Two Midi Ports - Roland Edirol UR-80 Bedienungsanleitung

Two MIDI ports

Some sequencer software that supports MIDI controllers lets you independently specify the MIDI
input port used for recording MIDI tracks (the "MIDI IN port") and the MIDI input port used to
control the software (the "CTRL IN port").
Sequencer software
Track Record on tracks
Track
THRU
MIDI IN port MIDI OUT port
MIDI sound module
UR-80
Sequencer software
Track Record on tracks
Track
THRU
MIDI IN port MIDI OUT port
For example, even if you play your keyboard to send a note-on message, the software that receives
this message will not produce a note; instead, it might interpret this message as meaning that the
PLAY/STOP button had been pressed.
* The actual operation that will occur will depend on the software you are using.
Sequencer software
Track
Record on tracks
Track
THRU
MIDI IN port
MIDI sound module
control mixer operations in your software while using the knobs to edit your software synthesizer.
The output destination of the MIDI messages transmitted when you operate the UR-80's faders,
knobs, and buttons can be specified separately for each controller. Use UR-80 Editor to assign the
message and output destination for the controllers. For details, refer to "UR-80 Editor (p. 73)".
Software
synthesizer
CTRL IN port
Software
synthesizer
CTRL IN port
UR-80
Software
synthesizer
MIDI OUT port CTRL IN port
UR-80 1 UR-80 2
fig.midi-port.e
Normally, you will connect your MIDI keyboard to the
MIDI IN port, and use it for recording your performance on
tracks or using the MIDI Thru function of your software to
play sound modules or soft synthesizers. The MIDI
messages sent here have the meaning that is assigned to
them by the MIDI specification. In other words, when you
play the keyboard, note messages will be transmitted and
recorded on the track, and the sound module that receives
these messages will produce sound.
fig.midi-port2.e
In contrast, the data received from the CTRL IN port is used
to operate your software in the same way as data from your
computer's mouse or keyboard; it will not be recorded on
the tracks or "thru-ed" to your sound module or soft
synthesizer. The MIDI messages sent here are interpreted in
a completely different way than defined in the MIDI
specification.
For this reason, messages that are input from the CTRL IN
port are not normally "thru-ed" to your sound module or
soft synthesizer.
fig.midi-port3.e
Since the same MIDI message can be interpreted in
completely different ways, as described above, the
software lets you specify the MIDI IN port and CTRL IN
port separately so that the two types can be distinguished.
When the UR-80 is connected via USB, you can select either
of the two MIDI ports (UR-80 1, UR-80 2) as the output
destination for MIDI messages produced by the faders,
knobs, and buttons of the UR-80.
In other words, by assigning "UR-80 1" as your software's
MIDI IN port and "UR-80 2" as its CTRL IN port, you can
do things like using the fader and button operations to
Basic connections and settings
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