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Quick Guide Connecting the Computer and Midi devices
Connections
68
Owner’s Manual
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 S90 ES is played by MIDI data via port 5, as set in the
ThruPort parameter with the following operation.
Using an IEEE1394 (mLAN) cable (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
and have both MIDI and audio data transfer via a single cable.
The mLAN connection using an IEEE1394 cable lets you transfer both MIDI data and audio data. For example, you can
record your keyboard performance to hard disk of the computer as audio data (page 88).
[UTILITY] → [F5] MIDI → [SF4] OTHER → ThruPort = 5
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.
Failing to do so risks freezing the computer and corrupting or even 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 sequencer software).
· 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 six seconds or more between these operations: (1) when turning the
power of the instrument off then on again, or (2) when alternately connecting/disconnecting the USB cable.
[UTILITY] → [F5] MIDI → [SF4] OTHER → MIDI IN/OUT = mLAN
TIP
S90 ES
MIDI OUT USB TO HOST
MIDI IN
Only MIDI data over port 5 will be
transmitted through the S90 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 115.
CAUTION
S90 ES
mLAN16E
mLAN connector
Computer with an IEEE1394 interface
IEEE1394 cable