About Midi; Example For Midi Connection; Local Control On/Off - Yamaha NU1 Owner's Manual

MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a global format standard
for performance data transmission and reception between electronic musi-
cal instruments. Connecting musical instruments that support MIDI via
MIDI cables enables you to transfer performance and setting data
between multiple musical instruments. Using MIDI, you can also achieve
more advanced performances than using just a single musical instrument.
Receives MIDI data.

Example for MIDI connection

Example 1:
The connection below allows you to play the sounds of an external MIDI tone generator from the keyboard of this
instrument.
Set the MIDI Receive Channel of the external MIDI tone generator to "1," since the MIDI Transmit Channel of this
instrument is set to "1."
Example 2:
The connection below allows you to play the sounds of this instrument by playing back a Song on an external
sequencer.
NU1
The MIDI Receive Channels of this instrument can only be set to 1 and 2. This is why the data for the piano part
should be assigned to MIDI Channels 1 and 2 of the Song.

Local Control on/off

Normally, playing the keyboard will control the internal tone generator. This situation is called "Local Control ON."
If you want to use the keyboard only for controlling an external MIDI instrument, turn off Local Control. With this
setting, this instrument will produce no sound even if you play the keyboard.
 To turn the Local Control ON or OFF:
While holding down [FUNCTION], press the C6 key repeatedly (as necessary).

About MIDI

Transmits MIDI data.
MIDI OUT
NU1
Song data
MIDI IN
NOTE
You need a dedicated MIDI cable (optional) to make a MIDI con-
nection.
NOTE
The handled MIDI messages differ depending on the MIDI
instrument. It means that some MIDI messages transmitted from
this instrument may not be recognized by the separate MIDI
instrument. This is why you should check the MIDI Implementa-
tion Chart of each MIDI instrument. The MIDI Implementation
Chart of this instrument is described in the MIDI Reference.
NOTE
During Song playback, data of only MIDI channels 3 – 16 will be
output via MIDI.
Performance data
Sequencer
MIDI OUT
C6
NU1
MIDI tone generator
MIDI IN
Default setting: ON
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