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MIDI applications About MIDI
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MIDI applications
About MIDI
MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface,
and is a world-wide standard for exchanging various
types of musical data between electronic musical
instruments and computers. When MIDI cables are
used to connect two or more MIDI devices,
performance data can be exchanged between the
devices, even if they were made by different
manufacturers.
Connecting MIDI devices & computers
Controlling an external MIDI tone
generator from the OASYS
When you wish to use the OASYS’s keyboard,
controllers, and sequencer etc. to play an external MIDI
tone generator, use a MIDI cable to connect the
OASYS’s MIDI OUT connector to the MIDI IN
connector of the external MIDI tone generator.
Controlling the OASYS’s tone generator
from an external MIDI device
When you wish to play or control the OASYS’s tone
generator from an external MIDI keyboard or
sequencer etc., use a MIDI cable to connect the MIDI
OUT connector of the external MIDI device to the
MIDI IN connector of the OASYS.
Controlling two or more external MIDI
tone generators from the OASYS
You can use the MIDI THRU jack to simultaneously
control multiple MIDI devices. (This type of
connection should be used to connect no more than
three devices. If you wish to connect a larger number
of MIDI devices, we recommend that you use a MIDI
patch bay as shown in the second diagram below.)
You can also use a MIDI patch bay to control multiple
MIDI devices.
The “Convert Position” setting
On the OASYS, Key Transpose, Velocity Curve and
After Touch Curve (Global 0–1a) allow you to
transpose the pitch, adjust the velocity sensitivity, and
adjust the after touch sensitivity.
The effect that these settings will have on the internal
sequencer and on the MIDI data that is transmitted
and received will depend on “Convert Position”
(Global 1–1a) setting.
• If you want to control an external MIDI tone
generator from the OASYS, set “Convert Position”
to PreMIDI. The various settings listed above will
be reflected in the MIDI data that is transmitted.
These settings will also be reflected in the data that
is recorded on the internal sequencer.
Incoming MIDI data will be handled with settings
equivalent to Key Transpose 0, Velocity Curve 4,
and After Touch Curve 3.
• When controlling the OASYS’s tone generator from
an external MIDI device, select PostMIDI. The
above-listed settings will affect the MIDI data that
is received. These settings will also affect the data
that is played back from the internal sequencer.
MIDI OUT OASYS
MIDI tone generatorMIDI IN
MIDI IN
MIDI OUT
MIDI keyboard
OASYS
MIDI OUT
MIDI IN
MIDI THRU
MIDI keyboard
MIDI tone generator
MIDI IN
OASYS
MIDI IN
MIDI OUT
MIDI IN
MIDI OUT
MIDI keyboard
MIDI tone generator
MIDI patch bay
MIDI IN
MIDI OUT
OASYS