Connecting The Vp-550 With Midi Equipment - Roland VP-550 Owner's Manual

Connecting the VP-550 with MIDI equipment

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Connecting a synthesizer via MIDI
Here's how you can use the VP-550's keyboard to play an external MIDI-connected synthesizer, for example
to layer a piano with the VP-550's vocal sounds.
1.
Make connections as shown above.
2.
Set the "MIDI receive channel" of your external synthesizer to 1, and
select a piano sound.
The performance data of the Vocal Designer part (MIDI channel 1) will play your external synthesizer.
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3.
Play the VP-550's keyboard.
You'll hear the piano sound from your synthesizer together with the sound of the VP-550.
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What's MIDI?
MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a world-wide standard for transferring performance
data and other musical information between electronic musical instruments and computer. By us-
ing MIDI cables to connect devices that are equipped with a MIDI connector, you can use a single
MIDI keyboard to play multiple instruments, create ensembles using multiple MIDI instruments,
automatically switch settings as a song progresses, and do much more.
MIDI IN
OUTPUT
External synthesizer
The VP-550's MIDI transmit/receive channels
Part
Vocal designer
Ensemble
Bass & Percussion
Alternatively, you can connect your external MIDI keyboard's [MIDI OUT] connector to the VP-550's
[MIDI IN] connector, and use your external MIDI keyboard to play the VP-550.
INPUT
Monitor speaker
(with built-in amp)
MIDI transmit channel (fi xed)
CH1
CH2
CH3
INPUT
MIDI receive channel (fi xed)
CH1
CH2
CH3