Casio LK-73 Owner's Manual

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MIDIE-51MIDIThe letters MIDI stand for Musical Instrument DigitalInterface, which is the name of a worldwide standard fordigital signals and connectors that makes it possible toexchange musical data between musical instruments andcomputers (machines) produced by different manufacturers.MIDI compatible equipment can exchange keyboard keypress, key release, tone change, and other data as messages.Though you do not need any special knowledge about MIDIto use this keyboard as a stand-alone unit, MIDI operationsrequire a bit of specialized knowledge. This section providesyou with an overview of MIDI that will help to get you going.MIDI messages are send out through the MIDI OUT terminalof one machine to the MIDI IN terminal of another machineover a MIDI cable. To send a message from this keyboard toanother machine, for example, you must use a MIDI cable toconnect the MIDI OUT terminal of this keyboard to the MIDIIN terminal of the other machine. To send MIDI messagesback to this keyboard, you need to use a MIDI cable to connectthe other machine’s MIDI OUT terminal to the MIDI INterminal of this keyboard.To use a computer or other MIDI device to record andplayback the MIDI data produced by this keyboard, you mustconnect the MIDI IN and MIDI OUT terminals of bothmachines in order to send and receive data.1 Computer or other MIDI device To use the MIDI THRU function of a connected computer,sequencer, or other MIDI device, be sure to turn thiskeyboard’s LOCAL CONTROL off (page E-54).MIDI allows you to send the data for multiple parts at thesame time, with each part being sent over a separate MIDIchannel. There are 16 MIDI channels, numbered 1 through 16,and MIDI channel data is always included whenever youexchange data (key press, pedal operation, etc.).Both the sending machine and the receiving machine must beset to the same channel for the receiving unit to correctlyreceive and play data. If the receiving machine is set toChannel 2, for example, it receives only MIDI Channel 2 data,and all other channels are ignored.1 MODE 2 TRANSPOSE/TUNE/MIDI 3 Number buttons4 START/STOP 5 LEFT/TRACK 1 6 RIGHT/TRACK 27 [+]/[–]What is MIDI?MIDI Connections MIDI Channels641A-E-053A