[korgypark] Re: Midi channels
- From: "Thomas Anderssen" <thomas.anderssen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: korgypark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 15:44:53 +0200
Good morning...
Well, the PC/IF interface is a little kinky, but it sure works when you get it
installed.
Have you tried the manual method? I.e. copy the files korgsmd1.drv,
korgsmv1.386
and oemsetup.inf to the /Windows/System directory.
Then open the control panel, add new hardware, do NOT have windows search, add
a "Sound, game and multimedia device", press Have disk , point it to the
windows
directory and Windows will find the Korg driver. Chose it, and you'll be
presented
with the settings window. Now choose your com-port. There is a gotcha; NO other
device may use the com port address or IRQ, i.e. you cannot have a modem on
com3 if you plan to use com1.... or on com4 if you plan to use com2.
Then tick the "independent MIDI/Synth out" box on the left. Press OK.
Restart and all should be well. I just tried this for you here on my work on an
1 GHz
Celeron machine. No probs. Have you checked in the bios that both com ports are
enabled? And set to standard adresses and IRQ:s?
cheers, Thomas
On 9 Jan 2002 at 8:08, cdmando wrote:
>
> Well Thomas, that was most helpful, I had no idea about the two channels of
> midi on the PC I/F. Unfortunately I have yet to be able to get that working
> on my new system here. It worked fine for me on my other computer which was
> a 466 Celeron machine. This is a 1 gHz Celeron and Asus MB running Win98SE.
> I have tried everything I can think of to get the PC I/F working and it just
> wont do it. I even made a new cable thinking maybe something happened to my
> old one in the confusion but that wasn't it. I checked and re-checked every
> conductor with a voltmeter and the cable is good. I set my X5 to PC I/F and
> the correct speed internally. I am about to pull my hair out (what's left of
> it) over that thing! Anyway, I really appreciate all the help and I think I
> have a better understanding of it all now. Good luck to you and your music
> making!!
>
> Jim
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Thomas Anderssen <thomas.anderssen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <korgypark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 12:53 AM
> Subject: [korgypark] Re: Midi channels
>
>
> >
> > Good morning.
> >
> > As I mentioned, it is important that you have the "Independent Synth/MIDI
> > Out" box checked in the driver setup window (Control Panel, Sound and
> > Multimedia devices, Hardware, Korg PC I/F driver) . This gives you two
> > "channel 10:s". One on port 1 and other on port 2. I.e. this gives you 32
> midi
> > channels to play with - simultaneously.
> >
> > What you basically do is to assign Port 1 to the PC I/F Synth Out and Port
> 2
> > to PC /IF MIDI Out. Then the midi data assigned to X5 goes to the X5
> > internals (PC I/F Synth Out, port 1) and "the other" channel 10
> (assigned of
> > course to the PC I/F MIDI Out, port 2) goes to the MIDI OUT connector on
> > the X5.
> >
> > On the other hand, if you do not have the "Independent Synth/MIDI Out" box
> > checked in the driver setup, then consider the following:
> > - You have only 16 channels to use
> > - All the data sent to channel 10 will go to the X5 internal sound machine
> > AND in parallell to the MIDI OUT connector.
> >
> > Now, if you send a bank change to bank 7425 in this state, what happens?
> > Well, the X5 will turn channel 10 to "Timbre Off", i.e. no sound will be
> > produced regardless of what data comes out of the sequencer on that
> > channel. This is assuming, that you in Global mode has set Bank Select to
> > ENA, otherwise it will ignore the bank change message.
> >
> > As far as the drum machine (on the MIDI OUT wire) is concerned, it may do
> > two things: Ignore the bank select message and continue playing (assuming
> > that it has bank change disabled) or try to change to bank 7425, which
> > probably do not exist, in which case the drum machine will either stop
> > producing sound, or go on drumming...
> > You have to rtfm for the drum machine to be sure, or simply try it.
> >
> > This was a lotta text, but maybe it clarifies some stuff... It took me
> about 6
> > moths to figure this out, when I started, so Good Luck...
> >
> > cheers, Thomas
> >
> >
> > On 8 Jan 2002 at 9:29, cdmando wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > But wouldnt that also prevent the drum machine from getting the
> information
> > > as well? Or will everything on channel 10 still be passed thru to the
> drum
> > > machine?
> > >
> > > Thanks!!
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Thomas Anderssen <thomas.anderssen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <korgypark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 12:53 AM
> > > Subject: [korgypark] Re: Midi channels
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Hello.
> > > >
> > > > It is quite easy.
> > > > Select Timbre Off on channel 10 in your sequencing program. This can
> > > > be done by selecting bank 7425 (decimal) or sending the following
> > > > controllers: 00 58 00 00 xx (xx = any value). Make sure that you use
> > > > it for the Korg only, i.e. that you have selected the check box
> > > > "Independent Synth/MIDI Out" in the Serial driver seutp window (if
> > > > you use the serial interface).
> > > >
> > > > cheers, Thomas
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 7 Jan 2002 at 13:12, cdmando wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Please forgive me on this one but my manual is packed away somewhere
> > > > > after a recent move. Is there a way to have the Korg X5 ignore any
> > > > > one midi channel? What I want to do is come out of my PC to the
> > > > > Korg then "thru" to my drum machine. Of course I do not want the
> > > > > Korg playing the drum notes too so I thought If I could "mute"
> > > > > channel 10 from the Korg and send it thru to the drum machine that
> > > > > would be great. Any way to do this??
> > > > Thomas Anderssen
> > > > Jakobstad Energy Utility (www.jpenergy.net)
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> > > >
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