MM6/MM8 Owner’s Manual 9
Accessories.............................................................................. 7
Main Features.......................................................................... 8

Setting Up 10

Power Supply Connections.................................................... 10
Cable clip................................................................................10
Using Headphones.................................................................10
Connecting to a Computer (USB Terminal)............................10
Turning the Power On............................................................ 11
Adjust Volume and Display Contrast......................................11

Panel Controls and Terminals 12

Front Panel.............................................................................12
Rear Panel............................................................................. 13

Quick Guide

Playing the Demo Song 14

Play the Instrument 15

Selecting the Main Voice........................................................15
Combining Voices—Dual........................................................16
Split the Keyboard.................................................................. 17
Selecting a Drum Voice..........................................................19
Using the Arpeggio Function.................................................. 20

Playing Patterns 22

Listen to the Rhythm Pattern..................................................22
Play Along with a Pattern....................................................... 23
Playing Auto-accompaniment Chords.................................... 25

Using Songs 26

Selecting and Listening to a Song..........................................26
Song Fast Forward, Fast Reverse, and Pause...................... 27
Types of Songs...................................................................... 28

Recording Your Own Performance 29

Recording Procedure............................................................. 30
Song Clear—Deleting User Songs.........................................33
Track Clear—Deleting a Specified Track from a User Song.. 34

Backup and Initialization 35

Backup................................................................................... 35
Initialization.............................................................................35

Basic Operation and Displays 36

Basic Operation......................................................................36
The Displays...........................................................................38
MAIN Display Items................................................................39

Reference

Using the Controllers 40

Controllers on the front panel................................................. 40
External Controllers................................................................41

Enhancing the Sound with Reverb, Chorus, and DSP

Effects 42

Selecting a Reverb type......................................................... 42
Selecting a Chorus type......................................................... 43
Applying DSP Effects............................................................. 44

Handy Performance Features 45

Using the Metronome............................................................. 45
Adjusting the Tempo.............................................................. 47
Using the TAP TEMPO Button............................................... 47
Setting the Touch Response.................................................. 47
Select a Master EQ Setting for the Best Sound..................... 48
Controlling Arpeggio Volume with Keyboard Dynamics......... 48
Transpose the Keyboard........................................................ 49
Shifting Keyboard Pitch in Octaves........................................ 50

Pattern Functions 51

Pattern Variations (Sections)..................................................51
Setting the Split Point............................................................. 52
Play a Pattern with Chords but No Rhythm
(Stop Accompaniment)......................................................53
Pattern Volume Adjustment....................................................53
Chord Basics.......................................................................... 54
Specify Chords Over the Entire Keyboard Range..................56

Song Settings 57

Song Volume..........................................................................57
Change the Song Tempo....................................................... 57
Track Mute..............................................................................58

Memorize Your Favorite Panel Settings 59

Saving to the Performance Memory.......................................59
Recalling Settings from the Performance Memory.................60
Erase a Performance Memory................................................61

Voice Editing 62

Select and Edit an Item.......................................................... 62
Edit Display List .....................................................................63

Utility Settings 64

Selecting and Setting Functions.............................................64
Utility Display List .................................................................. 65

Storing/Saving Data 66

Using a USB Storage Device................................................. 67
Formatting a USB storage device...........................................68
Saving Data............................................................................69
Convert a User Song to SMF Format and Save.....................70
Loading User Files and Pattern Files..................................... 71
Deleting Data from a USB Storage Device.............................72
Playing SMF Saved to a USB Storage Device.......................72

Connections 73

The Connectors......................................................................73
Connecting to External Audio Equipment...............................74
Connecting to External MIDI Devices.....................................74
Connecting a USB Storage Device........................................ 75
Connecting to a Personal Computer...................................... 77
Transferring Performance Data to and from a Computer.......78
Initial Setup.............................................................................79

About the Supplied Disk 80

About the Supplied DAW Software.........................................80
Support...................................................................................80

Appendix

Troubleshooting......................................................................82
Messages............................................................................... 83
Voice List................................................................................84
Drum Kit List...........................................................................90
Performance List.................................................................... 96
Pattern List............................................................................. 98
Master EQ List........................................................................99
Effect Type List.....................................................................100
Arpeggio Type List................................................................104
MIDI Implementation Chart...................................................106
MIDI Data Format.................................................................108
Specifications....................................................................... 109
Index.....................................................................................110
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