is set to “- - -,” the sound selection data will not be transmitted when you switch Live Sets.