Yamaha P-250 Owner's Manual - Page 18
Connecting External MIDI, Equipment - p250 used
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Basic Operation Connecting to External Devices ■ Connecting External MIDI Equipment Using a standard MIDI cable (available separately), you can connect an external MIDI device, and control it from the P-250. You can also use an external MIDI keyboard or sequencer to control the P-250's internal sounds. Several different MIDI connection examples are illustrated below: TIP The HOST SELECT switch should be set to "MIDI." Otherwise, MIDI information will not be transmitted from the P250's MIDI OUT connector. Controlling an external device from the P-250 HOST SELECT MIDI PC-2 Mac USB MIDI [OUT] MIDI [IN] P-250 MUSIC PRODUCTION SYNTHESIZER Integrated Sampling Sequencer Real-time External Control Sur face Modular Synthesis Plug-in System External MIDI keyboard or synthesizer Controlling the P-250 from an external device HOST SELECT MIDI PC-2 Mac USB MIDI [IN] P-250 MUSIC PRODUCTION SYNTHESIZER Integrated Sampling Sequencer Real-time External Control Sur face Modular Synthesis Plug-in System MIDI [OUT] 18 P-250 External MIDI keyboard or synthesizer Recording your performance on the P-250 to an external MIDI sequencer (such as the QY series), or playing the P-250 (as a tone generator) from an external MIDI sequencer HOST SELECT MIDI PC-2 Mac USB MIDI [IN] MIDI [OUT] External MIDI seqencer MIDI [IN] MIDI [OUT] P-250 NOTE The P-250 does not receive or transmit MIDI Start (FAh), Continue (FBh), or Stop (FCh) messages. Controlling another MIDI device via the MIDI [THRU] connector External MIDI sequencer External MIDI synthesizer MIDI [OUT] MIDI [IN] HOST SELECT MIDI PC-2 Mac USB MIDI [IN] MIDI [THRU] MIDI [OUT] P-250 MUSIC PRODUCTION SYNTHESIZER Integrated Sampling Sequencer Real-time External Control Sur face Modular Synthesis Plug-in System External MIDI synthesizer MIDI [IN] In this example, P-250 performance data is transmitted from the MIDI [OUT] connector. MIDI data input from an external MIDI sequencer is output as is from the MIDI [THRU] connector. TIP The MIDI cable should be shorter than 15 meters, and there should be no more than three devices in a MIDI chain (chained in series via each unit's MIDI [THRU] connector). To connect more units, use a MIDI thru box for parallel connections. You may encounter errors if the MIDI cables are too long or if too many devices are chained together via their MIDI [THRU] connectors.