| This article is based on a
message written by Laura Remson Mitchell |
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| As you may recall, I thought that SysEx
messages were responsible for turning on the auto-accompaniment
drums when playing a MIDI file through my computer while
using my PSR 740 as a tone generator. I was wrong. Eliminating the SysEx messages only seemed to prevent the problem when playing a file through Cakewalk, not using the Windows Media Player or Crescendo. However, I think I really have found the answer this time. To play MIDI files through your computer using the PSR 740 as a tone generator, you need to re-set the MIDI clock in the 740 to External. |
You do that by pressing the Function
button, selecting F5 (MIDI), pressing the NEXT button,
selecting "clock," pressing NEXT again, and
then selecting EXTERNAL. When you do that, the letters "EC" show up in the main display window instead of a tempo, and if you try to change the tempo, EC will show in the tempo window. With the EXTERNAL CLOCK selected, you can't turn on the auto-accompaniment drum channel, but you still can play the keyboard if you want to jam to a song you're playing. Just be sure to change the clock setting back to INTERNAL when you want the PSR to operate normally. |
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