Yamaha RX-11 Owner's Manual - page 29
All these parameters are set by first entering the MIDI IN
programming mode: press the MIDI IN button while holding
down the FUNCTION button. The first display in response
to this will normally be “CH INFO AVAIL” (default para-
meter). This means that the RX11 is ready to receive MIDI
data. To turn MIDI reception OFF press the -1/NO button,
causing the display to read “CH INFO UNAVAIL”. The
+1/YES and –1/NO buttons turn this function on or off,
respectively. Select the required mode and press the MIDI
IN button to activate it. The MlDI IN mode will be exited if
“UNAVAIL” is selected. If “AVAIL” is selected, the LCD
panel will then read “OMNI ON” (default parameter), in-
dicating that the OMNI mode is on. If the OMNI ON mode is
then activated by pressing the MIDI IN button, the MIDI
reception parameter setting process is complete. If the OMNI
mode is turned OFF by pressing the –1/NO key (the -1/NO
button and +1/YES button turn the OMNI mode OFF and
ON, respectively) and then activated by pressing the MIDI
IN button, the RX11 will prompt you to set the MIDI
receive channel with “RECEIVE CH = 01” (default para-
meter). The desired MIDI receive channel is then selected
using the DATA ENTRY control. Once the channel has
been selected, it is set by pressing the MlDI IN button.
Midi Reception Parameters
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In order to set the instrument key numbers-describe.
below-after setting the first two or three reception para-
meters described above, do not exit the MIDI IN mode by
pressing the MIDI IN button in response to the “OMNI ON”
or “RECEIVE CH = XX” display.
Instrument Key Numbers
The RX11 is capable of receiving and transmitting MIDI
“key number” data via the MIDI IN and MIDI OUT con-
nectors, respectively. A key number generally corresponds
to the number (pitch) of a key played on a synthesizer
keyboard. Middle C, for example, is MIDI key number 60.
A MIDI sequencer, for
example, outputs key numbers to a
keyboard, causing the synthesizer to play the corresponding
notes.
Each of the RX11’s instruments can be assigned a key number
between 36 and 99. This makes it possible for any key
number transmitted
by a MIDI synthesizer, sequencer or
music computer to activate any RX11 instrument. Converse-
ly, any instrument played on the RX11–in a pattern, song,
or played manually–can activate any note on a synthesizer
or any instrument on another rhythm machine.
The process for
assigning
key
numbers to the
RX11
instru-
ments is actually an extension of the MIDI reception para-
meter designation process outlined above. The key number
assignment mode can be entered from either the “OMNI
ON/OFF” or RECEIVE CH = XX” displays of the MIDI
IN programming mode by pressing any of the instruments
buttons. Suppose, for example, the RIMSHOT button is
pressed in response to the “OMNI ON” display. The LCD
panel
will
respond with
“RIM NOTE = XX”, where “XX”
is a number (the key number currently set for the rimshot
sound) between 36 and 99. Any new key number can be set
using the DATA ENTRY control. Once set, other instru-
ments can be selected in succession by pressing the appro-
priate instrument buttons, and their key numbers can be
set in the same way. Press the MlDI IN button to exit the
MIDI IN programming mode.
Setting Instrument Key Numbers (EX: Set SD Key number)
Key number = 36 ~ 99