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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
E.S.S Swiss Distributor: HUSSER-MEDIA - 3 rue Henry-Spiess - CH-1208 GENEVA - SWITZERLAND -
Tel: 0041 (0) 79.429.80.31
www.media-market.net
e-Mail: info@media-market.net
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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 E.S.S Swiss Distributor: HUSSER-MEDIA - 3 rue Henry-Spiess - CH-1208 GENEVA - SWITZERLAND - Tel: 0041 (0) 79.429.80.31 www.media-market.net e-Mail: info@media-market.net...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
INDEX INTRODUCTION..................3 CONNECTION AND COMMANDS............4 POWER SUPPLY .................. 6 AUDIO CONNECTIONS ................ 6 HOW TO START ..................7 SWITCHING ON ..................7 SONGS ....................8 HOW TO PLAY A SONG ............... 8 EASY TUNE................... 9 OPERATIONAL MODE ................9 FUNCTION KEYS ( .1/6).............. -
Page 3: Introduction
INTRODUCTION First of all, ESS would like to thank you for your purchase of M-Blaster2. M-Blaster2 is a MIDI, Karaoke and MP3 player characterized by a very intuitive user interface. M-Blaster2 plays: • Standard MIDI files (.mid format 0 and 1) •... -
Page 4: Connection And Commands
CONNECTION AND COMMANDS Frontal panel 1) Alpha dial encoder, to modify the values of the various parameters and change the displayed page; 2) Key to use to go back to the page previously displayed;... - Page 5 3) Key to access the global adjustments on the player, like: global equalization, effects adjustment on the inputs Mic1/Mic2,global transposition on MIDI songs; 4) Key to access options like: song erasing, adjustment of the TV set if connected, page for the files transfer from the PC and the creation of groups and Index.
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Page 6: Power Supply
AUDIO CONNECTIONS Connect the M-Blaster2 Audio Outputs (fig 2/4) to your audio equipment (mixer line input or directly to the line inputs of an audio equipment, inputs AUX or TAPE of your home Hi-Fi or else). -
Page 7: How To Start
As for the utilization, please refer to the on-line guide included with the software. SWITCHING ON To switch the M-Blaster2 on, it is sufficient to insert the supplied adapter connector in the corresponding socket positioned on the back panel and push the ON button. -
Page 8: Songs
FAT 32). Insert the Compact Flash in its proper housing (fig1/7) without forcing its introduction. M-Blaster2 will then display the page Songs. It is possible to adjust the display contrast pressing the MENU key (fig 1/4) and rotating the alpha dial knob (fig. 1/1). -
Page 9: Easy Tune
MIDI song, the tonality key depending on the user needs. The functioning is extremely intuitive: • MALE: if this key is lighted M-Blaster2 will adjust the MIDI song key for a male voice; • NORMAL: if this key is lighted M-Blaster2 will play the MIDI song in its original key;... -
Page 10: Function Keys (Fig.1/6)
Authorised function keys: If in SONGS mode and with no song in PLAY (or if the previous song is finished), M-Blaster2 is in “stand-by” (the STOP button is lighted while the PLAY button is off); In the last line of the display the following function keys are active: •... -
Page 11: Chords And Lyrics Visualization
• “TEXT”: allows to access the visualization mode of chords and lyrics. When the M-Blaster2 is in “PLAY” (Green led above the PLAY key is lighted) in the last line of the display the following function keys are active: • “TRCK ON” / “TRCK.OFF” (see above);... -
Page 12: Play/Stop/Continue
To leave the TEXT mode push the EXIT button. NOTES: Lyrics and chords, if present in the midi file, are visualized slightly in advance with respect to the part of the song being played, to give the performer the time to change the sentence/chord. The time of advance depends from the setup of the midi file. -
Page 13: Param. (Parameters)
Pushing the button MENU/INFO during the song playback the display will show: • the full title of the song in playback; • for the MIDI files, the time signature (4/4, 3/4 etc); • for the MIDI files the current position, indicated in measures and in quarter of measures, for the Mp3 files it will be visualized the time gone from the start of the playback;... - Page 14 • MIDI REVERB: to adjust the global quantity of the reverberation effect on the MIDI songs; this parameter is saved. • MIDI VOLUME: to adjust the quantity of volume only for the midi files. You should put this parameter on level 0, if you want to use MBlaster2 with an external expander, maintaining the audio functionalities (microphone, MP3).
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Page 15: Trkchang (Track Change)
A practical example to understand the regulation of the semi-parametric filter: enhance the “MID” parameter, then, speaking in the corresponding microphone move as you please the parameter “MID F”. It will be then possible to hear the different frequencies to enhance (or ease up) using the “MID”. - Page 16 As explained above, the function is accessible from the main page SONGS through the function key TRKCHANG and visualized only after that the song has started. Once TRKCHANG is activated, the function keys have assigned the following functions: • RESTORE: “zeroes” all the variations done to the parameters by the user and restores the presets originally memorized in each song;...
- Page 17 When the song is in PLAY, on the M-Blaster2 display (in correspondence to the MIDI channel n°2 volume) we will read the value “100” until the tenth measure, after that we will read “110”. Let’s imagine we set via the knob PAGE/VALUE a variation on the channel 2 volume equal to “-020”...
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Page 18: Parameters For Mp3 Files
Moving the slider key to the upper part (in that case the status bar will report the word “CHANNEL” followed by the name of the variation in use and by the word TRKCHANG) it will be possible to adjust singularly, only for the MIDI channel on which the slider key is positioned, the parameter in use. -
Page 19: Play List
PLAY LIST The PLAY LIST is what M-Blaster2 uses to organize the files in a simple and intuitive manner. It is possible to create PLAY LIST containing songs to be played sequentially (to help organize own repertoire) or to group... - Page 20 • LIST: to visualize the list of songs that are part of the group and to choose from which one to start among them. When the M-Blaster2 is in “PLAY” (green led above the PLAY button lighted) in the last line of the display further function keys, compared to what previously described, are active: •...
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Page 21: How To Choose A List Of Songs In Play List
HOW TO CHOOSE A LIST OF SONGS IN PLAY LIST The display visualize the group of songs which is created by the player with the management software E-LINK or created directly by M-Blaster2 2 (functions in MENU’). Once accessed the PLAY LIST mode, it is... -
Page 22: List Visualize The List Of Songs In A Group
• the metronomic time. Similarly to the SONGS mode, when a song from the PLAY LIST is in playback, the function keys TEXT and TRKCHANG are active; once the playback is halted with the STOP button, TRKCHANG switches to CONTINUE. LIST Visualize the list of songs in a group To see the song in the PLAY LIST, it is enough to push the function key LIST. -
Page 23: Menu/Info
MENU/INFO The menu MENU/INFO contains various and important management utilities for the M-Blaster2. To access the page MENU it is necessary to push the MENU/INFO button when the M-Blaster2 is in “Stand-by”, (not playing – led on PLAY button is off). It is otherwise impossible to access the MENU page. -
Page 24: Usb
TV screen. If positioned on ENABLED at the end of the song, on the external screen it will be possible to visualize the song titles, just like in the M-Blaster2 display (6 songs). IF switched to DISABLED the list will not be visualized. -
Page 25: C.f. Utility
• CURSOR COLOR:it allow the adjustment of the underlined color; • VIDEO/CAMERA IN: if the optional Video camera is connected this parameter will allow the background visualization of the sent signal. C.F. UTILITY To enter MENU C.F. UTILITY, the steps are: 1. -
Page 26: Clear All Data
The deleted song continue remaining in the list. When you exit from function ERASE, INDEX is recreated. PAY ATTENTION: Don’t turn off M-Blaster2, before exiting the page. CLEAR ALL DATA This function allows to cancel by fast way the Compact Flash. -
Page 27: Make A Playlist
MAKE A PLAYLIST This function allows you to cancel, modify or create a PLAYLIST. By choosing this function, you visualize the playlist in the Compact Flash Card. The function keys activated are: • ERASE: to cancel the play list, without modifying the songs present in the card;... -
Page 28: Operating System
The update procedure is very easy. Please refer to the On-Line guide of the supplied data transferring software. PLEASE NOTE CAREFULLY Once the transfer of the SysOp is over, please switch the M-Blaster2 off only when the following message appears on display: SWITCH POWER OFF THEN ON AGAIN It requests that the M-Blaster2 is switched off and then on again. -
Page 29: Technical Data Sheet
MIDI OUT port (din 5p. standard) • BACKLIT GRAPHIC DISPLAY: 192 x 64 dot size 0,4x0,4 mm / dot pitch 0,45x0,45 mm • DIMENSIONS 250 x 170 x 60 mm • WEIGHT M-Blaster2 0,5 Kg Power supply adapter + Cable 0.45 Kg... -
Page 30: What To Do If
YOUR PC WITH FILE SYSTEM “FAT”, IN SLOW MODE. PLEASE PAY ATTENTION: NOT EVERY COMPACT FLASH CARDS ARE COMPATIBLE WITH M-BLASTER2. IF M-BLASTER2 STOPS WITH THE MESSAGE “INIT COMPACT FLASH” DURING INITIALISING OF THE CARD, PLEASE SWITCH OFF M-BLASTER2 AND TURN IT ON AGAIN, PRESSING SIMULTANEOUSLY THE BUTTONS “PARAM”...
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