Yamaha QL5 Reference Manual - Page 139

MIDI/GPI screen (MIDI SETUP page) You can select the type of MIDI messages that will be transmitted and received, and choose the port that will be used. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 PORT/CH field Enables you to select the port and MIDI channel that will be used to transmit and receive MIDI messages. • Tx PORT/Tx CH......... Press these buttons to open windows in which you can respectively select a port and MIDI channel to transmit MIDI messages. • Rx PORT/Rx CH........ Press these buttons to open windows in which you can respectively select a port and MIDI channel to receive MIDI messages. NOTE When transmitting or receiving Parameter Changes, the channel number you specify here is used as the device number (a number that identifies the transmitting or receiving unit). 2 PROGRAM CHANGE field Enables you to switch MIDI Program Change message transmission and reception on or off. • Tx Switches program change transmission on/off. • Rx Switches program change reception on/off. • ECHO Switches on or off echo output of Program Change messages. (If this function is on, Program Change messages received from an external device will be retransmitted without modification.) MIDI 3 PROGRAM CHANGE MODE field Enables you to select the Program Change transmit/receive mode. • SINGLE If this button is on, Program Changes will be transmitted and received on a single MIDI channel (Single mode). • MULTI If this button is on, program changes will be transmitted/ received on multiple MIDI channels (Multi mode). • OMNI If this button is on, Program Changes on all MIDI channels will be received in Single mode. Multi mode transmission/reception and Single mode transmission are disabled. • BANK If this button is on, Bank Select messages can be transmitted and received in Single mode. (Bank Select messages switch the group of Program Change messages to be used.) 4 CONTROL CHANGE field Enables you to switch MIDI Control Change message transmission and reception on or off. • Tx Switches control change transmission on/off. • Rx Switches control change reception on/off. • ECHO Switches on or off echo output of Control Change messages. (If this function is on, Control Change messages received from an external device will be retransmitted without modification.) 5 CONTROL CHANGE MODE field This field enables you to select the Control Change transmission/reception mode. • NRPN button If this button is on, the QL mix parameters will be transmitted/ received as NRPN messages on one MIDI channel (NRPN mode). • TABLE button If this button is on, the QL mix parameters will be transmitted/ received as Control Change messages on one MIDI channel (TABLE mode). 6 PARAMETER CHANGE field Enables you to turn transmission/reception of SysEx (system exclusive) messages on or off. (These are special messages used to control the parameter of the QL console.) • Tx Switches parameter change transmission on/off. • Rx Switches parameter change reception on/off. • ECHO Switches on or off echo output of Parameter Change messages. (If this function is on, Parameter Change messages received from an external device will be retransmitted without modification.) 7 OTHER COMMMAND field Switches on or off echo output of other MIDI messages. (If this function is on, other MIDI messages received from an external device will be retransmitted without modification.) 139 Reference Manual