Yamaha SY85 Owner's Manual (feature Reference) (image) - Page 213

2: MIDI 1 (CHANNEL PARAMETERS) [UTILITY] → [SYNTH SETUP] → [MENU] → 2:MIDI 1 → [ENTER/YES] The MIDI channel parameters provided here are essential to ensure proper communication between the SY85 and other MIDI instruments. SYNTH`MIDI`1`````````Tch``Rch`DevNo 01`omni``all F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 CS1 CS2 CS3 CS4 CS5 CS6 CS7 CS8 Tch (Transmit channel) Range: 1 ... 16 Controls: [CS5], [-1] [+1], Dial Selects the MIDI channel via which all SY85 data will be transmitted. Rch (Receive channel) Range: 1 ... 16, omni Controls: [CS6], [-1] [+1], Dial Sets the MIDI receive channel to any channel between 1 and 16, or the "omni" mode for reception on all channels. Make sure that the SY85 MIDI receive channel is either set to the channel that your external controller is transmitting on, or the omni mode. DevNo (Device number) Range: off, 1 ... 16, all Controls: [CS7], [-1] [+1], Dial Sets the SY85 MIDI device number - i.e. the MIDI channel on which all system exclusive data will be received and transmitted. The device number is important for transfer of voice data and other system exclusive data between the SY85 and other Yamaha MIDI devices - e.g. another SY85 or SY-series synthesizer, a Yamaha MIDI sequence recorder such as the QX3, etc. Bulk voice data, for example, is transmitted and received on the channel specified by the device number. Make sure that the SY85 device number is matched to that of other devices in your system with which such data transfers will take place. 212 UTILITY MODE / SYNTH SETUP