Using Midi; Midi Connections - Kawai ANYTIME PIANO Manual Del Usuario

2. USING MIDI

The term "MIDI" is an acronym which stands for the Musical Instrument Digital Interface. MIDI is an
international music standard used for sending music data back and forth between electronic musical instruments
such as digital pianos, synthesizers and sequencers. MIDI allows a performance on one musical instrument to
be heard on several instruments. Further, the data from your performance can be sent to an external sequencer
for editing, overdubbing, and later playback.
While MIDI capability is very common on digital instruments, it is quite rare on acoustic instruments. Because
MIDI capability is built into the Anytime Piano, you can enjoy the varied and extremely powerful features that
MIDI can provide.
MIDI Applications
The types of data that can be sent and received through MIDI will vary from one instrument to another.
The Anytime Piano sends and receives the following MIDI functions:
• Send/receive keyboard note data (i.e. which keys are pressed)
• Send/receive velocity data (determines volume of each note)
• Send/receive sound change data
• Send/receive ON/OFF data for soft pedal and damper pedal
• Receives Local Control ON/OFF data (When Local Control is "off ", no digital sound is heard when keys
are pressed. Sound will only be heard when a MIDI signal is received. Local Control only affects digital
sound.)

MIDI Connections

Musical instruments compatible with MIDI have connector terminals referred to as MIDI IN, MIDI OUT
and MIDI THRU jacks (the Anytime Piano has MIDI IN and MIDI OUT jacks). MIDI cables (available at
most local music stores) must be inserted into these jacks to establish a MIDI connection between instruments.
Below is a description of MIDI jacks and functions:
MIDI OUT: Music data is converted into electrical signals and is sent out through this jack. To establish a
connection with another MIDI-compatible instrument, the MIDI OUT jack should be connected to the
MIDI IN jack of the other instrument using a standard MIDI cable. The sending instrument (with a MIDI
cable inserted in the MIDI OUT jack) will control the sound of the receiving instrument (which has the MIDI
cable inserted into the MIDI IN jack).
MIDI IN: This jack is an input for receiving music data from other MIDI-compatible instruments. To
establish a connection, the MIDI IN jack should be connected to the MIDI OUT or MIDI THRU jacks of
other instruments.
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