Panel descriptions
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MV-8800 Owner’s Manual
Panel descriptionsIntroduction
EFFECTS button
Accesses the EFFECTS screen (Screen Guide; p. 229)
(indicator lit orange). The MV-8800 provides built-in MFX
(multi-effect), delay/chorus, and reverb effects.
C (control) knobs
These control knobs let you adjust effect parameter
values directly.
Sliders
Normally you will use these as mixer sliders. The
parameters that are adjusted by the sliders will change
depending on the screen shown in the LCD. The
Assignable Slider function and the V-LINK function will
also change the parameters controlled by these sliders.
MIXER button
Accesses the MIXER screen (Screen Guide; p. 235)
(indicator lit orange).
PROJECT button
Accesses the PROJECT MENU screen (Screen Guide; p.
162) (indicator lit orange), letting you load or save a
project.
SONG button
Accesses the SONG screen (Screen Guide; p. 8)
(indicator lit orange). Used to play, record, and mix-down
songs.
PATTERN button
Accesses the PATTERN screen (Screen Guide; p. 91)
(indicator lit orange). Used to play and record patterns.
MASTERING button
Accesses the MIXDOWN / MASTERING MENU screen
(Screen Guide; p. 196) (indicator lit orange). Here you can
use the mastering tool kit to add the final finishing touches
to the two-channel audio data (WAV file) created by
mixing down the sequencer playback.
ASSIGNABLE SLIDER button
Press this button when you want to use the sliders as
controllers to transmit MIDI messages (indicator lit
orange).
SYSTEM button
Accesses the SYSTEM MENU screen (Screen Guide; p.
172) (indicator lit orange), letting you make system
settings for the MV-8800.
INSTRUMENTS button
Accesses the INSTRUMENTS screen (Screen Guide; p.
114) (indicator lit orange), where audio data recorded
using the sampler or imported from another source can be
prepared for use as an instrument. These instruments are
managed as “patches” and can be recalled for use at any
time.
AUDIO PHRASES button
Accesses the AUDIO PHRASES (Screen Guide; p. 152)
screen (indicator lit orange). An “audio phrase” is a piece
of audio data with an appreciable length (e.g., a rhythm
pattern of several measures). Here you can manage and
edit audio phrases.
DISK/USB button
Accesses the DISK/USB MENU screen (Screen Guide; p.
188) (indicator lit orange). Here you can perform
maintenance on the internal disk, use the CD player
function, and communicate with your computer via USB.