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Owner’s Manual
Precautions when using the USB TO HOST connector
When connecting the computer to the USB TO HOST connector, make sure to observe the following points.
If you do not observe these points, you risk freezing the computer, corrupting the data, and losing the data. If the computer or the instrument
freezes, turn the power to the instrument off or restart the computer.
• Before connecting the computer to the USB TO HOST connector, exit from any power-saving mode (such as suspended, sleep, standby) of the
computer.
• Before turning on the power to the instrument, connect the computer to the USB TO HOST connector.
•Execute the following before turning the power to the instrument on/off or plugging/unplugging the USB cable to/from the USB TO HOST
connector.
- Quit any open applications (such as Voice Editor, Multi Part Editor, and SQ01).
- Make sure that data is not being transmitted from the instrument. (Data is transmitted only by playing notes on the keyboard or playing back a
song.)
• While a USB device is connected to the instrument, you should wait for three seconds or more between these operations: When turning the power
of the instrument off then on again, or when alternately connecting/disconnecting the USB cable.
Using an IEEE1394 interface (when an optional mLAN16E has been installed)
By installing an optional mLAN16E interface, you can connect a computer (with an IEEE 1394 interface) to this instrument via a
single cable.
When connecting via this method, make sure to set the following parameter to “mLAN.”
The mLAN connection using an IEEE1394 cable lets you transfer both MIDI data and audio data. For example, you can record
your keyboard performance and Song/Pattern playback to hard disk of the computer as audio data (page 153).
About the Thru Port Setting
MIDI ports can be used to divide playback among multiple synthesizers, as well as expand the MIDI channel capacity
beyond sixteen.
In the example below, a separate synthesizer connected to the MOTIF ES is played by MIDI data via port 5, as set in the
ThruPort parameter with the following operation.
[UTILITY] ➞ [F5] MIDI ➞ [SF4] OTHER ➞ MIDI IN/OUT = mLAN
TIP
[UTILITY] ➞ [F5] MIDI ➞ [SF4] OTHER ➞ ThruPort = 5
MUSIC PRODUCTION SYNTHESIZER
MIDI OUT USB TO HOST
MIDI IN
Only MIDI data over port 5 will be
transmitted through the MOTIF ES to
this tone generator.
MIDI cable USB cable
Outputting the MIDI data
via multiple ports
Only MIDI data over ports 1, 2, and 3 are recognized. For details on the
relationship between the MIDI port and the tone generator block, see page 163.
CAUTION
MUSIC PRODUCTION SYNTHESIZER
MOTIF ES
mLAN16E
mLAN connector
Computer with an IEEE1394 interface
IEEE1394 cable