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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