It might help to know that not all devices (speaking about the Roland) need such a detailed configuration for setting up the MIDI channel output and turning off LOCAL. I had to learn these things about the Roland Fantom G I have, but there a lot of MIDI Controllers, or “Plug & Play”, devices that don’t have sounds on them.
I found this to be a useful way for me to stop using the easy route of turning on my Fantom and just using that, versus loading Cubase and really spending time to learn the nuances so I can move just as fast in that system.
If you really get into MIDI and music production, you love having strong tools like a Roland Keyboard to do more complex MIDI setup and being able to record Fantom audio into Cubase, etc. The Cubase part will always be necessary for really fleshed out ideas that originate from the Fantom though.
This is my first post. If I did something wrong, let me know. I apologize if it is an obvious thing. Otherwise, I hope you found this useful!