Philips Music Module MSX User Manual page 8

The following options are then available:
CONVERTER ECHO TIME START
CONVERTER START ECHO
CONVERTER
CONVERTER is an effect which
changes your voice (or any other sound)
up or down in pitch, in real time, as you
speak into the microphone. There are ten
different effects available, numbered
from 1-10, numbers 1-5 lower the pitch
(the lower the number the lower the
pitch) while numbers 6-10 raise the pitch
(the higher the number the higher the
pitch). To select the required effect point
the pointer to CONVERTER, and scroll
through the options as described in
Section 3 under CONTROLS.
START CONVERTER
To start the pitch converter, once you
have selected the required effect number,
simply move the pointer to START
CONVERTER and CLICK. To hear the
effect, speak or sing into the built-in
microphone (or external microphone if
fitted). When START CONVERTER is
selected the screen will freeze and all
controls will become inoperative. To
stop the pitch converter, press the
[STOP] key
(a reminder appears on screen: [STOP]
while the pitch converter is in operation).
ECHO
With this effect MUSIC MODULE
enables you to create the impression of
being in a large hall or in the mountains.
The echo delay time is variable between
25 milliseconds which is a very short
delay to 1-25 seconds (except 16 K user
RAM computers) which is a very long
delay, in the following steps: 25 ms 50
ms 75 ms 100 ms 125 ms 250 ms (16 K
user RAM computers) 500 ms 750 ms
1.25 s (32 K user RAM + computers).
ECHO TIME
To select the echo delay time move the
pointer to ECHO TIME and scroll
through the options as described in
Section 3 under CONTROLS.
START ECHO
To start the ECHO effect move the
pointer to START ECHO and CLICK.
To hear the effect, speak or sing into the
built-in microphone (or external
microphone if fitted). When START
ECHO is selected the screen will freeze
and all controls will become inoperative.
To stop the ECHO effect, press the
[STOP] key (a reminder appears on
screen: [STOP] while echo is in
operation).
Section 11
EXTERNAL
With the optional external keyboard
connected (see Section 13
CONNECTIONS) MUSIC MODULE
can be played like a sophisticated
synthesizer, with sixty preset sounds,
plus any sample sounds from the
SOUND SAMPLER.
To select the EXTERNAL menu either
press the function key [F8] or use the
pointer and CLICK. The following
options are then displayed:
KEYBOARD
MIDI
MIDI MODE
KEYBOARD
If you have the optional external
keyboard connected, move the pointer to
KEYBOARD and select the option ON
as described in Section 3 under
CONTROLS.
MIDI — (Musical Instrument Digital
Interface)