Midi - Musical Instrument Digital Interface - Sony Ericsson Z600 White Paper

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Game controls
Use the navigation key to move up, down, left or
right and to select an item, or use the keys as fol-
lows:
Select the
options that
might appear in
the display
immediately
above these
keys.
Press once to
go back one
level in the
menus. Press
and hold to
return to stand-
by. Exit the
game.

MIDI - Musical Instrument Digital Interface

The Z600 contains an advanced MIDI composer
that allows the user to compose melodies and ring
signals in polyphonic sound. A MIDI signal or file
does not contain any music. It contains binary data
(information) of how a melody is played and when
this data reaches a synthesizer, the synthesizer will
translate the binary data to music, when connected
to an amplifier with speakers so that the sound
becomes audible.
The development from the iMelody format to the
MIDI format means a revolution to the sound qual-
ity. The MIDI files are small, and perfect for mobile
devices, which have limited storage capacity.
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Other useful key functions:
• Press
• Press
• Press
Note: The above text and control panel does not
apply to Java games.
Delete num-
bers, letters or
an item from a
list.
MIDI is a specification for a communications proto-
col principally used to control electronic musical
instruments. MIDI is today a well known standard
used by musicians, composers and arrangers.
Composing
You can compose and edit melodies to use as ring
signals. A melody consists of four tracks - Drums,
Basses, Chords and Accents. A track contains a
number of music blocks. The blocks consist of pre-
arranged sounds with different characteristics. The
blocks are grouped into Intro, Verse, Chorus, and
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select or fire
down
to start a new game.
START
to finish a game.
EXIT
to delete, view game info, or view
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memory status.
Z600
White Paper
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September 2003