User Manual
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Understanding MIDI
MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, and is a worldwide stan-
dard 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 dier-
ent manufacturers.
MIDI data can also be exchanged between the monologue and your personal
computer using a single USB cable. The monologue lets you assign MIDI con-
trol change numbers (CC#) to the major parameters that aect the sound, and
control these parameters from an external MIDI sequencer while you play the
tone generator. You can also use the front panel knobs or buons to transmit
these control change messages, in order to control an external MIDI device.
You can also synchronize the monologue’s tempo to the MIDI clock of an ex-
ternal MIDI sequencer or other device, so that the monologue will play in time
with the external device and with any changes you make.
Connecting Devices via MIDI and USB
Controlling an external MIDI device from the monologue
If you want to use the monologue’s keyboard, controllers, and sequencer to
play sounds on or to control an external MIDI tone generator, connect the
monologue’s MIDI OUT connector to the external MIDI tone generator’s MIDI
IN connector using a MIDI cable.
MIDI OUT
MIDI IN
MIDI tone generator
monologue