Alain,

When you get the RS-5, set the KN6500 up accordingly.

1)Press the Favourites button on the KN6500
2)Press Midi Presets (bottumn left), and you will be on the first page.

3) Select "WITH APC". Then go to the next page.

4) Select "Sound module", then OK.

Now what you have here, is your RS-5 acting as an external device, but instead of everything coming out all jumbled up, you will be able to play Auto play chord on the RS-5 (from the KN6500's sounds of course) - AND lead from your RS-5.

Set the "Lead MIDI channel" - or right hand on the RS-5 to Channel "7" or something, so that you don't play back the sounds on the KN6500 (if that is you motive). The KN6500 MIDI settings are as follows:

Midi Channels

MIDI 1 Right 1
MIDI 2 Right 2
MIDI 3 Left 3
MIDI 4 Part 4
MIDI 5-16 Part 5- 16

However, if you wish to use the composer to record some of the RS-5 sounds in, you will need to set the RS-5 MIDI channels to:

Bass = 9
ACC 1 = 12
ACC 2 = 13
ACC 3 = 14
ACC 4 = 15
ACC 5 = 16

Drums will be on Channel 10.

If you Don't want to use you RS-5 to change Chords, or used as an ACC player, then select "WITHOUT APC" on step 3 above.

It's quiet cool the way you can change chords on another instrument - like a Piano. and super if you use Pianist mode!

I hope this helps a little, because getting in a "Midi-muddle” can cause a Nervous breakdown...I'm still Recovering



[This message has been edited by Jupiter5 (edited 09-07-2001).]