User Manual

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SPECTRALIS 2
MIDI:
The shortcut „MIDI“
stands for Musical
Instrument Digital
Interfac and is used for
unified digital control of
different electronic
musical instruments.
Before MIDI was inven-
ted, it used to be very
difficult to connect
electronic sound gene-
rators by different
manufacturers.
MIDI connections
2.3.2 MIDI connections
The MIDI port enables the communication between different synthesizers,
serves to synch up various music-machines (synchronizing tempos and the
start/stop process) and is used to connect to a computer. No audio signals are
transmitted via the MIDI port – only control-data. The control data are uni-
form for all manufacturers and make it possible to use instruments by a variety
of companies together.
I. Connect the MIDI OUT of a keyboard or a MIDI-interface with the MIDI IN
on your Spectralis, to play Spectralis sounds via an external controller-keyboard.
II. Connect the MIDI OUT of your Spectralis with the MIDI IN of another
MIDI- device, such as another synth, MIDI-interface and the like, to control
any such external devices/ soundsources with the Spectralis. You can find ad-
ditional information in the manual of the respective MIDI-instrument.
III. Connect the MIDI THRU port of the Spectralis 2 with other soundsources,
in case you want to transmit MIDI-data received by the Spectralis 2 to other
instruments. Generally you should not connect more than 3 instruments serially
via MIDI THRU and MIDI IN, because you might encounter data transmission
lost depending on the quality of the optocopplers used in the instruments. It is
advisable to centrally connect your studio equipment using a MIDI-interface.
For this purpose you will need MIDI-interfaces with multiple outputs or MIDI
THRU-boxes, which can distribute an incoming MIDI-signal to multiple MIDI
THRU ports.