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To avoid transposing, "lock" the Master Transpose parameter in the
Global (see "General Controls: Lock" on page 222), then write the
Global to memory (see "Write Global - Global Setup dialog box"
on page 237).
Recognized chord
Displays the recognized chord, when you play a chord on the
keyboard. If no chord abbreviation is shown, no chord recogni-
tion mode has been selected by using the CHORD SCANNING
buttons (see page 11).
Page menu icon
Touch the page menu icon to open the menu. See "Page menu"
on page 180 for more information.
Songs area
This is where Song names are shown, together with parameters
depending on the selected type of Song.
Player 1
Player 2
This is how a Song's area appears when a Standard MIDI File or
Karaoke file has been selected:
Song type icon
Song name
Current measure
Meter
And this is how it appears when an MP3 File has been selected:
Song type icon
Song name
Elapsed time
Total time
Ply. 1/2
A different Song may be assigned to each of the two onboard
players (Ply.1 and Ply.2). Each player has its own parameters.
Song type icon
Songs of different types can be assigned to the players. This icon
shows the file type.
Song name
Displays the name of the Song assigned to the corresponding
player.
• If the player is already selected (white background), touch the
Song name to open the Song Select window.
• If the player is not selected (dark background), first select it,
then touch the Song name to open the Song Select window.
When the Song Select window appears, you can select a single
Song or a Jukebox file (see "Song Select window" on page 84).
If you select another Song while a Song is in play within the same
Player, the previous Song stops, and the new Song will be
selected, ready to play.
To select a Song, an alternative is to press the SELECT button
(on the control panel) corresponding to the desired player. Press
SELECT a second time to select a Song by dialing in its ID num-
ber (see "Selecting a Song by its ID number" on page 85).
Tempo
Meter
This parameter only appears when a Standard MIDI File or
Karaoke file has been selected.
Current Song's meter (time signature).
Measure number
This parameter only appears when a Standard MIDI File or
Tempo variation
Karaoke file has been selected.
Current measure number.
Tempo
This parameter only appears when a Standard MIDI File or
Karaoke file has been selected.
Metronome tempo. Select this parameter and use the TEMPO/
VALUE controls to change the tempo. As an alternative, you
don't need to select this parameter; just keep the SHIFT button
pressed and use the DIAL to change the tempo of the selected
player.
Song Play operating mode
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Standard MIDI File, often abbreviated as SMF
(file extension: *.MID or *.KAR). The SMF
(*.MID) is the industry standard song format,
used by Pa2X as its basic Song format when
recording a new Song. A MIDI Karaoke File
(*.KAR) is an extension of the SMF format.
MPEG Layer-3 format, or MP3 (file extension:
*.MP3). This is a compressed audio file, that may
be generated on any personal computer, or on the
Pa2X itself.
Only assignable to Player 1. A Jukebox file (file
extension: *.JBX) can be assigned to Player 1, but
its name is not shown in this area. The JBX icon
appears, together with the name of the currently
selected Song in the Jukebox list.
Note: To create or edit a Jukebox file, go to the Juke-
box Edit page (see page 176).
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