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Kawai Q-80 Owner's Manual (217 pages)

Digital midi sequencer

Brand: Kawai | Category: Music Equipment | Size: 6.27 MB

Warning
2
Table of Contents
3
Getting Started
11
Preface
12
Features
12
32 Tracks and 100 Motifs
12
Storage
12
Care and Maintenance
13
Active Quantization
13
Real Time and Step Time Recording
13
Punch In/Punch out
13
Handling of Floppy Disks
14
Battery Backup
14
MIDI Cables
14
Data Backup before Servicing
14
Shutter
15
Background MIDI Information
17
What's MIDI?
17
The Sequencer
18
What Type of MIDI Data Does the Sequencer Record?
20
Key Information
20
What a Sequencer Can and Cannot Do
21
Program Changes
21
Controller Information
21
The Three Basic Components of a MIDI Studio
22
Tracks Vs Channels
23
MIDI Channels
23
Tracks
24
Summary
25
The Q-80 Environment
26
The Physical Environment
26
Front Panel
26
Select
30
Rear Panel
32
Operational Environment
33
Memory Organization
33
Modes/Menus and Functions
35
Internal
35
Function Table
37
Hook up
38
A/C Connections
38
Surge Control
38
Chart Your Studio's Capability
39
MIDI Conections
39
To Record
39
Playback
40
Audio Connections
42
One Keyboard and the Q-80
42
Multiple Sound Modules and the Q-80
43
Live Set up
44
Test Your Studio Set up
45
MIDI Echo
45
When to Set Echo to Rec
46
When to Setv Echo to off
48
When to Set Echo to Thru
48
Transmit Messages from Your Controller
49
Using the Playback Function/Demo Songs
51
Prepare Your System
51
If You Have a K1 (or K1M) and an R100 or R50 Drum Machine
51
If You Want to Play the Demos through Alternate Sound Modules and Drum Machines
52
Song Select
53
Song Play
54
Change the Tempo
54
Track On/Off
54
Locate
55
Beginning Recording Tutorial
56
Set MIDI Channels
56
Set up the Controller and Sound Module
56
Set the Track Channel
57
Monitor
58
Record on Track 1
58
Overdubbing
60
Conclusion
62
Real Time and Step Recording
63
Real Time Recording
64
Recording Preparations
65
Reading the Real Time Record Display
65
Metronome
65
To Set the Metronome
66
Track Channel
67
To Set the Track Channel
68
Select a Record Track or Tracks
69
Set the Time Sgnature
70
Set the Tempo
71
To Select a Time Signature
71
To Select a Comfortable Recording Tempo
71
Record Preparations Summary
72
To Begin Recording from the Middle of the Piece
72
Bar Edit - Function Group #1
74
Bar Edit Menu
74
Basic Bar Editing Procedure
76
Editing Functions - Group #1
76
Erase
77
To Erase Data from a Track or Motif
77
Delete
78
To Delete Measures from a Track or Motif
78
Delete All Tracks or Motifs
79
To Delete All Track or Motif Data in One Operation
79
Insert
80
Inserting Part of Another Track
80
Example
83
Inserting Empty Bars into a Track
83
Inserting a Motif into a Track
85
Punch In/Out Recording
86
Enter the Punch In/Out Function
87
Reading the Punch In/Out Display
87
Automatic Punch In/Out Recording
88
Preparations
88
Define the Punch In/Out Recording Region
88
Rehearsal Feature
89
Punch in Recording
89
To Use the Rehearsal Feature
89
Manual Punch In/Out Recording
90
To Use Foot Switch Control Punch In/Out Recording
90
Rehearsal
91
Step Record
93
Enter Step Record Mode
93
Reading the Step Record Display
94
Pitch
95
Velocity
97
Velocity Dynamics Chart
98
Clock Pulses
98
Note Length in Clock Cycles
99
Rhythmic Value
100
Gate Time
100
Note Select Switches
100
Step Recording from a Controller
102
Step Recording from the Front Panel of the Q-80
102
Other Step Record Functions
103
Recording Chords
103
Rests
103
Ties
104
Step Back
104
Note Delete
104
Bar Delete
104
Insert Bar Mark
105
Bar Rest
106
Exit Step Record/Playback
106
Step Record Tutorial
107
If You Hear These Problems
110
More Step Record Functions
112
Step Recording Punch In/Out
112
To Punch In/Out in Step Record
113
MIDI Step Function
114
Rests and Ties
114
Velocity and Gate Time Values
115
To Assign Control Numbers to Step Functions
116
Power User Operations
118
Motifs
119
How to Use Motifs
120
Selecting and Playing Motifs
121
Creating Motifs
124
Real Time Record
124
To Record Motifs in Step Record
127
Make Motif
129
Inserting Motifs into Tracks
131
Open Motif
134
Limitations
134
To Perform Open Motif
135
Motif Copy
137
Bar Editing - Function Group #2
139
Song Bar Edit and Motif Bar Edit
139
Basic Procedure
140
MIX
141
To MIX Tracks/Motifs
141
Copy
142
To Copy a Region of Data in a Track/Motif
143
Transpose
144
Move
145
To Move a Track
146
Quantize
147
The Q-80 Offers You Much more Control and Flexibility
148
Tolerances
149
Edit Region
149
To Quantize
150
Note Split
152
Note Shift
153
Velocity Modify
154
Gate Time Modify
155
Event Edit
157
Working in Event Edit Mode
157
Event Search
159
Event Types
161
Note Data
161
Mode
163
Control Commands
163
Function Commands
164
Program Change
165
Pressure
166
Bender
167
System Exclusive
168
Insert It
170
To Insert an Event
170
Event Extract
171
Motifs Inserted in Track Data
171
To Extract MIDI Events from a Track or Motif
172
Added Features
173
Filtering MIDI Messages
173
To Filter MIDI Data
174
Tempo Track
175
To Use the Tempo Track
176
Repeat Track
178
To Use the Repeat Track
178
Memory Protect
179
To Adjust the Memory Protect Function
180
Pedal Assign
181
Song Chain
182
To Use Song Chain
182
Multitrack Recording
184
To Transfer Data from Another Sequencer to the Q-80
184
Jam Session
185
Syncing
187
MIDI Sync
187
The Q-80 as the Master
187
To Set up the Q-80 as the Master
188
The Q-80 as the Slave
190
To Set up the Q-80 as the Slave
190
Tape Sync
191
Recording the Tape Sync Tone
191
Syncing to the Tape Sync Tone
193
Data Management/Disk Operations
195
Data Dump
195
System Exclusive Limitation
195
Select the Data Dump Menu
196
Transmit
199
Storage Capacity
202
Synthesizer
202
Drum Machine
202
Data Save/Load
203
Data Load
204
Data Save
205
Data Delete
207
MIDI Data Format
208
MIDI Implementation Chart
209
Specifications
210
Menu Headings and Their Functions
211
Studio Implementation Chart
214
Program Change Chart
215
Books Available for Kawai Products
216

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