_USE OF USB PEN DRIVES OR EXTERNAL HARD DISKS _MARKER _BROWSING THE CONTENT OF A USB PEN DRIVE. _DJ AREA _MANAGING THE ARCHIVE OF BACKING TRACKS INSIDE MERISH5, _EFX BUTTON “COPY PASTE” FUNCTION _SEARCH A SONG, PLAY IT AND MOVE TO THE NEXT SONG...
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If you love having archives of high level Backing Tracks oped by M-Live in over three years of research. Xynthia of any genre at your fingertips, Merish5 is the ideal in- supports easy and extremely quick management of strument. As a matter of fact, Xynthia OS is able to con-...
3 GigaByte of space, it is recom- mended to use the Ethernet cable connection, in order Merish5 has a 128 Gb solid state mass storage, and to avoid long download times. The database automat- reads USB pen drives. What is more, an external Hard ically updates the indexes.
3. When you have found the song, press Play The search engine of Merish5 looks for a title, author Merish5 is able to manage files like a normal PC, i.e. or genre without distinctions, if it is in the Database you can move any file (by copying or dragging) to a information of the archived files.
Search function, with only the filename or Song title as reference. Merish5 is able to write any Meta Event in the Files. From the Song Info window: to access, touch the MIDI or MP3 icon on the left side column of the registered to Song Service, and have an account.
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• Select YES • At this stage the files start being imported from Merish 4 to Merish5 These files can be used on Merish5 as if they were in the • Wait for the importing to end archive, therefore you can: 1.
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RECURRING ICONS • VIRTUAL SLIDER: When a list is displayed (for example the list of files With the virtual slider it is possible to edit or songs contained in a folder) it is possible to scroll a value by dragging your ginger across the through the list simply by sliding your finger on the touchscreen.
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For instance, if you wish to transfer an entire directory from the PC to Merish5, select it and click on the right arrow at the top. File copying into the Merish5 begins.
The panel with the control buttons The potentiometers and sliders controlling the Digital Mixer All the screens displayed will be examined in detail when dealing the Merish5 Software, for the time being let’s look at the panel buttons: • 1. SEARCH: •...
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See chapter 1. Use the MUTE light buttons to MUTE (single click) or set to SOLO (double click) the relevant tracks. 15. M.KEYB: Merish5 expander interface screen with external instru- RECORDING – REC BUTTON ments. 16. REC: controls recording.
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Folder. Press “Open Folder” to access the recorded files, which are Mp3 files. With Merish5 you can record one or more available audio The function keys are on the right: sources: the Backing Track jointly with the Mic 1 and Mic MIC PRESET: enters the session intended for Micro- 2 and the two auxiliary Audio inputs.
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MIC-AUDIO section under EQ & COMPR. HARMONIZER Merish5 includes a 4-voice Harmonizer that may be used in various manners and with various types of Harmonisa- tion Effects. The voice going through the Mic 1 input is processed by the harmoniser.
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1 and 2 inputs, and finally with a 10 This MODE creates automatic harmonization from your band Equaliser that acts on the whole of the Merish5 voice, which will be the chord tone. Merish creates a audio output.
The WEB button accesses control and management of the Internet connection, and lets you launch the Apps that M-Live is developing and will release for Merish5. The first App to be released in early 2019 is called Grinta Live and lets you interact with the Audience of a musical evening.
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ON OFF Switching on and off AUX MON Audio output towards a Monitor speaker in ste- Power 12 V DC Power socket (use the standard M-Live reo, or two speakers in mono. A TV set may be connected power adapter provided only).
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THE DIGITAL MIXER Merish5 includes a real multi-effect Digital Mixer that EQ: the potentiometers regulate the equaliser in the actually simplifies the performance and offers the op- three main Bands “High” – “Mid” – “Low”. You need to tion of achieving the utmost Audio quality with the min- enter MIC AUDIO for the settings of parametric equali- imum effort in terms of using external peripherals.
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Merish5 can also be used as expander with a USB type EDIT button Master Keyboard. The MIDI IN – MIDI OUT – USB connec- tions are on the left side of Merish 5. To play Merish5 “SPECIAL SOUND” FUNCTION from an external instrument, you need to connect the Midi Out output of the Master Keyboard (or other Midi pe- ripheral) to the Midi in input of Merish5.
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“ENTER” when you have select the General Midi mode and choose the favour- reached the note identified as margin. ite sounds from Merish5 or with Program Changes from 3.Repeat the operation for the left margin as well if re- Master Keyboard.
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You can use Merish5 as an expander sound Midi Accordion. Firs of all, you need to connect the Ac- cordion Midi Out to the Midi In of Merish5. Merish5 makes it possible to apply 4 different sounds to the 3 different Accordion sections (Keyboard, Bass and Chords), and to an additional section overlapping the keyboard.
MAIN SCREEN GENERAL DESCRIPTION The main screen of MERISH5, which is displayed when the machine is switched on, is the heart of the operating system. From here you can perform all the main operations to play, sing, mix, search for songs, record, edit the files and many other possible options.
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THE “FIND NEWS” BUTTON is used to go directly to the Songservice website and the list of latest releases. With Merish5 it is possible to download the backing tracks directly from www.song- The “Marker” and “Tempo and Key” icons are interac- service.it by using two purchasing methods: individual...
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“Melody ch.” box. PLEASE NOTE: “Melody ch” is the track where the singing guide in the MIDI file is programmed. With Merish5 it is possible to disable or decrease the intensity of this track by clicking the physical button “MELODY”...
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“X-FADE” mixing mode. By track being played and the BRIDGE takes place with default Merish5 is set on “AUTO FADE” which we believe a fade effect. The same happens when you go from adapts to a wide range of applications.
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“Songs” button Merish5 has an archive on physical memory that is able to manage a very high number of Music Files, in a variety of Midi and Audio, Video formats. You can upload tens and tens of thousands of Backing Tracks and Audio / Video Files, and this huge archive can be explored extremely easily and quickly thanks to a Database structure specifically designed for music archives.
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This button is active when in “ARCHIVE”. Just move to the folder or backing track you wish to With Merish5 it is possible to edit or add, if not present, export and press “EXPORT”. information on title, artist, genre and file name.
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Merish5. To move files from or to an external peripheral such as USB or external With Merish5 it is possible to look for a backing Hard Disk, use the “IMPORT” and “EXPORT” but- track by manually browsing in the internal and tons as explained in the chapter on: “Get start-...
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FOLDER: “SEARCH IN FUNCTION” With Merish5 it is possible to create Playlists, edit and play them even in automatic sequence. With Merish5 it is possible to run a search in an When you touch the virtual “PLAYLIST” icon you en- individual folder.
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PLEASE NOTE: The backing tracks of the Playlist must be stored in the internal memory of Merish5, not in the USB pen drive. If you remove a backing track from the internal memory and it is included in a Playlist, it is highlighted in red in the Playlist and it cannot be played.
There are also graphic themes that can be brought up when you wish. With Merish5 it is therefore possible to customise and adapt the Karaoke graphics to your repertoire and performance needs. All the operations can be performed with the 5 virtual buttons found in this work environ- ment.
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Display. All the graphic edits you make are saved automatically by Merish5 and are valid for all the backing tracks that are going to be played. If you wish to save a given graphic setting on a backing track, you need to: •...
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An image can be set as background for the external Dis- play in this page. You can chose from among the images supplied on Merish5 or add new ones. To use a back- ground image already supplied just point it with your “On”(Active)
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“CHORDS” button Merish5 displays the chords on the backing tracks (MIDI file and MP3) both on the internal Display and on the external Display TV - Screen. The chords must be contained in the music file in order to be displayed.
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“EDIT” button Merish5 is able to make advanced edits on the backing tracks. Specifically, the MIDI Files and Audio MP3s can be widely customised and adapted to your musical taste and performance. The edits are performed in the “EDIT” work environment and specifically, it is possible to edit the sounds of the MIDI files, insert and edit the Markers in the Midi Files and insert, edit and synchronise the lyrics and chords in the MIDI files and in the Audio Mp3s.
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The selected track is displayed at the top, and the yel- To access sound management click the “+” box found in low part indicates the areas where the notes are played every track. in the track. All the tracks included in the MIDI file are displayed by scrolling on the touchscreen.
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Setup: selects the Patch to be applied to Inserting the lyrics in a music file (MIDI FILE or MP3): the Master Keyboard. So as to have a specific Patch for 1.Select and load on Merish5 the Midi or Mp3 music file each Backing Track. with no lyrics Once the changes have been made, you can save them 2.Insert the USB pen drive with the lyrics in .txt format...
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These icons are active when the song is paused or is doesn’t have them: loaded and ready for playing. 1. Select and load on Merish5 the Midi or Mp3 music file To insert a new Marker, play the Midi file and click the with no chords.
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A virtual slider adjusts (Brightness) of the Merish5 • Software Language. Display. • Chord Language: Italian (Do;Re;Mi..); International (A;B; Merish5 is fitted with a cooling fan that has three C...) operating modes: • Keyboard Layout: Italian; English; German “ON” always on With the dropdown menus of the “Footswitch”...
Keyboard, Midi Accordions and PC with Windows or MAC Spot mode. 3. Android type mobile phone connected via USB in Teth- To use Merish5 as Expander for PC select the MIDI mode ering mode. To set the mobile up in Tethering mode, refer in “Expander”.
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This means that if the two Backing Tracks have BPM that differ by 5% Merish5 adjusts the BPM of the next song so it has the same BPM as the one fading out. In the “Time Short” box you choose after how much time a backing track should stop playing.
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USE OF THE EXTERNAL USB KEYBOARD Merish5 can be used with a standard USB connected PC keyboard. After connecting, the keyboard is able to control many functions of Merish5 and the follow- ing picture shows a map of these controls.
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Fm Hard Piano (Lite) PIANOS ORGANS “The tables shown in the User Manual may have minor differences with respect to the actual content of Merish5. LIST OF SOUNDS The more up-to-date tables are in the website www.m-live.com in the specific Merish5 page”...
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Synbass 201 GUITARS BASS “The tables shown in the User Manual may have minor differences with respect to the actual content of Merish5. LIST OF SOUNDS The more up-to-date tables are in the website www.m-live.com in the specific Merish5 page”...
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SYNTH LEAD Trumpet 1 BRASS “The tables shown in the User Manual may have minor differences with respect to the actual content of Merish5. LIST OF SOUNDS The more up-to-date tables are in the website www.m-live.com in the specific Merish5 page”...
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Thunder EFX & NOISES “The tables shown in the User Manual may have minor differences with respect to the actual content of Merish5. LIST OF SOUNDS The more up-to-date tables are in the website www.m-live.com in the specific Merish5 page”...
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SFX SET CM-64/32 SET “The tables shown in the User Manual may have minor differences with respect to the actual content of Merish5. LIST OF SOUNDS - LIST OF DRUM KITS The more up-to-date tables are in the website www.m-live.com in the specific Merish5 page”...
Ac.Bass & Pianoforte Ac.Bass & Jazz Solo “The tables shown in the User Manual may have minor differences with respect to the actual content of Merish5. PATCH LIST The more up-to-date tables are in the website www.m-live.com in the specific Merish5 page”...
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Operating System developed by M-Live with support by: POR-FESR 2014-2020 AXIS 1 Research and Innovation Action 1.1.1 Support to research projects of companies entailing work by researchers (PhDs and postgraduates with technical-scientific profiles) at said companies Action 1.1. 4 Support to R&D collaboration activities...
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