Operating instructions

MIDI SUPPLEMENT

DEALING WITH “MIDIOSYNCRACIES”

There are certain compatibility problems between MIDI gear from different manufacturers;

however, many problems are created by operator error and/or a lack of understanding how MIDI

works. If you transmit information on one channel and have the “receiver” set up for a different

channel, forget it. MIDI is quite unforgiving that way...you can hit a bum note and not too many

people will notice, but send a computer a wrong number and it will most definitely notice.

MIDI is a lot of fun provided that you don’t get discouraged when things go wrong. Many times

there is a solution; sometimes there isn’t. In any event, MIDI as it is today is far better than no

MIDI at all. At the very least you can almost always slave two keyboards together, and drive

MIDI keyboards from a MIDI Sequencer. Truthfully, though, MIDI is still a new concept and

people are just getting it all sorted out. If you don’t understand it at first, don’t worry -- keep

experimenting and eventually everything will fall into place.