Specifications

MIDI Functions

EZ-250i Owner’s Manual

This function lets you enable or disable keyboard control over the EZ-250i’s

voices in the Function mode (pa

ge 67). This would come in handy, for example,

when recording notes to MIDI sequencer. If you are using the sequencer to play

back the voices of the EZ-250i, you would want to set this to “off” — in order to

avoid getting “double” notes, both from the keyboard and from the sequencer.

Normally, when playing the EZ-250i by itself, this should be set to “on.”

This determines whether the style and song playback functions are controlled by

the PortaTone’s internal clock (off) or by MIDI clock data from an external

sequencer or computer (on).

This should be set to on when you want to have style or song playback follow the

external device (such as a rhythm machine or a sequencer). The default setting is

off.

These settings can be made in the Function mode (pa

ge 67).

The most common use for the Initial Setup Send function is in recording a song

on a sequencer that is intended for playback with the EZ-250i. Essentially, this

takes a “snapshot” of the EZ-250i settings and sends that data to the sequencer.

By recording this “snapshot” at the start of the song (before any actual perfor-

mance data), you can instantly restore the necessary settings on the EZ-250i in the

Function mode (pa

ge 67). Provided there is a pause in the song, you could also do

this in the middle of a song — for example, completely changing the EZ-250i set-

tings for the next section of the song.

Local Control

• No sound is output from the

EZ-250i when Local ON/OFF is

set to OFF.

External Clock

• If External Clock is set to ON,

style or song playback will not

start unless external clock are

received.

Using Initial Setup Send with a Sequencer

• When the Initial Setup Send

operation is completed, the EZ-

250i automatically returns to the

previous panel condition.