User Manual

Part I

Overview

1 Product Conﬁguration as a MIDI Device

As a MIDI device, this Instrument consists of the System Section, Sound Generator Section, and Per-

formance Controller Section described below. Each of these sections can send and receive speciﬁc MIDI

Messages in accordance with its function.

1.1 System Section

The System Section manages the Instrument status and user data.

1.2 Performance Controller Section

The Performance Controller Section performs keyboard play and controller operations, and generates

performance messages in accordance with phrase play, etc. Basically, generated performance messages

are sent to external destinations while also being transmitted to the Sound Generator Section. The

channel number of the sent channel message is in accordance with the Instrument’s MIDI setting. For

details about the MIDI setting, see the Instrument’s User’s Guide.

1.3 Sound Generator Section

The Sound Generator Section mainly performs receive of performance information and sound source

setting information. It consists of a common part that does not depend on the channel and a musical

instrument part that is independent of each channel.

1.3.1 Sound Generator Common Block

The common block consists of system eﬀects, master control, etc. These can be controlled by mixer func-

tion, eﬀect function, general universal system exclusive messages, or the Instrument’s system exclusive

messages or all.

1.3.2 Instrument Part Block

The instrument part section consists of a total of 16 instrument parts. The settings of each part can

be changed using the mixer function, channel messages or Instrument’s system exclusive messages or

all. Part numbers 01 through 04 in particular are called zones, and zone settings can be used to modify

operations. See the Instrument’s User’s Guide for details about zones.

The functions assigned to each part are shown below. The MIDI send channel and MIDI receive

channel can be changed using the Instrument’s MIDI settings.