Intermediate Users: Controlling Pocket Miku Using External Devices; What Is Midi - Yamaha Pocket Miku User Manual

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Intermediate users: Controlling Pocket Miku using external devices

Connecting your device to your PC or other devices using a USB cable

Computer

* Although it is possible to connect the device to smart phones and tablets that are equipped with a type A USB port, the

ability to exchange MIDI data depends on the type of device and the device's OS.

* It is possible to send and receive data through the USB cable even when the power switch is set to the [BATTERY] position.

* It is not possible to exchange digital audio data via the USB connection.

Pocket Miku is able to send and receive data in MIDI format. MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is used

to transmit performance data digitally between electronic instruments and computers. Software standards

are based on the requirements of hardware such as MIDI interfaces and the data format they transmit and

receive. Since Pocket Miku is not equipped with a MIDI port, a USB port is used to transmit and receive MIDI

data.

 Controlling Pocket Miku with the specialized application

Using the specialized Pocket Miku application allows you to produce the sounds of a variety of characters and lyrics that

are not available via the buttons on the main unit. The specialized application is a web application that uses HTML5. This

application is available on our website. It may be used from any PC, smart phone, or tablet with a supporting browser.

What can you do with the specialized application?

• Replace the originally assigned "a, " "i, " "u, " "e" and "o" character sounds with sounds of your choice

• Replace the originally assigned preset lyrics with lyrics of your choice

• Display the next sound that will be produced on your computer's monitor

• S elect character sounds that are not assigned to the buttons on your Pocket Miku in real time, as you command the

pitch with the carbon keyboard

* The button combinations [VIBRATO] + [A, I, U, E or O] are assigned with the same lyrics as the combinations [SHIFT] + [A, I, U,

E, or O]. When adding lyrics using an external application, these button combinations will be used as empty banks to store

the new lyrics.

* Each bank allows you to input up to 64 character sounds.

For a more detailed user guide, please refer to http://otonanokagaku.net/nsx39/

Connect the Micro-B type connector end of

the USB cable (the end you would plug into

a smart phone) into the USB port on the top

edge of the device. Connect the other end,

the A type connector, into your computer.

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