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Reading your casio manual you may now be aware that you can convert any midi format 0 song file into a step lesson - yet the casio software alone cannot accomplish this unless the MIDI file has its tracks set correctly . Some midi format 1 files additionally have to be resaved as midi format 0 ( These are the 2 types of formats MIDI files come in )
What your casio keyboard manual hasnt explained, as its outside the realm of the Casio Software, is how exactly do you change MIDI SONGS with arbitary channels ( for instance the midi channel for the right hand piano part or the voical solo part might be on midi channel 1, 6 or 2.) to the correct midi channel 4 and 3 settings
Most MIDI files need adjustment of TRACKS. The TRACKS need to be set to CORRECT MIDI CHANNELS with COMMERCIAL MIDI SEQUENCING PROGRAMS . Also you dont want to buy expensive and complicated software to be able to do this . understanding how to operate this software will be more time than its worth if this is your only aim.
HERE WE PROVIDE A FREE PROGRAM TO EITHER PAID SUBSCRIBERS OR INSTRUMENT PURCHASERS FROM US TO DO THIS WITH A SET OF EASY GRAPHICALLY ILLUSTRATED STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO DO THIS IN ONLY 15 MINUTES WITH NO PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF MIDI SEQUENCING.The step lesson
right hand function will only work if that right hand part or track is set to
midi channel 4 The step lesson
left hand function will only work if that right hand part or track is set to
midi channel 3 Iinstrument purchasers from us paid subscribers can
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( we are presently updating our shopping basket with these seperate tutorial / program downloads for various aspects of LEARNING MIDI for members who want to purchase permissions on the forum seperately, but have not bought instruments from us - Each set of about 15 to 30 graphically illustrated tutorial pages with a program download link will cost between US$5 to US$10 Please reply to this post if youd like more details )Here is the beginning in the series of graphic tutorials needed for setting midi channels correctly for casio user memory or smartmedia card songs step lesson function
TUTORIAL PAGE 1 - Open a midi file in the program
TUTORIAL PAGE 2 - browse and bring the midi file into the program
TUTORIAL PAGE 3 - notice now Tracks 00 02 and 04 in the "T" column all previously empty, are now filled with MIDI data . These TRACKS will now tell us to which MIDI CHANNELS they are assigned as we proceed with the next step Click here to access the complete graphically illustrated ( as above ) tutorials with a link to download the program ( to access this section youll have to be logged on as a paid subscriber for this section or Instrument purchaser)
TUTORIAL PAGE 4 - Here is how we simply change TRACK DATA to dsiplay MIDI DATA ( Remeber we are trying to change where neccessary any RIGHT HAND MELODY to MIDI CHANNEL 4 and LEFT HAND MELODY to MIDI CHANNEL 3 ) Click here to access the complete graphically illustrated ( as above ) tutorials with a link to download the program ( to access this section youll have to be logged on as a paid subscriber for this section or Instrument purchaser)
TUTORIAL PAGE 5 and 6 - Before we make any changes to the track info we need to establish by listening seperately to each track whether it is the RIGHT HAND ( Higher melody ) or the LEFT HAND ( Lower melody)
TUTORIAL PAGE 5 We need to change the P Column which allows all parts to play simultaneously to an S on the track we wish to hear which will allow us to hear ONLY THAT TRACK and establish if this is the track we want to play as MIDI CHANNEL 4 as the right hand , or MIDI CHANNEL 3 as the left hand Click here to access the complete graphically illustrated ( as above ) tutorials with a link to download the program ( to access this section youll have to be logged on as a paid subscriber for this section or Instrument purchaser)
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