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Receiving on all midi channels— omni on/off, Switching omni on/off, Set the midi channel – Roland MP-500 User Manual

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Connecting to MIDI Devices

Receiving on all MIDI channels—
Omni On/Off

When set to Omni On, the MP-500 will sound as a result of

received MIDI messages, no matter which channel the

messages arrive on.

When set to Omni Off, the MP-500 will recognize only the

messages that arrive on the MIDI channel that has been

selected, as explained under “Set the MIDI Channel.”

Switching Omni On/Off

Omni On is automatically set when the power is switched on.

Hold down the [Piano 1] button, the [Piano
2] button, and the [Harpsichord] button,
and press the “F4” note to turn the setting
On, or the “G4” note to turn the setting Off.

fig.8-08.e

Set the MIDI Channel

MIDI features sixteen MIDI channels, numbered 1–16.

The connected devices must be set to use the same MIDI

channels, otherwise no sound will be produced.

- In a setup where you wish to play the MP-500 and also

have another MIDI-equipped instrument or sound

module play the same notes, you should first set the

channel used for reception on your external device to the

same channel that you have the MP-500 set to use for

transmission.

- If using another MIDI keyboard as a master instrument,

and you wish to have the MP-500 played by it, you would

need to set the channel used for reception on the MP-500

to the same channel that the master keyboard will be

transmitting on.

- When wishing to have a sequencer play the MP-500, you

need to set the channel used or reception on the MP-500 to

the same channel that the recorded MIDI data is set to use.

When the MP-500 is turned on, Channel “1” is selected.

While holding down the [Piano 1], [Piano 2],
and [Harpsichord] buttons, press the
appropriate key (C2–D4) on the keyboard.

The MIDI transmit channel and receive channel will

switch to the number that corresponds to the note you

pressed.

fig.8-09.e

120 168

Tempo

Beat

208

40 60 80 96

3

6

0

2

4

Play

Rec

Demo Song

Sound

On / Off

Metronome

Strings

Piano 1

Piano 2

chord

Harpsi-

phone

Organ

Vibra-

Pipe

Piano 1

Electric

Piano 2

Electric

Tone

Omni Off

Omni On

Strings

Piano 1

Piano 2

chord

Harpsi-

phone

Organ

Vibra-

Pipe

Piano 1

Electric

Piano 2

Electric

Tone

Max

Reverb

Chorus

Strings

Piano 1

Piano 2

chord

Harpsi-

phone

Organ

Vibra-

Pipe

Piano 1

Electric

Piano 2

Electric

120 168

Tempo

Beat

208

40 60 80 96

3

6

0

2

4

Play

Rec

Demo Song

Sound

On / Off

Metronome

Tone

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

MIDI channel

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