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Message: [QUOTE="SeaGtGruff, post: 210760, member: 6744"] Turning off the Local Control is supposed to turn off the sounds being made by the keyboard in response to the keys you press, including the style playback, but it doesn't stop the MIDI data from being transmitted; in other words, it essentially turns your keyboard into a MIDI keyboard controller. Turning off the Local Control does not affect the incoming MIDI data, and still allows the keyboard to act as a MIDI sound module, so it will still generate sounds in response to the MIDI data it's receiving. Thus, whether or not you want to turn off the Local Control depends on how you want to use your keyboard. If you want to use your keyboard normally, then you'll want to turn on its Local Control so it makes sounds when you play on its keys. If you want to use your keyboard to control a virtual instrument or connected hardware-- such as a second keyboard that you want to play using the DGX-660's keyboard-- then you'll want to turn off its Local Control so it's silent and the sound comes from the virtual instrument or connected hardware without the keyboard's sounds interfering. If you want to do a little of both-- split the keys into different zones so you can use some of the keys to play the keyboard's sounds but use other keys to play sounds from a virtual instrument or connected hardware-- then you'll most likely want to turn off its Local Control so it's silent, but have it connected to a computer, tablet, or other device that can process the MIDI data being transmitted from the keyboard and route some of that data back to the keyboard and some of that data to the virtual instrument or connected hardware. The exception would be if your keyboard has settings which let you create zones that can either play the keyboard itself or control a connected device, in which case you could leave the Local Control turned on. Unfortunately, the DGX-660's MIDI-related functions don't include that type of feature, so you would need to use an external MIDI processor and router to do the work for you. [/QUOTE]

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