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USING WK1 IN SONG MODE WITH A COMPUTER OR EXTERNAL SEQUENCER
If you prefer using a computer to record your Songs, in order to fully exploit the advanced
features available, read carefully the following instructions.
The aim is to have WK1Or keyboard to generate MIDI messages to transmit to the
computer sequencer:
• Connect the WK1Or MIDI OUT to the sequencer MIDI IN.
• Connect the WK1Or MIDI IN to the sequencer MIDI OUT.
In this setup (Song mode), with the correctly assigned MIDI channels, the MIDI
messages generated by WK1Or keyboard are transmitted by WK1Or MIDI OUT,
received by the sequencer MIDI IN and recorded by the sequencer software. By pressing
PLAY in the computer sequencer, the MIDI messages are transmitted by the sequencer
MIDI OUT and received by WK1Or MIDI IN.
Via MIDI, you can send messages from the sequencer and make all the modifications
and setting as you would normally do on WK1Or control panel. You can set sounds,
volumes, pan, select and modify effects etc.
When you send messages to WK1Or to select Sounds, the messages must be
transmitted on the MIDI channel assigned to the track containing the Sound you wish
to modify. To select WK1 Orsounds, you must first send a Control Change 00 command
(Bank Select) followed by a Program Change command. The Sound table (with the
corresponding MIDI messages for selection) can be found in the Appendix.
To use the described setting, it is advisable to set the track used to send data to the
computer sequencer to “Local Off” .
Set the computer sequencer to retransmit all the MIDI messages received to WK1Or.
Depending on the software used, this retransmitting function is identified by different
designations: “echo”, “echo on”, “echo back”, “patch thru”, “soft thru”, “midi thru”, etc.
By setting the track used to send data to the computer sequencer to “Local Off” ,
playing on the keyboard will produce no sound. Nevertheless, data are transmitted to
the sequencer via MIDI. The sequener echoing function retransits the same MIDI
received data directly to WK1 Or sound generator. Consequently, you can hear the
sounds coming again from WK1 Or keyboard.
If you do not set the track to “Local Off”, when the “echo” function is active on the
computer, you will hear a double note sound with each note played: the first note is
generated by the internal (Local) connection between the keyboard and the sound
generator, the second is generated by the external MIDI connection from the keyboard
to the sequencer, back to the sound generator.
The Computer Port
As an alternative to the MIDI connections just described, you can use the COMPU-
TER port and a single serial cable. The COMPUTER port disables the MIDI port.
Apple Macintosh
Macintosh (o compatibles) communicate at the speed of 1 MHz. Read the computer
Software manual for reference.
Use a standard serial cable of the DB8 type to connect WK1Or to the MacIntosh
MODEM port.
Set the COMPUTER parameters to MAC in “MIDI/GENERAL” .
IBM PC
IBM PC (or compatibles) may communicate at the speed of 31250 baud (PC1) or
38400 baud (PC2).
Use standard serial cables of the DB8-DB9, DB8-DB25 types connect WK1 Or to the
PC serial port.
Set the COMPUTER parameters to PC1 or PC2 in “MIDI/GENERAL”.