Yamaha 01C Owner's Manual - Page 209
MIDI, No doubt you have heard the terms acoustic instrument and digital instrument.
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Using the MIDI IN/OUT terminals By using an optional MIDI interface such as the UX16, you can connect the Electone to the computer, with the MIDI IN/OUT terminals on the instrument. Connect the Electone and the MIDI Interface with two standard MIDI cables (one connecting the OUT terminal on the Electone to the MIDI IN terminal on the interface, and the other connecting the IN terminal on the Electone to the MIDI OUT terminal on the interface). Connect the MIDI interface to the computer with a USB cable. NOTE Depending on your particular MIDI interface, you may have to connect the MIDI Interface and the computer with a serial cable. Computer IN OUT MIDI MIDI OUT MIDI IN MIDI Interface (for example, UX16) 4 MIDI This section explains what MIDI is, and what it can do, as well as how you can use MIDI on your Electone. What is MIDI? No doubt you have heard the terms "acoustic instrument" and "digital instrument." In the world today, these are the two main categories of instruments. Let's consider a grand piano and a classical guitar as representative acoustic instruments. They are easy to understand. With the piano, you strike a key, and a hammer inside hits some strings and plays a note. With the guitar, you directly pluck a string and the note sounds. But how does a digital instrument go about playing a note? Acoustic guitar note production Digital instrument note production Pluck a string and the body resonates the sound. L Internal amp Tone generator Internal amp (Electric circuit) R Playing the keyboard Based on playing information from the keyboard, a sampled note stored in the tone generator is played through the speakers. 13 Connections ELS-01/01C Owner's Manual 209