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MAKING MUSIC
The easy way to check that your MIDI set-up is working is to load a MIDI
(x.) file directly into the module and experiment with the various ways of
playing the tune back through a connected external MIDI keyboard.
1. Load the MIDI module from the CONTROL SCREEN.
2. Press
F1
to display the FILES pop-up.
3. Use the
SPACE
bar to select the LOAD option.
4. Press
RETURN
.
5. Use
SPACE
to select x.example from the catalogue.
6. Press
RETURN
.
7. Press
Y
to confirm the LOAD operation.
You will see that when the file has loaded the horizontal bars on the MIDI
TRACK METER will partially fill indicating that those TRACKS contain
music data. To play the music through an external keyboard press the
RUN
STOP
key.
If your MIDI keyboard is correctly set up then you should hear the music
play. Stop the music playing by pressing the
RUN STOP
key again. The
SPACE
bar can be used to pause the playback at any time. Press
SPACE
to release the pause mode and continue playing.
It is important to note that unlike the EDITOR and KEYBOARD modules,
the MIDI module does not have its own internal sound driver, so cannot
produce sound without an external MIDI keyboard.
The EVENT indicator in the RECORD/PLAYBACK/EVENT device shows
the number of MIDI EVENTS used. During recording you must take care
that this number doesn’t exceed 3000. If this happens then you could be
running on empty.
C=
RUN
STOP
SPACE
RUN
STOP
PLAYBACK
2
R
EVENTS
999
PAUSE
RECORD
ACTIVE VOICE
TOTAL MIDI EVENTS
