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MIDI

SELECTION

Using

a

set

up

like

the

MIDI

Performance

System

shown

in

the

APPLICATIONS

chapter,

it

is

possible

to

select

any

ef-

fect

in

the

REV7

memory

simply

by

pressing

a

Voice

Select

key

on

a

MIDI

keyboard.

This

allows

you

to

have

a

different

reverberation,

echo,

or

other

effect

for

each

voice.

This

is

highly

desirable,

as

a

keyboard

such

as

the

Yamaha

DX7

Programmable

Algorithm

Synthesizer

can

create

a

virtually

endless

variety

of

voices

—strings,

clavinet,

synth

brass,

per-

cussion,

banjo,

etc.,

each

of

which

requires

a

different

type

of

reverberation.

MIDI

MEMORY

SETTING

The

procedure

for

setting

which

effects

are

selected

to

go

with

the

voices

on

your

MIDI

keyboard

is

as

follows:

1.

Press

the

MIDI

CTRL

key.

Its

LED

will

light.

The

LCD

will

show

the

following

display:

MI

DI

CONTROL

RCV

CH

=

nn

NOTE:

When

in

the

MIDI

Control

mode,

the

only

keys

that

function

on

the

REV7

are

the

ones

used

for

setting

the

MIDI

Memory.

All

other

keys

will

be

ineffective,

and

reverb

effects

pill

not

be

available

while

in

this

mode.

2.

You

now

have

to

set

the

MIDI

Channel

number.

MIDI

information

can

be

received

on

channels

1

through

16,

or

the REV7

can

be

set

to

OMNI,

in

which

mode

it

will

receive

information

on

all

channels.

(Note:

A

DX7

trans-

mits

on

MIDI

channel

1

automatically.

You

may

be

able

to

set

other

keyboards

to

any

channel).

Enter

the

channel

number

by

pressing

the

numeric

keys

(1

to

16,

or

0

for

Omni).

The

number

you

have

selected

will

flash

on

the

LCD.

If

you

make

a

mistake,

press

the

CLEAR

key

to

clear

the

display,

and

enter

the

number

again.

Then

press

ENTER

to

enter

the

channel

number

you

have

selected.

The

channel

number

will

stop

flashing,

and

be

displayed

continuously

on

the

LCD.

You

can

also

change

the

MIDI

channel

number

by

using

the

+/—

keys.

In

this

case,

there

is

no

need

to

press

the

ENTER

key

after

the

new

number

appears.

3.

Press

the

MEMORY

key.

The

LCD

display

will

now

switch

to:

—

+

:

n

STO

PGMnnn

=

MEMnn

The

next

step

is

to

enter

the

program

number

(voice

num-

ber)

of

the

voice

on

your

MIDI

keyboard.

This

is

done

by

using

the

+/—

keys

on

the

REV7.

The

range

available

is

1

to

128.

Pressing

a

+

or

—

key

will

increment

or

decrement

the

program

number;

holding

a

key

down

will

continuous-

ly

increase

or

decrease

the

voice

number.

This

number

will

appear

next

to

the

"PGM"

section

on

the

LCD.

Use

the

numeric

keys

to

input

the

number

of

the

effect

(MEM)

you

wish

to

use

with

the

program

you

have

select-

ed.

The

range

available

is

1

to

90

—this

covers

the

30

pre-

sets

and

the

60

user

programs.

This

number

will

flash

next

to

the

"MEM"

section

on

the

LCD.

Remember

that

at

any

time

you

can

clear

the

"MEM"

display

by

pressing

the

CLEAR

key,

and

input

another

number.

Finally,

press

the

STORE

key

to

store

the

program

num-

ber

plus

memory

number

into

the

REV7.

The

memory

number

will

stop

flashing,

and

be

displayed

continuously

on

the

LCD.

4.

You

now

have

three

options:

(a)

You

can

continue

storing

pairs

of

program/memory

numbers,

by

repeating

operation

3.

(b)

You

can

change

the

MIDI

channel

receive

number.

Press

the

MEMORY

key,

and

the

LCD

will

revert

to

the

"RCV

ch"

display,

and

you

can

repeat

operation

2.

NOTE:

Pressing

the

MEMORY

key

alternates

the

REV7

between

MIDI

channel

set

and

program/memory

set,

when

the

REV7

is

in

the

MIDI

Control

mode.

(c)

You

can

switch

the

REV7

out

of

the

MIDI

control

mode,

by

simply

pressing

the

MIDI

CTRL

key.

Its

LED

will

go

out.

You

can

now

select

effects

from

your

MIDI

key-

board

(or,

of

course,

in

the

normal

way,

using

the

front

panel

keys

or

remote

control

unit).

Connect

the

MIDI

OUT

of

your

keyboard

to

the

MIDI

IN

of

the

REV7.

Your

keyboard

should

be

set

to

transmit

voice

number

information.

In

the

case„of

a

Yamaha

DX7

synthesizer,

for

example,

it

should

be set

to

"SYSTEM

INFO

AVAIL-

ABLE".

When

you

press

a

program

select

(voice

select)

key

on

your

keyboard

(provided,

of

course,

you

have

programmed

this

voice

number

into

the

REV7)

the

REV7

will

switch

automatically

to

the

corresponding

effect,

and

this

will

be

displayed

on

the

LCD.

NOTE:

To

activate

the

bypass

mode

(no

effect)

using.

MIDI

control,

a

"BYPASS"

program

must

be

stored

in

the

REV7

user

memory

area.

The

BYPASS

program

is

created

as

follows:

1.

Press

BYPASS

key

(BYPASS

LED

will

light).

2.

Press

MEMORY

key.

3.

Enter

the

number

of

the

memory

location

(31

—

90)

in

which

the

BYPASS

program

is

stored

via

the

numeric

keys.

4.

Press

STORE

key.

The

BYPASS

program

thus

stored

may

now

be

called

via

MIDI

control.

In

addition

to

the

Bypass

function,

the

Mute

and

Out

-Phase

functions

can

also

be

stored

according

to

the

method

shown

above.

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