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Midi 79
CHORD CHANNEL
Use this function to connect a MIDI accordion. Chord channel can only receive data
from the MIDI accordion and control WK1 Or automatic accompaniment. Follow the
standard procedure to assign a MIDI channel. Press ESCAPE to return to the main
Menu. Press and hold down STORE PERFORMANCE and then press ENTER to
save the current MIDI setting to the Performance.
Note: a correct setting of the Common and Chord functions is the key condition to
ensure full compatibility with a MIDI accordion. (For details refer to the chaper
“CONTROLLING WK1Or FROM A MIDI ACCORDION”).
MIDI NUMERATION
MIDI data are numbered from 0 to 127. Some instruments may adopt 1 to 128
numeration. When using external devices that adopt a different numeration, the
appropriate conversation should be applied between one system and the other.
The main MIDI applications
CONTROLLING AN EXPANDER OR OTHER KEYBOARDS WITH WK1 Or
If you wish to control an expander or other MIDI instruments using WK1Or as a master
keyboard, read the following instructions carefully.
• Connect the WK1 Or MIDI OUT port with the expander MIDI IN.
Set WK1 Or to operate in Real Time mode and play at least three sounds
at the same time (Upper 1, Upper 2 and Lower keyboard sections). In
Song Mode only one track is made available for Real Time operation.
In the Real Time mode setup, the MIDI messages generated by WK1Or keyboard,
travel from WK1 MIDI OUT port to the expander MIDI IN. If you have set both instruments
to the same MIDI channels, when you play on WK1 keyboard, you will hear the sound
coming from both the keyboard and the expander.
If you wish to exclude the sounds generated by WK1 Orand only hear those coming
from the expander, you can either set WK1 Ortrack volume values to Zero, or set WK1
Or tracks to “Local Off” (as explained in the “MIDI/GENERAL” chapter ).
If you save a Performance with zero volume on the tracks you can listen to the
expander only.
Using the “ Local On/Off ” parameters and setting the tracks corresponding to the
keyboard sections (F7...F9) to “Off” , you can disconnect the keyboard from WK1 Or
internal sound generator. The data transmitted from the keyboard will only be sent to
MIDI OUT, and you will only hear the expander sound.
Preliminary Operations
1. Connect WK1 Or MIDI OUT to the expander MIDI IN .
2. Select a Performance
NOTE: Programme the track as you wish, setting sounds, volumes, pan,
effects etc.
3. Press and hold the MIDI/GENERAL key for a few seconds.
Then press the Page key until the “MIDI Channels”appears in the display.
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