Product manual

Keyboard Assign Mode
Transmitted Data
In this mode, Timing Clock, Start/Stop and note on/off data
are transmitted. The 16 MIDI channels are used to send the
following information:
Channel
1 to 16
(assignable)
Information
MANUAL
PERFORMANCE
Data
Any of the 16 channels can be
assigned for transmission of nor-
mal keyboard performance data,
i.e. the melody and accompani-
ment you play all by yourself.
If an AUTO ACCOMPANI-
MENT feature is being used, only
key data from the MELODY
SECTION will be transmitted.
Default channel is 1.
MELODY MEMORY Data
The performance data from
MELODY banks 1 to 5 is trans-
mitted on the MIDI TRANSMIT
channel that was selected when
the bank was recorded. It is pos-
sible to change this stored channel
number during record standby
while the MELODY bank indi-
cator is blinking with alternating
long/short intervals (see p.22).
Simply select the new channel
with TRANSMIT CH. [e], then
press the MELODY bank button
again so that its indicator goes
out.
The TRANSMIT channel se-
lected during recording is also
chosen for transmission when
several banks have been used as
a “set” for a polyphonic MEL-
ODY.
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12 to 14
15
16
CHORD key note data
Key note data for ORCHESTRA
parts 1 (ch 12) thru 3 (ch 14).
BASS key note data
RHYTHM key note data in-
cluding those for HAND PER-
CUSSION. (See the table on this
page (and the next).)
•A MIDI OUT CHANNEL list (15a) is printed on the front
panel of the PortaSound for easy reference.
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Points To Remember
•If the TRANSPOSE function is being used, it will affect
all transmitted key note data except the rhythm part.
• The MELODY VOL. setting determines the trans-
mitted key on velocity data (i.e. how loud the basic
sound of the controlled external instruments will be).
• In the case of the Auto Accompaniment sounds, the
velocity data is preset for each style and each of its
parts.
KEY
MIDI
NAME
KEY#
TRANSMITTED AS... ACCEPTED AS...
C1
36 (24H)
X X
C#1
37 (25H)
X
X
D1
38 (26H)
X
SNARE HI
D#1
39 (27H)
X X
E1 40 (28H)
X
SYNTH TOM LOW
F1
41 (29H)
SYNTH TOM LOW
SYNTH TOM LOW
F#1
42 (2AH)
SYNTH TOM MID
SYNTH TOM MID
G1
43 (2BH)
SYNTH TOM HI
SYNTH TOM HI
G#1
44 (2CH)
X
BASS DRUM
A1
45 (2DH)
BASS DRUM
BASS DRUM
A#1
46 (2EH)
X
RIM SHOT
B1
47 (2FH)
X
LOW TOM
C2
48 (30H)
LOW TOM
LOW TOM
C#2
49 (31H)
SNARE HI
SNARE HI
D2
50 (32H) MID TOM MID TOM
MIDI Key Numbers and Percussion Sounds