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Electronic Sound Solutions M-Blaster User Manual

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MIDI FILES MP3 PLAYER
User's Manual
Electronic Sound Solutions s.r.l., via Monviso 54, 46042 Castel Goffredo MN, tel. + 39 0376 780360, fax + 39
0376 778225
www.essound.com
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E.S.S Customer Service, strada Cipata 25, 46100 Loc Frassino, Mantova. Tel + 39 0376 274658, fax + 39 0376
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  • Page 1 MIDI FILES MP3 PLAYER User’s Manual Electronic Sound Solutions s.r.l., via Monviso 54, 46042 Castel Goffredo MN, tel. + 39 0376 780360, fax + 39 0376 778225 www.essound.com info@essound.com e-Mail E.S.S Customer Service, strada Cipata 25, 46100 Loc Frassino, Mantova. Tel + 39 0376 274658, fax + 39 0376 373253 assistenza@essound.com...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    INDEX INTRODUCTION..................3 CONNECTION AND COMMANDS............4 POWER SUPPLY ................. 6 AUDIO CONNECTIONS ............... 6 HOW TO START ..................6 SWITCHING ON ................... 7 SONGS ....................8 HOW TO PLAY A SONG ................. 8 EASY TUNE..................8 OPERATIONAL MODE ................9 FUNCTION KEYS ( .1/6)..............

  • Page 3: Introduction

    INTRODUCTION First of all, ESS would like to thank you for your purchase of M-Blaster. M-Blaster is a MIDI, Karaoke and MP3 player characterized by a very intuitive user interface. M-Blaster plays: • Standard MIDI files (.mid format 0 and 1) •...

  • Page 4: Connection And Commands

    CONNECTION AND COMMANDS Frontal panel Fig.1 1) Alpha dial encoder, to modify the values of the various parameters and change the displayed page; 2) Key to use to go back to the page previously displayed; 3) Key to access the global adjustments on the player, like: global equalization, effects adjustment on the inputs Mic1/Mic2,global transposition on MIDI songs;...
  • Page 5 4) Key to access options like: song erasing, adjustment of the TV set if connected, page for the files transfer from the PC and the format of Compact Flash. If the key is pressed while a song is in “play” mode, the screen will display info about the song.

  • Page 6: Power Supply

    AUDIO CONNECTIONS Connect the M-Blaster Audio Outputs (fig 2/4) to your audio equipment (mixer line input or directly to the line inputs of an audio equipment, inputs AUX or TAPE of your home Hi-Fi or else).

  • Page 7: Switching On

    As for the utilization, please refer to the on-line guide included with the software. SWITCHING ON To switch the M-Blaster on, it is sufficient to insert the supplied adapter connector in the corresponding socket positioned on the back panel and push the ON button.

  • Page 8: Songs

    Thanks to this exclusive function it is possible to instantly adjust, before or while playing a MIDI song, the tonality key depending on the user needs. The functioning is extremely intuitive: • MALE: if this key is lighted M-Blaster will adjust the MIDI song key for a male voice;...

  • Page 9: Operational Mode

    • NORMAL: if this key is lighted M-Blaster will play the MIDI song in its original key; • FEMALE: if this key is lighted M-Blaster will adjust the MIDI song key for a female voice. Note: the tonal transposition of “EASY TUNE” is not automatically saved.

  • Page 10: Songs Mode

    • “PLAYLIST”: allows to access the PLAYLIST mode described later; • “TEXT”: allows to access the visualization mode of chords and lyrics. When the M-Blaster is in “PLAY” (Green led above the PLAY key is lighted), in the last line of the display the following function keys are active: •...

  • Page 11: Chords And Lyrics Visualization

    • “TEXT” (see above); • “TRKCHANG (TRACK CHANGE)”: allows to access the page where to adjust the following parameters: volume, reverberation, chorus, transposition and playing metronomic time of the song being played. Note: the function TRKCHANG is not available when the song is not in “PLAY”...

  • Page 12: Play/Stop/Continue

    NOTES: Lyrics and chords, if present in the midi file, are visualized slightly in advance with respect to the part of the song being played, to give the performer the time to change the sentence/chord. The time of advance depends from the setup of the midi file. It is possible to enter the TEXT mode even after having the song in PLAY.

  • Page 13: Param. (Parameters)

    If during the song playback the STOP button is pushed, the song is interrupted. At this point it is possible to use the function key CONTINUE (to restart the song playback from the point where it was halted) or push the PLAY button again to restart the song from the beginning.
  • Page 14 • EASY TUNE: visualizes the value of the transposition applied to the song being played. 2. “OUT EQ” : to adjust the output global equalization. The adjustable parameters are:  TREBLE : high frequencies;  BASS : low frequencies. 3. “MIC EQ” : to adjust the equalization of the microphone inputs Mic 1 and Mic 2.

  • Page 15: Trkchang (Track Change)

    Mono/Stereo/Triple; • DELAY LEVEL : quantity of delay effect; • REVERB SEND : quantity of reverberation; • CHORUS SEND : quantity of chorus effect. “EXIT” to leave the page “PARAM.” TRKCHANG (TRACK CHANGE) How to adjust customized parameters of each song (volumes/effects /transposition /time etc).
  • Page 16  first measure (beat 1.1) set to Volume=100  tenth measure (beat 10.1) set to Volume=110 When the song is in PLAY, on the M-Blaster display (in correspondence to the MIDI channel n°2 volume) we will read the value “100” until the tenth measure, after that we will read “110”.
  • Page 17 Playing the song again the display (in correspondence to the MIDI channel n°2 volume) will read the value “080” until the tenth measure and “90” after that. This means that with the TRKCHANG function it is possible to set variations that will add up (or subtract) the preset parameter values of the songs.

  • Page 18: Parameters For Mp3 Files

    The upper bar reports the name of the instrument assigned to the MIDI channel where the slider key is positioned and the value of the parameter in use, visualized as a variation (-/+) set by the user for that channel. NOTE: on channel 10 the transpose is only possible in “CHANNEL”...

  • Page 19: Play List

    PLAY LIST The PLAY LIST is what M-Blaster uses to organize the files in a simple and intuitive manner. It is possible to create PLAY LIST containing songs to be played sequentially (to help organize own repertoire) or to group song by genre thanks to the software E-LINK.
  • Page 20 • TEXT: similar to the SONGS mode. When the M-Blaster is in “PLAY” (green led above the PLAY button lighted) in the last line of the display further function keys, compared to what previously described, are active: •...

  • Page 21: How To Choose A List Of Songs In Play List Mode

    Once accessed the PLAY LIST mode, it is possible to see on the display the group of songs created by the user (they can be setup only through the management software supplied with M-Blaster) To choose a PLAY LIST is enough to underline the one chosen with the slider key.

  • Page 22: List Visualize The List Of Songs In A Group

    MENU/INFO The menu MENU/INFO contains various and important management utilities for the M-Blaster. To access the page MENU it is necessary to push the MENU/INFO button when the M-Blaster is in “Stand-by”, (not playing – led on PLAY button is off). It is otherwise impossible to access...

  • Page 23: Songs Erase

    The functions contained in the MENU section are:  SONGS ERASE: to erase a song from the Data Storage Unit (Compact Flash);  USB: to access a page where to transfer, thanks to the supplied software, MIDI files and/or MP3 to the Data Storage Unit (Compact Flash);...

  • Page 24: Usb

    On the display it will appear the list of all the songs present in the Flash Card (divided in pages and accessible through the CURSOR button (fig. 1/9) and the alpha dial switch (fig. 1/1) The function keys activated are: •...

  • Page 25: Clear All Data

    TV screen. If positioned on ENABLED at the end of the song, on the external screen it will be possible to visualize the song titles, just like in the M-Blaster display (6 songs). IF switched to DISABLED the list will not be visualized.

  • Page 26: Operating System

    The Operating System is preloaded by ESS and automatically loaded by the device when switched on. Just like in the Computer it is possible to update the M-Blaster Operating System to add new functions and/or to better the already existing ones.

  • Page 27: Technical Data Sheet

    MIDI OUT port (din 5p. standard) • BACKLIT GRAPHIC DISPLAY: 192 x 64 dot size 0,4x0,4 mm / dot pitch 0,45x0,45 mm • DIMENSIONS 250 x 170 x 60 mm • WEIGHT M-Blaster 0,5 Kg Power supply adapter + Cable 0.45 Kg...

  • Page 28: What To Do If

    YOUR PC WITH FILE SYSTEM “FAT” IN SLOW MODE.  PLEASE PAY ATTENTION: NOT EVERY COMPACT FLASH ARE COMPATIBLE WITH M-BLASTER.  IF M-BLASTER STOPS WITH THE MESSAGE “INIT COMPACT FLASH” DURING INITIALISING OF THE CARD, PLEASE SWITCH OFF M-BLASTER AND TURN ON IT AGAIN, PUSHING SIMULTANEOUSLY THE BUTTONS “PARAM”...

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