Roland VR-760 - Manual (Page 81)

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Connecting External MIDI Devices
Connecting MIDI Device
Playing the VR-760’s Internal
Sound Generator from an
External MIDI Device
■ Making Connections
fig.07-03(Connections)
To prevent malfunction and/or damage to speakers or other
devices, always turn down the volume, and turn off the
power on all devices before making any connections.
1. Before starting the connection procedure, make
sure that the power to all devices has been turned
off.
2. After reading “Connecting the VR-760 to
External Equipment” (p. 17), connect an audio
device/system or headphones.
3. Connect the external MIDI sound device with the
MIDI cable as shown in the figure below.
4. As described in “Turning On the Power” (p. 19),
turn on the power of each device.
■ Setting the Channels
Set the VR-760’s receive channel to match the external MIDI
device’s transmit channel.
For instructions on setting the VR-760’s Receive channel,
refer to
“Setting the MIDI Channel for Each Part” (p. 68).
When both channels are matched, playing the external MIDI
device produces sounds from the VR-760’s sound generator.
→ For instructions on how to set the transmit channel of the
external MIDI device, refer to the owner’s manual for your
external MIDI device.
■ Selecting VR-760 Sounds from
an External MIDI Device
Transmitting Bank Select (Controller Number 0, 32) and
Program Change messages from the external MIDI device to
the VR-760 allows you to switch Registrations and Tones.
With the factory settings, the MIDI channels are set as shown
below.
Switching Registrations
The MIDI messages transmitted by the external MIDI device
will be received by the VR-760 to select Registrations as
shown in the following table.
When switching Registrations, you must match the MIDI
channel of the transmitting device with the VR-760’s Control
channel (p. 68).
When switching the tones in each part, match the MIDI
channel of the transmitting device with the VR-760’s Receive
channel. However, when the Control channel and the
Receive channel are both set to the same channel, the Control
channel takes priority, and Registrations are switched.
MIDI IN MIDI OUT
Part Channel
Organ 1ch
Piano 4ch
Synth 5ch
Registration
Number Bank Select Program Change
Number
MSB LSB
1–64 85 0 1–64