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ESS 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
e-Mail
info@essound.com
Distributed in Australia by The Midi People:
PO Box 270
Jannali NSW 2226
Ph: 02 9542 4105
Web:
www.ausmidi.com
Email:
info4u@ausmidi.com

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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 e-Mail info@essound.com Distributed in Australia by The Midi People: PO Box 270 Jannali NSW 2226 Ph: 02 9542 4105 Web:...

  • 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 (FIG.1/6).................9 SONGS MODE ..................10 CHORDS AND LYRICS VISUALIZATION..........11 PLAY/STOP/CONTINUE ................12 PARAM.

  • 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 characterised 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) Adjustment knob, to modify the values of the various parameters and change the displayed page; 2) Use this button 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 3) Use this button to access options like: song erasing, adjustment of the TV set if connected and transferring files from PC to Compact Flash Card. If this button is pressed while a song is in “play” mode, the screen will display info about the song.

  • Page 6: Power Supply

    (Compact Flash Card). This software can also be used for backup operations. First of all install the supplied software on your PC, then connect your M-Blaster through a standard USB cable A/B (such as the one used for USB printers) to a...

  • Page 7: Switching On

    SWITCHING ON To switch the M-Blaster on, insert the supplied adapter connector into the corresponding socket positioned on the back panel and push the ON button. The display will light up and after a few seconds, you will see the following:...

  • 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:   M ALE: 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;   F EMALE: 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. In order to do that, the transposition will have to be done (and then saved) in the “TRKCHANG”...

  • Page 10: Function Keys (Fig.1/6)

      “ TEXT”: allows accessing 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

    chorus, transposition and tempo of the song being played. Note: The function TRKCHANG is only available when the song is in “PLAY” because the adjustment values of the single parameters vary depending on the starting value that’s preset on each song. To read the preset starting values of each song (normally included in the first measure of the song) it is necessary to put the song in PLAY.

  • Page 12: Play/Stop/Continue

    It may also “lose” the lyric portion that should be visualized while activating the TEXT mode. Don’t worry – the M-Blaster will catch up to itself. For the chords and lyrics to be seen on the display, they have got to be memorised in the MIDI file.

  • Page 13: Param. (Parameters)

    (to restart the song playback from the point where it was paused). You can also push the PLAY button again to restart the song from the beginning. NOTE: The song that is playing is always the one highlighted with the arrow buttons.
  • Page 14 The adjustable parameters are:  TREBLE : high frequencies;   B ASS: low frequencies. 3. “MIC EQ”: This adjusts the equalization of the microphone inputs Mic1 and Mic2. The adjustable parameters are:   H IGH: high frequencies;   M ID F: MID intervention frequency; ...

  • Page 15: Trkchang (Track Change)

    TRKCHANG (TRACK CHANGE) This function allows adjustment to the customized parameters of each song (volumes/effects /transposition/time etc). During playback it is possible to adjust and save customizations for each single song by pressing the TRKCHANG function key (can only be activated while the song is playing) The TRKCHANG page is different depending on the type of file played, MIDI or audio (MP3).
  • Page 16   f irst measure (beat 1.1) set to Volume=100   t enth measure (beat 10.1) set to Volume=110 When the song is in PLAY, the M-Blaster will display (in correspondence to the MIDI channel n°2 volume) the value “100” until the tenth measure. After that we will read “110”.
  • Page 17 Variations can be made on the following parameters:   V OL (Volume)   T RN (Transpose)   P RG (Program change)   B NK (Bank select)   R EV (Reverberation)   C HR (Chorus) ...

  • Page 18: Parameters For Mp3 Files

    “SOLO”: Visualized for all the other parameters. Pushing this function key will play only the channel on which the arrow buttons are positioned in that moment. PARAMETERS FOR MP3 FILES To make adjustments to an audio file (MP3) select the TRKCHANG function. As described above, this function is accessible from the main SONGS page by using the corresponding function key.

  • Page 19: Play List

    PLAY LIST The PLAY LIST is what M-Blaster uses to organize the files in a simple and intuitive manner. You can create a PLAY LIST containing songs to be played sequentially (to help organize repertoire) or to group song by genre using the E- LINK software.

  • Page 20: How To Choose A List Of Songs In Play List Mode

    If you are in PLAY LIST mode and there are no songs PLAY LIST (or if the previous song is finished) M-Blaster is in “Stand-by” (STOP button is lighted – PLAY button is not); in the last line of the display the following function keys are active: ...

  • Page 21: List Visualize The List Of Songs In A Group

    will be selected manually after the previous song is finished). This selection is made using the LOOP/NOLOOP function key. The current selection (LOOP/NO LOOP) is visible on the lower left part of the display. Pushing the corresponding function key will change from LOOP to NOLOOP and vice versa.

  • Page 22: Text And Trkchang

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

  • Page 23: Songs Erase

    The activated function keys are:   I NTRO ON / OFF: Allows the user to activate / deactivate the short musical intro when the unit is turned on.   S ELECT: Allows access to one of the functions previously described (the selected one).

  • Page 24: Usb

    This page should be shown when the M-Blaster is connected to the PC. If you modify the content of the Compact Flash, the “INDEX” is automatically shown when you exit from the USB page. TV SETUP In this section it is possible to adjust the functions related to the device connected through the video connector positioned on the back panel (fig 2/4).

  • Page 25: Operating System

    Please refer to the on-line guide of the supplied data transferring software. PLEASE NOTE CAREFULLY Once the transfer of the SysOp is over, switch the M-blaster off only when the following message appears on display: SWITCH POWER OFF THEN ON AGAIN...

  • Page 26: Technical Data Sheet

    It requests that the M-Blaster is switched off and then on again. After switching on, the operating system will be installed and the version number can be verified on the opening screenshot. TECHNICAL DATA SHEET • ADAPTER:  External off-line power supply adapter desktop switching Off Line ...

  • Page 27: What To Do If

      I mportant: Not every compact flash is compatible with M-blaster.   I f m-blaster stops with the message “init compact Flash” during initialising of the card, switch it off and turn it on again, pushing simultaneously the buttons “param”...

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