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Use MIDI functionality
Startup mode
fig.connect-out1
PLAY mode
When you power up the PCR-1, it will start up in PLAY mode.
In PLAY mode, playing the keyboard will transmit note messages to play the connected MIDI
device.
The display will show the
current channel
(p. 53).
In PLAY mode, you can play the keyboard to produce sound on a connected sound module,
and also use various other functions, such as operating the bender switch to change the pitch
of the currently sounding note (Pitch Bend), using the modulation button to add vibrato
(Modulation), or switching the octave (Octave Shift).
In order to send MIDI messages from the PCR-1 to your application, perform the following
steps.
1
Set the MIDI channel the PCR-1 will use to transmit to the same channel on the application is
using to receive on.
Use MIDI Channel mode to set the
MIDI transmit channel
.
(
➝
MIDI Channel mode (MIDI CH)
(p. 53)).
2
Select a
sound
on your
MIDI sound module
.
(
➝
”Selecting Sounds on a Sound Module”
(p. 55)).
3
Once you have finished making settings, try playing the keyboard.
When you play the keyboard in
PLAY mode
, MIDI messages are sent to the application.
* Since the PCR-1 does not contain a sound generator, you cannot play MIDI data using the PCR-1 alone.