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45USING MIDI
Using MIDI
AUDIO CONNECTION
If your external MIDI device is not equipped with an amplifier or speakers,
you can connect it directly to the CA piano using the LINE IN jacks or to
an external sound system.
Connect the LINE IN jacks of the CA piano and the LINE OUT
(audio output) jacks of your external MIDI device with a pair of
audio cables (see the illustration above). Now you will be able to
hear the CE200 piano’s sound and your external MIDI device's sound
together through the CE200’s speakers. Use the volume control on your
external MIDI device to balance it's volume with the CE200 piano.
Now You’re ready to play.
Play the CE200 piano’s keyboard. You should hear both instruments as
you play. What is happening is that the CE200 piano is transmitting MIDI
information, what note you played, how hard (loud) you played it, and so
on to your external MIDI device. The external MIDI device reproduces
sound based on this information using its own sound module.
PROGRAM CHANGE
Press a SOUND SELECT button on the CE200. You will hear the sound
on your external MIDI device also changes. Pressing a SOUND SELECT
button lets the CE200 piano transmit a “program change” number. A
program change is the type of MIDI command that tells the receiving
instrument what sound or instrument to play your notes with.
Actual program change information is just a number, from 1 to 128, not an
instrument name. You select the desired instrument with a specific number.
Not all MIDI instruments assign the same sound to the same program change
number. MIDI instruments that conform to the General MIDI (GM) standard
however “DO” assign the same sound to the same program change number.
For example program change #1 will always be an acoustic piano sound on
a “GM” compatible synth, and program change #33 will always be an acoustic
bass sound. Because of this, when connecting two “GM” instruments
together, selecting the right sound is not a problem. The CE200 piano is
not a General MIDI instrument and its internal sounds do not conform to
the General MIDI standard. This means when you select a sound on the
CE200 piano such as Classic E. Piano you will probably hear a different
sound playing from your external MIDI device. What sound you hear will
depend on the sound assignments on your external MIDI device. Below is
a chart of the Program Change number/sound assignment mapping for the
first twelve CE200 piano sounds and the first twelve “GM” sounds. Please
see page 54 for more detail. The CE200 piano can have different mappings