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General Music WX2 Owner's Manual

General Music WX2 Owner's Manual (226 pages)

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Brand: General Music | Category: Desktop | Size: 2 MB

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
5
Chapter 1 Introduction

13
- Perhaps the Best Advice We Can Give You
  13
- WX2 and WX400 - What's the Difference
  13
- Welcome to All WS Users Who Don't Want to Throw Their WS Songs Disks Away
  13
- We Haven't Forgotten the S-Series Users
  13
- Getting Started
  15
  - Quick Installation
    15
  - Play some ROM Sounds
    16
  - Drum Family
    16
  - Samples
    16
  - Zoom in and See Your Sound in Large Type
    16
  - Select some Real Time Performances
    16
  - Layer Two Sounds (Tracks)
    16
  - Multi-Track Situations
    17
  - Deactivate Tracks (Sounds) with the Toggle
    17
  - Select and Play Internal Styles
    17
  - Sing Along with a Song Using SCORE
    18
  - Load a Song from the Supplied WX Demo Disk
    18
  - Preload
    19
  - Load a Song Stylew from WS Songs Disks
    19
  - How to Record a Song
    20
  - Detailed Start-Up
    21
  - Before Starting
    21
  - The Rear Panel
    21
  - Connecting the Power Cable
    21
  - Power Switch
    22
  - Audio out Left-Right/M Outputs
    22
  - Audio in Left-Right/M Inputs
    22
  - Control Pedals - Connecting the Footpedals
    23
  - Pedalboard
    23
  - MIDI Connections
    23
  - Headphones
    23
  - Powering up
    24
  - Contrast
    25
  - The Keyboard
    25
  - Master Volume Slider
    25
  - Track Ball
    25
  - Before Getting to Grips with Your Unit, Set the Internal Clock and Calendar
    25
  - Procedure
    25
  - Use Only Generalmusic Software
    26
Chapter 2 Interface Basics

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- Navigation and Data Entry
  27
- The Display
  27
- The Cursor Diamond
  28
- The "TOGGLE" - the Central Cursor Diamond Button
  28
- Zoom in - Zoom out
  28
- The Function Buttons (F1
  28
- The PAGE+ and PAGE- Buttons of the Edit Section
  28
- Data Entry
  29
- The Data Entry Wheel
  29
- The Keyboard
  29
- The Ent and Esc Buttons
  29
- Master Volume
  30
- The Edit Modes
  30
- The Sound Banks
  30
- The Sequencer & Users Controls
  31
- The Performance and Style Banks
  31
- The Sequencer Edit Section
  31
- The 4 Operating Modes
  32
- Real Time Performance Mode
  32
- Internal Style Mode
  32
- Programmable Style Mode
  33
- Song and Song Style Mode
  33
- SELECTION - Using the Modes
  35
- To Select a Sound
  35
- Second and Third Banks
  36
- To Select a Real Time Performance
  36
- To Select an Internal Style
  37
- To Select a Programmable Style
  37
- To Select a Song
  38
- Conclusion
  38
Chapter 3 Performances, Tracks & Rom Sounds

39
- The Performances
  39
Chapter 4 The Edit Section

49
Disk and Static Ram

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- General Information
  51
- Precautions to Take When Handling Disks
  51
- How to Load a Floppy Disk into the Disk Drive
  52
- Disk Operating Modes
  53
- How to Toggle between DISK and Sram
  53
- Loading Data into SRAM
  53
- Load Operations
  54
  - LOAD ALL DISK (or All SRAM)
    54
  - Automatic Loading
    55
  - Load All Songs
    55
  - Load All Styles
    55
  - Load All Performances
    55
  - Load All Samples
    56
  - Loading Samples from the S-Series Disks
    56
- Load Bank Mode
  56
  - LOAD a SINGLE BANK of STYLES (Programmable)
    56
  - Load a Single Bank of Real Time Performances
    57
- Load Single Mode
  58
  - Load Single Song
    58
  - Load Single Programmable Style
    58
  - Load Single Performance
    58
  - Load Single Sample
    59
  - Load Single MIDI File
    59
- Preload
  61
- Save Operations
  62
  - Save All Mode
    62
  - SAVE ALL to DISK (or to SRAM)
    62
  - Save All Songs
    62
  - Save All Styles
    63
  - Save All Performances
    63
  - Save All Samples
    63
- Save Bank Mode
  63
  - Save a Single Bank of Programmable Styles
    63
  - Save a Single Bank of Real Time Performances
    64
- Save Single Mode
  64
  - Save Single MIDI File
    64
- Erase Operations
  67
- Utility Operations
  69
Edit Mixer

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- The VOLUME Page
  73
- The PANPOT Page
  74
- The MASTER Page
  74
- The AUDIO in Page
  75
Edit Status

76
Edit Performance

83
- Navigation
  83
- Configuration
  83
- Detune
  86
- Transpose
  86
- After Touch
  87
- Random Pan
  87
- Trackball
  87
- Effects
  88
  - Damper
    88
  - 10. Volume Pedal
    88
  - 11. Pedals
    89
  - 12. Priority
    89
  - 13. Copy
    90
  - 14. Perfname
    90
  - 15. Restore
    91
  - The Effect Types Available
    92
  - How to Edit the Effects
    93
- Effect 1 - Reverb
  94
- Effect 2 - Delay, Modulations
  95
  - The RESTORE, STORE and COMPARE Functions
    98
  - Compare
    98
  - Restore
    98
  - How to Store an Edited Effect
    99
Edit Splits

101
- How to Modify the Keyboard Extension of a Track
  101
- Chord Split
  103
  - Free
    103
  - Lock
    104
  - Transfer a Sound to the Pedalboard
    104
Edit Sounds

105
- General Edit Procedure
  106
- Navigation
  106
- The Display Commands
  106
- The Sound Edit Parameters
  107
- The Edit Menu
  107
- Store the Modified Sound
  108
- Drumkits (and Sound Patch)
  109
- The Drumkit Edit Menu
  109
- The Drumkit Menu
  110
- The Drumkit Commands
  112
- The Commands Common to both Edit Displays
  114
- Effects
  114
- Compare
  114
- Library
  115
- Substitution of the Sound in Edit with Another from the Library
  116
- Store
  118
- Preload and Edit Sound
  120
Edit MIDI

121
Edit Arrange

132
Chapter 5 Styles, Songs & Sequencer

135
- Internal Styles
  135
  - General Information
    135
  - What Is a Style
    135
  - Chord Recognition and the Riff
    136
  - How to Select an Internal Style
    137
  - The Style Commands
    137
  - The Style Tempo
    138
  - The Tempo-Fix, M. Perf. and Sync Functions
    138
  - Chord Split
    139
  - Free and Lock
    139
  - Deactivating the Tracks Engaged by the Sequencer (SEQ)
    140
  - How to Mute a Sequencer Track
    140
  - How to Disengage a Track and Play It in Real Time
    140
  - Save a Modified Internal Style Performance
    141
  - Save to Sram or Disk
    141
  - Restore Internal Style Performance
    141
  - The ARRANGER Options and How the Styles Are Affected
    142
- Programmable Styles
  144
  - Riffs
    144
  - Styles Can be Programmed in Three Ways
    144
  - The Prog. Style Performance
    144
- How to Record a Style (Real Time)
  145
- Programming Styles Using STEP Recording
  154
- Song Styles
  159
  - Real Time Recording
    159
  - Step Recording
    159
  - Copying from an Existing Song Style
    159
- How to Record a Song Style (Real Time)
  160
  - How to See the Chord Track Events
    162
  - Recording a Medley
    162
  - Give Your Song Style a Name
    163
  - Muting or Disengaging Recorded Tracks
    163
  - Song Style Performances
    163
  - How to Create up to 8 Song Style Performances
    163
  - Editing Song Styles
    165
  - Save Your Song Style to Sram or Disk
    165
  - Load Song Styles from WS Songs Disks
    165
- Songs & the Sequencer
  166
  - About the Sequencer
    166
  - The Sequencer Controls
    166
  - The Sequencer Operating Modes
    167
- Songs
  168
  - Something about the Songs and Their Structure
    168
  - Where Are the Songs Stored
    169
  - The Song Performances
    169
  - Exploiting the Real Time Performances
    169
  - Loading Songs from Disk
    170
  - Preload
    170
  - Song Playback Mode
    171
  - Start a Song from any Point
    171
  - Playing Along with a Song in Playback
    172
  - The GET Function
    173
  - Connecting to a Domestic TV or Colour Computer Monitor
    173
- SONG RECORD Mode
  174
  - Songs Can be Recorded in Two Ways
    174
  - Before Entering Record Mode, Prepare Your Performance
    174
- How to Realtime Record a Song
  174
  - Realtime Record Options
    176
  - The Mask Option
    177
- How to Step Record a Song
  177
- The GET Function - Create a Score of Your Recording
  180
- Working with Standard MIDI Files
  182
  - Create Standard MIDI Files
    182
  - Load Standard MIDI Files
    182
  - General MIDI and Standard MIDI Files
    182
Chapter 6 Sequencer Edit Mode

183
- Master Track
  183
  - The Master Track Parameters - First Page
    183
  - For Song Styles Only
    185
  - For Songs Only
    185
  - For Songs and Song Styles
    186
  - Master Track Event Edit
    186
  - How to Edit Master Track Events
    187
  - Create an Event with INSERT
    187
- Delete Events
  188
  - The Master Track MASK Function
    189
- Copy
  190
  - To Effect the Copy, Press ENT
    191
- Move
  192
- Erase
  193
- Insert/Delete
  194
  - Insert
    194
  - Delete
    194
- Transp
  196
- Dynamic
  196
- Quantize
  197
  - Quantize Procedure in Record Mode
    197
- MICROSCOPE (Event Edit)
  198
  - The Microscope Functions
    201
- Name
  202
  - How to Use the Keyboard
    202
- Undo
  203
  - UNDO and FREE MEMORY
    203
- Option
  204
Appendix

205
- Glossary
  205
- Federal Communications Commission
  225

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