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Overview Appendix
USB Memory
Song Player
Digital Recorder
Synthesizer
Selecting Sounds Perform. Functions Editing/Eects Other Settings Rec/Play/Edit Eects Rhythm Pattern
3. Press.the..[PLAY/STOP].button.to.play/stop.the.song.
• When you press the [PLAY/STOP] button, selected song  le will play.
• If you press the [PLAY/STOP] button during playback, it will stop.
• If you press the [PLAY/STOP] button once again, playback will resume
from where it was stopped.

Adjusting the Volume of the Song Player

1. Press.the.[3].(LEVEL).button.
2. Use.the.cursor.buttons.to.move.the.cursor.to.the.“Audio.
Level”.or.“SMF.Level”..eld,.and.use.the.VALUE.dial.or.the.
[DEC].[INC].buttons.to.adjust.the.volume.
Parameter Value Explanation
Audio.Level 0–127 Volume at which the USB Memory Song
Player will play audio  les
SMF.Level 0–127 Volume at which the USB Memory Song
Player will play SMF data
3. Press.the.[6].(CLOSE).button.to.close.the.setting.window.
Center Cancel/ Minus-One
If you use “Center Cancel/Minus-One” when playing back an SMF song,
the speci ed part will be muted (silenced); if you use it when playing
back an audio  le, the sounds located in the center will be minimized.
This allows you to mute a speci c part of a song and play it yourself,
or to minimize the vocal of a song while you perform that part.
Depending on the  le type of the song, you’ll be able to perform the
following operations.
File.Type Function Explanation
SMF Minus-One
Mutes the speci ed part. For details on
specifying the part to be muted, refer to
“Detailed Settings for Minus-One” (p. 129).
Audio..les Center
Cancel
Diminishes the volume of sounds that are
located in the center (such as the vocal or the
melody instrument).
* For.some.songs,.the.vocal.might.not.be.
minimized.successfully.
1. In.the.SONG.LIST.screen,.press.the.[4].(C..CAN/MINUS).
button.to.turn.on.
When you play back the song, the speci ed part will be muted if the
song is an SMF. If the song is an audio  le, the sounds that are located
in the center will be diminished in volume.
2. To.turn.o..Minus-One.or.Center.Cancel,.press.the.[4].(C..
CAN/MINUS).button.so.it’s.extinguished.

Detailed Settings for Center Cancel

You can choose from types of the center cancel function.
1. In.the.SONG.LIST.screen,.press.the.[5].(SETUP).button.
2. Use.the.cursor.buttons.to.move.the.cursor.to.the.“Center.
Cancel.Type”..eld.
3. Use.the.VALUE.dial.or.the.[DEC].[INC].buttons.to.set.the.
Center.Cancel.Type.
Parameter Value Explanation
Center.Cancel.
Type
MID-HI Mid-frequency and high-frequency sounds
localized in the center will be eliminated.
LOW Low-frequency sounds localized in the center
will be eliminated.
ALL All sounds localized in the center will be
eliminated.
MEMO
• If you want to save the changes you made to system settings, press
the [6] (WRITE) button. If you want to exit without saving, press the
[EXIT] or [5] (EXIT) button.
• Center Cancel can not only be applied e ectively to songs played
using the USB Song Player, but can also be used with respect to the
sound when using USB Audio (p. 132).

Detailed Settings for Minus-One

Here you can specify the parts that will be muted by Minus One when
playing back an SMF song.
Parts for which this setting is ON will be muted.
1. In.the.SONG.LIST.screen,.press.the.[5].(SETUP).button.
2. Use.the.cursor.buttons.to.select.to.the.part.(1–16).that.you.
want.to.change.
3. Use.the.VALUE.dial.or.the.[DEC].[INC].buttons.to.turn.the.
setting.on.or.o..
You can also use the following function buttons to turn the mute
setting on/o .
• Pressing the [1] (1 ON) button will turn on the mute setting for part
1.
• Pressing the [2] (3–4 ON) button will turn on the mute settings for
parts 3 and 4.
• Pressing the [3] (ALL OFF) button will turn o the mute settings for
all parts.
MEMO
If you want to save the changes you made to system settings, press
the [6] (WRITE) button. If you want to exit without saving, press the
[EXIT] or [5] (EXIT) button.