Switching O N The Po Wer; Pla Ying The Dem O Songs - Yamaha AN1x Owner's Manual

Conne cting The AN 1 x To
A M I DI Da ta Stora ge
De v ice
Yo u can co nnect the AN 1 x to a MIDI data sto rag e
device, such as the Yamaha MDF2 MIDI Data Filer, in
o rder to " bulk dump" , o r save AN 1 x vo ice, Step
Sequencer and o ther data to flo ppy disks. This lets yo u
build up co mplete libraries o f yo ur favo rite so unds,
sequences and setting s, which yo u can easily lo ad
back into the AN 1 x whenever yo u wish.
MIDI IN
MIDI OUT
AN1x
For information about how to perform Bulk Dump operations, see page 9 4 .
Sw itching O n The Pow e r
O nce all co nnectio ns have been pro perly made, yo u' re
ready to switch o n the po wer and start making music with
yo ur AN 1 x.
1 . Set the AN 1 x 's [VO LUM E] k nob to minimum
position.
2 . Press the [PO W ER] sw itch, loca ted on the rea r
pa nel.
After a brief g reeting messag e which appears in the L CD,
the AN 1 x will po wer up and be ready to g o .
3 . Gra dua lly turn the [VO LUM E] k nob to the
right w hile pla ying the k eyboa rd until you
a chieve a comforta ble listening level.
VOLUME
Pla ying The De m o
Songs
The AN 1 x com es preprogra mm ed w ith
demonstra tion songs w hich provide dyna m ic
ex a mples of just how pow erful the AN 1 x rea lly
is. To select a nd pla y a Demo, perform the
follow ing opera tion:
1 . Press the [PO RTAM EN TO ] a nd [LAYER]
MDF2, etc.
MIDI OUT
MIDI
MDR SEO JOB UTIL
MIDI DATA FILTER
- FILE DATA +
CURSOR REC PAUSE START/STOP
MIDI IN
TEMPO
2 . Press a PRO GRAM CHAN GE sw itch (0 - 9 ) to
3 . W hen the Demo is finished, sim ply press
13
sw itches simulta neously. The w ord " DEM O "
w ill a ppea r in the LCD.
DEMO
PORTAMENTO LAYER
select one of the 1 0 Demo songs. After a
brief mom ent the Demo song w ill begin, a nd
continue pla ying until the end.
PROGRAM CHANGE
VWX YZ
7 8
MNO PQR
4 5
DEF GHI
1 2
ABC
–
0
NO
[-/ N O ] to return to norm a l opera ting sta tus.
The Demo song will continue playing repeatedly until you stop it. You can stop the
Demo song in the middle of play by pressing [ -/ NO] .
OTHERS
9
STU
6
JKL
3
YES/ ENTER