Casio CTK-531 User Manual

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What is MIDI?
The eters MIDI stand or Musical Insnament Digital lntrtace, which
Is the name ofa workwide standard for digital signals and cones
tors that makes it possible to exchange musical data befeen mus
‘al
instruments
and
computers
(machines)
produced
by
ditierent
Jnanufactrers. MIDI compatible equipment can exchange heytoard
Key press key release tone change, and other data av messages,
Though
you
do
nat
nee
any
special
nutwledge
about
SDM
to
use
this keyboard ava stand-alone tnit MIDI operations require a bi ef
‘specialized knowlege. Thi section provides you with am overview
SF MIDI that wil help to get you going
MIDI Connections
MIDI messages are se out through the MIDI OUT terminal ot one
machine to the MIDIIN terminal of another machine ver « MID
Eile To senda mesange trom this keyboard 3s wnother machine foe
example you must uses MIDI cable le conneet the MIDIOUT term
ral ofthis keyboand tothe MIDIIN terminal o the other machine To
send
MIDI
messages
back
to
this
keyboard,
you
nee
to
use
®
MIDI
‘le to connect the other machine's MID OT termina tthe MI
IN terminal of this keyboard
To use 1 computer oF other MIDI device to recon and playback the
MIDI
data
produced
by
this
heyboard,
you
must
connect
the
MIDI
INand MIDI OUT teretinalsof beth machines in onde send and
celvedata
MIDI Channels
MIDI
allows
yout
send
thedata
for
mole
parts
a
the
same
time
with
each
pat
being
sent
Over
a
separate
MIDI
chase!
There
re
16
MIDI
channels,
numbered
I
through
16,
and
MIDI
channe
data
always
included
whenever
you
exchinge
dat
(hey
presse)
loth
he
sending
machine
apd
the
recerving
mache
must
be
set
the
same
chant
for
the
receiving
uni
to
coretly
receive
an
play
data
I
the
receiving
machine
l
set
6
Channel?
or
exarple
fre
‘ives
only
MIDI
Chanel
2
dat,
al
al
other
chaewiele
are
gnored
With
this
keyboard,
messages
received
over
MIDI
Chants
2.3),
and
10
canbe
used
for
milttimbre
pay
of
upto
five
diferent
in
Strument
parts.
The
lone
and
volume
sting
foe
theve
five
channels
‘must
controlled
by
messages
sent
fom
an
external
device
‘When
sending
operation
ofthis
heyboard
oan
external
device
Cha
rel
should
be
Selected
athe
MIDI
send
chasnel
General MIDI
(General MIDI standardizes MIDI dat for all ound source types r=
sande of manufacturer General MIDI specifies nich factors as he
‘Romberg.
drum
sounds
and
available
MIDI
channels
oral
sound
sources
This
standard
makes
possible
forall
MIDI
eipmnent
1
reproduce the same nuances when playing General MIDI data,
{gardles ofthe manufactorer ofthe sound source,
Though the sound source o this keyboard not General MIDI com:
patible. you can still connect the heyboard to 4 computer or other
Nut equipment to playback Gener! MIDI dst that widely valle
able
in
stones
over
computer
setworks,
and
from
other
s0ures
sNores 1
+
General
MIDI
cata
made
up
of
a
arg
runber
of
pasts
may
not
lay
evtecy
on
tis
teyooars
+
You
wit
hava
most
succes
paying
back
General
MDI
dat
that
has
‘em
pars
and
made
uo
ut
on
chan,
2.34,
nd
10
Messages
There ia wide vatety of messages d
dard
and
this
section
deals
he
particular
messages
tha
can
Be
sent
‘and
received
by
NOTE ON/OFF
This messae sends data when a key is pressed (NOTE ON) or re
leased (NOTE OT)
ANOTE
ON/OFF
message
include
a
note
number
(to
indicate
note
‘whose
hey
ising
prema
or
released)
and
veloiy(heyoard
pres
Sure
asa
Yale
fe
140127)
NOTE
ON
velocity
falays
used
0
‘eermine
the
relative
volume
ofthe
nol
This
Keyhoard
does
nol
receive
NOTE
OFF
seloty
dat
‘Whenever you pres or eens hxy ca this Keyan the cores
ng
NOTE
ON
or
NOTL
OFF
maeasage
is
wet
by
constant
ve
fom the MIDI QUT terminal
snores
The cho note depend onthe lone tate bring Used, as shown
te Note Tate on age At Whonaver tea keyboard reco
‘br tate cxtsde Re range or ha one, the same tone
‘vada octave noutined,
PROGRAM CHANGE
This the tone selection message, PROGRAM CHANGI can co
lain tone data within the range of Oto 127
APROGRAM CHANGE message (0 0 99) is sent out through this
Keyboards MIDI OUT terminal whenever you manually change is
tone number Receipt of a PROGRAM CHANGE mesiage frm aft
‘steal machine changes the tne petting ot this keyboatd (page F
“This
keyboard
can
send
tone
data
within
the
range
of
004099
and
receive
tne
data
within
the
range
of
0127
PITCH BEND
This menage carrie pitch bend information for smoothly sliding the
pitch upwards or downwards during keyboard pay. Ths Keyboard
Hoes not send pitch bend data, ut can ceive vc data
E3t

Casio CTK-531 Specifications

General

Brand	Casio
Model	CTK-531
Category	Electronic Keyboard
Language	English