Owner's Manual - Roland

Using the D2 together with an
external MIDI device
Using an external MIDI keyboard to
record on the D2
Use these settings when you wish to perform on an external
MIDI keyboard and record on the D2.
Set the Auto Channel to “ON” (p. 77).
fig.8-3
MIDI Ch = 1–16
MIDI OUT
MIDI IN
AUTO CHANNEL = ON
With this setting, the part selected on the D2 will be the
recording part (regardless of which channel is used for
transmission by the external MIDI keyboard).
Using the D2 as a sound module for
an external MIDI sequencer
Set the Auto Channel to “OFF” (p. 77). (At the factory
settings, this is “OFF.”)
With this setting, the D2 can receive multiple channels of
MIDI data and sound them simultaneously.
Set the transmit channel of the external MIDI sequencer to
match the receive channel of the D2 part that you wish to
play. For example if you wish to play part 2, set the transmit
channel of the external MIDI sequencer to “2,” since the
receive channel of part 2 is “2.”
Chapter 8. System Settings and MIDI Applications
Playing an external MIDI device using
the D2
The D2 can transmit D-FIELD operations from its MIDI OUT
connector. Recordings in the respective parts of the D2 can
also be transmitted to an external device. In such
transmission, MIDI channels 10 and 1 to 7 are assigned to
data in parts R and 1 to 7, in this order.
Setting the external MIDI sound module channel, the
receiving channel, to one of channels 10 and 1 to 7 enables
playback on the external MIDI device.
MIDI IN MIDI OUT
MIDI Sound Module
D2
1. Set the MIDI channel of the external sound module to
one of channels 10 and 1 to 7.
2. Play back the data on the D2 by pressing [
using the D-FIELD.
] or
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