Owner`s manual

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Connecting the VK-88 to External Devices
■ Turning Transmission of MIDI
Messages On and Off
Separately for Each Keyboard
You can specify whether or not MIDI messages are to be
transmitted by each keyboard. At the factory settings, MIDI
messages are transmitted from all of the keyboards.
1. To switch transmission of MIDI messages from the
upper manual on or off, hold down the [BANK] button
and press the [LARGE CHOIR] button.
To switch transmission of MIDI messages from the
lower manual on or off, hold down the [BANK] button
and press the [GOSPEL CHOIR] button.
To switch transmission of MIDI messages from the
pedalboard on or off, hold down the [BANK] button
and press the [SYNTH PAD] button.
2. Press the [1] button.
3. Turning the [VIBRATO AND CHORUS] knob
switches the setting.
Turn the [VIBRATO AND CHORUS] knob to the right to
turn this on, or to the left to turn it off. At the factory
settings, this is turned on.
If you press the VIBRATO AND CHORUS [UPPER]
button, the setting will return to its initial value.
4. Press the [WRITE] button to finalize the settings.
5. Save the finalized parameter settings in a registration
(p. 48).
NOTE
Never turn off the power while registration are being
saved.
NOTE
Changes in the different keyboards’ MIDI message
transmission settings are saved to the registrations. If
you turn off the power without saving the edited
settings to a registration, your changes will be lost.
■ Using the VK-88 to Select
Tones on an External Sound
Module
You can select tones on an external sound module from the
VK-88. This procedure sets the Bank Select (MSB, LSB) and
Program Change messages for each keyboard.
1. Make the master keyboard setting (p. 88).
2. To switch settings for the upper manual, hold down the
[BANK] button and press the [LARGE CHOIR] button.
To switch settings for the lower manual, hold down the
[BANK] button and press the [GOSPEL CHOIR]
button.
To switch settings for the pedalboard, hold down the
[BANK] button and press the [SYNTH PAD] button.
The indicators of buttons [1]–[4] will blink.
3. Press one of the buttons from [2] through [4] to select
the parameter that you want to edit.
Upper Manual Setting
Lower Manual Setting
Pedalboard Setting
Button Parameter Page
[2]
EXTERNAL UPPER BANK SELECT
MSB
OFF,
0–127
[3]
EXTERNAL UPPER BANK SELECT
LSB
OFF,
0–127
[4]
EXTERNAL UPPER PROGRAM
CHANGE
OFF,
1–128
Button Parameter Page
[2]
EXTERNAL LOWER BANK SELECT
MSB
OFF,
0–127
[3]
EXTERNAL LOWER BANK SELECT
LSB
OFF,
0–127
[4]
EXTERNAL LOWER PROGRAM
CHANGE
OFF,
1–128
Button Parameter Page
[2]
EXTERNAL PEDAL BANK SELECT
MSB
OFF,
0–127
[3]
EXTERNAL PEDAL BANK SELECT
LSB
OFF,
0–127
[4]
EXTERNAL PEDAL PROGRAM
CHANGE
OFF,
1–128