Miditemp MP 11 Owner's Manual

User Manual

Version 1.0 | Date 11.05.2012 MP 11 Firmware-Version 1.64d

Important safety instructions

Read the instruction manual thoroughly. It provides you with all the information you need to use this device properly.

The warranty becomes void in case of unauthorized access, use or interference. Use the device in compliance with the operating instructions. Use only accessories specied by the manufacturer.

CAUTION!

Risk of electric shock!

Do not open the device. There are no parts inside the device that you can use for other purposes. Only qualied experts may attempt repair work on the device.

Power connection

Before connecting MP11 to the power grid, please make sure the voltage is suitable for the device. MP11 gets its voltage from an external wide range power supply that can be used worldwide.

• Use only the original power supply unit

• Do not use defective adapters or damaged power cables

Moisture

In order to avoid any risk of re or electric shock the device must not be exposed to rain or moisture. Spray or splashing water, or dripping liquids must not get inside the unit. Do not place any objects containing liquids, e.g. beverages or vases, on the device. If the device is taken from a cold location to someplace warm, condensation may settle inside the device. Do not turn on the device before it has adapted to and reached room temperature.

CAUTION!

Risk of exposure to high volume

Headphones can produce volumes so high that can be hazardous to your health. Make sure the volume is not set too high before you put on your headphones!

Assembly

Make sure you set up the device on a solid and rm surface. Cleaning / maintenance Do not use abrasive cleaners. A microber cloth would be most suitable, which you can slightly moisten if necessary. Advice on packaging Please safekeep the device‘s packaging. This will keep the unit safe for transportation, e.g. if repair work becomes necessary.

Bound by TRADITION

Back in the 90s, MIDITEMP equipment was indeed ahead of its time. Even before everyone could aord laptop computers, ambitious musicians and keyboarders were able to manage their MIDI setup with ease and access MIDI les through their Multiplayer (MP44, MP88, MP88W) - later, even audio les using integrated hard disks. But times are changing; technology has evolved rapidly - and computers, sequencers and hard-disk drives have become the norm. The time had come to redene the history of MultiPlayer.

The MIDITEMP MP 11 Multi Performer is a MIDI-player and audio le player with integrated voice harmonizer. This puts your entire band within your reach at all times. Be it the drums, bass, guitars, keyboards, wind instruments or even a whole orchestra – thanks to MIDI-le and MP3 playback.

Plug in your keyboard and microphone and you can get started. Mix every instrument live and exactly to your liking using the six faders. Give your vocals the eects you want; the lyrics appear directly on the display or on an external monitor.

Create and organize your playlists and markers right on the device. An intelligent algorithm recognizes musical phrases, and automatically creates seamless song segues.

The control concept of MP 11 has been specially designed for live performances. You can control every important function in real-time using illuminated buttons, turning knobs and sliders. It is also very easy to access the additional functions and submenus: just press the button that you want and hold it down for 2 seconds; this launches the user menu. You can navigate using the main Master Volume knob, the Up-Down buttons and the Enter button. In the operating instructions this additional function is displayed as:

We hope you have a lot of fun using your MP 11 by MIDITEMP - and above all: a whole lot of applause.

Safety instructions 2

Introduction 3

Table of Contents 4-5

Quick Reference 6 Upper control panel 7 Display 8 Lower control panel 9 Central control panel

Quickstart 10 Power up 11 Songs-Selection (Titel, Artist, Genre) Using the ESC-Button

Selecting and Playing Songs 18 - 19 Browsing for a song alphabetically

Preparing the next Song 20 Selecting the song 21 Switching the display between current and next song

GoTo 22 Skipping or crossfading from the current song to the next 23 Adjusting SPEED and KEY SPEED | BPM | WIZARD 24 Quick skip to the next song Marker 25 Toggling between markers of the current song 26 Skipping to a marker of the next song 27 Changing the bar without markers | LOOP-Function

Playlist 28 Creating and naming a playlist 29 Selecting a playlist or changing to a dierent playlist Adding songs to a playlist 30 AutoPlay function Exiting the playlist mode 31 Managing playlists 32 Managing playlist songs 33 SHORT - Function in Playlists 34 - 35 Wizard and AutoBPM functions in playlists

Harmonizer 40 Harmonizer and Melody-Tracker mode Melody-Track-Modus 41 Mode | Efx | Octave | Dry/Wet

Storage media 50 Technical details Formats and compatibility 51 Connections 52 Technical specications 53

Solo vocals 54 Connection Examples Vocals with guitar, mixer and foot-switch 54 Vocals with monitor or TV screen 55 PC + USB master-keyboard (MP 11 as expander) 55 Small band with master-keyboard and click for the drummer 56

Frequently asked questions 57 FAQ

Introduction / Installation 58 MP11 Utility-Software Menu bar 59 Handling 60 - 61

Sound tables 62 - 64 Sound Charts Drum Kits 65 Performances 66 Sound FX / Presets / Bridge Music 67

68 - 73 MIDI Implementation

CE / RoHS / WEEE / Trademark / Copyright 74 Legal

Items delivered: MIDITEMP MP 11

External power supply unit 1 GB Compact-Flash-Card MP11-Utility-CD Uaser manual Cinch connector AV breakout-cable Scart to Cinch adapter

Quick Reference: Upper control panel

Volume control MIDI Playback

Playlist- and Song-Functions Control for

microphone eects

Volume control MIDI Playback

High denition graphic

display for putting

lyrics and menus on

view

The main menu always has the lyrics of the song that is currently being played (= Current Song) on display. The lyrics are divided in syllables based on the tempo and highlighted in color. Of course, you can have the lyrics displayed only if your songs contain the corresponding text les.

You can also see the following information on display:

• MK = Marker (if a song contains marker positions)

• BPM = Tempo (beats per minute)

• KEY = Tonic note and chord and extra information on the song currently being played or the next song.

Also, if you press certain buttons, their corresponding menus will be put on display, e.g.:

• Artists list

• Song list

• Genre list

• Playlist settings

• Marker settings

• General settings

• etc. You can launch the menus that you need during the playback of a song

Operating status

Title

Laufender Song

Lyrics

Highlighted in color based on the tempo

Nächster Song

Song chords

Highlighted in color based on the tempo

Bpm: Tempo (and manual editing)

Time: Remaining play time

Key: Tonic note (and manual editing)

Bar: Bar indicator

[Mk]: Marker present

/ : Format

Quick Reference: The Display

Name

Content

Info

Quick Reference - Lower Control Panel

Main control panel

• Song slection

• Navigation

• Starting/stopping songs

• Search function

• and a lot more

Song control

• Tempo

• Key / pitch level

Control panel

• Harmonizer

• Eects

Menu - Buttons Operating Panel

Volume control

• MP3

• MIDI

• Microphones

ARTIST - TITLE - GENRE

If you press these buttons, you can list songs by Artist, Title (or lename) or Genre categories.

hold down the TITLE button for about 2 seconds lets you select the storage medium of your choice.

UP / DOWN

Using these buttons you can move the cursor (= colored bars) up or down in dierent areas such as playlists, menus ...

Enter / Loop

You can conrm your current selection or edits using this button.

Special function: Loop

PLAY

This starts the playback. Pressing the button again

starts the song from the beginning (as long as you do not use next song functions).

Melody mute

There are 3 functions allocated to this button (selectable by pressing the button in sequence):

• Mute no melody playback (button is illuminated)

• Semi-mute low volume melody playback (button blinks)

• Normal melody playback (button is not illuminated)

Holding down this button for about 2 seconds takes you directly to the MIDI SETTINGS -> MELODY TRACK menu display.

STOP

Discontinues the playback of a song.

Pressing 1 x = Pause (Press PLAY to restart the playback from the same position).

Pressing 2 x = Stop

MP3 songs

If this button is activated, only MP3 les in the lists of Artist, Title or Genre will be played.

Next / Current SONG

You can toggle between the two displays Current Song/Next Song by pressing the button (as soon as a next song has been loaded)

Marker / Bar

Button is illuminated = Current song contains MARKERS. Pressing the button opens the MARKER MENU.

Button is not illuminated = There are NO MARKERS.

Pressing the button opens the BARS MENU.

(Not available for MP3 songs).

A/Z search

This activates the alphabetical search in the lists of Artist, Title or Genre.

DIAL knob

• Moving the cursor

• Editing the selected parameters

• Volume control (depending on the menu you have activated)

Quick Reference - Central Control Panel

Plug in MP 11 to the outlet using the AC/DC adapter (9 Volt-DC) included in delivery.

Connect the two jack sockets „R - Audio Out - L“ with the inputs of a mixing console using 6.3 mm mono jack cable or connect a headphone set with a

3.5mm stereo jack plug to the mini jack socket „Phones“.

Now turn on MP11 by pressing the „On/O“ switch.

This starts MP11‘s operating system.

Since there is no storage medium connected to MP11 yet, the following message appears on display after a short time:

Memory not inserted

Insert CF or USB Pen

Press ENTER to continue

Put the CompactFlash card included in delivery into the CompactFlash slot (the side with the label faces up) on the right side of the device, and press ENTER.

If the message „Reading Memory - Do you want to create songs database“ appears on display, conrm the message by pressing ENTER again (-> songs start loading).

Once MP11 has completed loading the data, a song list will appear on display (these are the les that are on the CompactFlash card).

You can now turn the DIAL knob or press the UP/DOWN buttons to select a song from the song list (the song you choose gets shaded in color = selected).

CAUTION: Before playing the song, please set the 3 volume sliders for MP3, MIDI and MIC to the lower one-third level - just to be on the safe side.

You can now press PLAY to start the playback of the song you have selected.

Functions of the PLAY and STOP buttons

1 x PLAY > plays back the selected song

1 x STOP > pauses the current song

2 x STOP > stops the current song completely (and display the song list)

1 x STOP > 1 x PLAY > continues the playback of the current song

1 x PLAY > 1 x PLAY > song starts over after the rst start

Quick Start: First Use

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Quick Start: Selecting and playing songs

Selecting songs from TITLE list

After switching on MP11, the song list (SELECT TITLE) automatically appears on display. Here, you can nd the list of all songs that are on the storage medium. If the song list displays the complete name of the song (e.g. all my loving) or just the lename (e.g. allmylov.mid) depends on whether you are using MP11 Utility (see pages 14 - 17) or if you have decided to leave it out.

You can select the song of your choice (= shaded in color) using the DIAL or by pressing the UP/DOWN buttons. Play back the song you have selected by pressing PLAY.

Note: During the playback of a song you can have the song list displayed by pressing the TITLE button.

Selecting songs via ARTIST list

If you are using MP11 Utility (see pages 58 - 61) and you have entered the names of your songs‘ artists, you can select songs not only through the song list, but also via the Artist list. To do that, press rst the ARTIST button. This puts the list of artists on display (SELECT ARTIST). Use the DIAL or press the UP/DOWN buttons to select the artist of your choice (= shaded in color) and then press ENTER. If you have several songs from the selected artist in your repertoire, all those songs will be listed. You can now select the song of your choice (= shaded in color) using the DIAL or by pressing the UP/DOWN buttons. Press PLAY to start playing back the song.

Selecting songs via GENRE list

Selecting songs via the GENRE list (= musical genre) is carried out exactly in the same way you select songs via the ARTIST list. You only need to press the GENRE button at the beginning, instead of the ARTIST button.

Using the ESC button to move back by one level

If you have opened an artist‘s list of songs, but you want to have the songs of a dierent artist on display, you can simply press the ESC button and this will take you one level back to ARTIST list.

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Pressing the MIXER button activates the Mixer-function (the button illuminates in blue). You can use this function e.g. if you want to have quick access to the volume during the playback of MIDI les (via the internal source of sound) and to set the volume using the 6 FADERS. The faders are divided up into 6 groups: DRUMS • BASS • GUITAR • KEYBOARDS • WINDS • ORCHESTRA.

Note: You cannot access the Mixer function for MP3 les.

You have the possibility to create Playlists on MP11 (see page 29). If you have already done this, and then briey press the PLAYLIST button one time, the button illuminates in blue and the playlists you have created will appear on the display. Holding down the PLAYLIST button for about 2 seconds takes you directly to the GENERAL SETTINGS -> AUTO PLAYLIST menu display.

Note: There are no playlists by default on delivery.

If you briey press the SHORT button once, the button illuminates in blue and the songs will be played back in short form (minimum setting = 1 minute). Holding down the SHORT button for about 2 seconds takes you directly to the menu display, GENERAL SETTINGS -> SHORT TIME (see page 43). There you can change the preset value (on delivery the default value is 1:00).

Note: If you have set MARKERS in your songs and then press the SHORT button during the playback of those songs, MP11 rst considers the value that has been set in GENERAL SETTINGS -> SHORT TIME, and then plays the current marker part to the end.

If you press the WIZARD button once, the button illuminates in blue and MP11 will use - while taking musical criteria into account - intelligent algorithms, in order to create decent segues between 2 songs or 2 MARKERS. The segues, however, do not take place until a bar, a part of a song (e.g. refrain) or a marker part is completed, or unless there are musically harmonious parts available. The form, in which a segue is carried out, has to do directly with the buttons IMMEDIATE and CROSSFADE.

Note: If you press the WIZARD button in the EDIT MODE (e.g. during post processing of a MIDI le), no algorithms will run, but the WSF (Wizard Sound Function) will be activated (see page 38).

MIXER

PLAYLIST

> see page 28

SHORT

> see page 35

WIZARD

> see page 22

In detail: Upper Control Panel

Pressing the IMMEDIATE button once will activate it (illuminates in blue), and will deactivate the CROSSFADE button. If you press the GO TO button during the playback of a song, there will be a fast skip to the next MARKER or to the next song

Pressing the CROSSFADE button one time briey will activate it , and will deactivate the IMMEDIATE button. If during the playback of a song you press the GO TO button, MP11 will slowly fade to the next MARKER or to the next song, respectively. Holding down the CROSSFADE button for about 2 seconds takes you directly to the menu display, FADE CURVE. There you can change the current crossfade setting.

Note: IMMEDIATE and CROSSFADE cannot be active both at the same time.

The GO TO button is linked with the buttons, IMMEDIATE and CROSSFADE. Pressing the GO TO button during the playback of a song while the IMMEDIATE button is activated (illuminates in blue) results in a fast skip to the next MARKER or to the next song. If the CROSSFADE button is already activated, pressing the GO TO button gets MP11 to slowly fade to the next MARKER or to the next song.

Note: If the WIZARD is already activated (illuminates in blue) and you have put MARKERS in your songs, the change - when you press the GO TO button - will take place after the marker part that is currently playing is over. If the WIZARD button is deactivated, the change will take place at the end of the bar that is currently being played

Using this button you can add songs to a playlist, or prepare the next song during the normal playback mode. Therefore, in the normal playback mode for example, while a song is playing, press rst the TITLE button (= displays the song list). Now select the song that you want (= the title gets shaded in color) using the DIAL, and then press the NEXT SONG button. Now you can see the song you have selected as NEXT SONG below on the display.

Note: If you are preparing the next song in the normal playback mode, the NEXT SONG button might blink 3x in a row .The blinking of the button indicates that the preparation of the next song could not be completed. In such cases, just give it a few seconds and repeat the action. After that, the next song will be loaded as usual and will appear below on the display.

Pressing the SMOOTH button once during the playback of a song activates the so-called announcement mode (the button illuminates in blue) - this reduces the volume of the song that is currently playing, and deactivates the microphone eects. You can undo the SMOOTH function by pressing the SMOOTH button one more time

Knob for the setting of the microphone eect, DELAY (echo).

Knob for the setting of the microphone eect, REVERB (reverberation).

IMMEDIATE

CROSSFADE

> see page 46

GOTO

NEXT SONG

SMOOTH

MIC delay

MIC reverb

In detail: Upper Control Panel

SPEED -/+

This changes the tempo (pitch level does not change). Pressing both buttons at the same time resets the tempo to its default value.

Note: With MP3 songs the change is displayed as +/- value (max. 20)

KEY -/+

This changes the key/pitch level. Pressing both buttons at the same time resets the song to its original key. Note: With MP3 songs, changing the key is not displayed as „Key“, but in +/half steps (+/- 12 semitone steps).

Important: Changes in SPEED and KEY relate only to the current playback. Pressing the SAVE button xes the changes and stores them in the song. However, you have to save during the playback!

SOUND FX-1 / FX-2

You can allocate sound-eects to this button and play them by pressing the button (also during the playback of a song). If you briey press one of the two buttons once, the corresponding soundeect plays back completely. If you press and hold down the button, you can have the corresponding sound-eect play for as long as you hold down the button.

Important: The MP3 JINGLES have to be either on the USB ash drive or on the CompactFlash card in the „sfx“ folder

HARMONIZER

Using this button you can activate or deactivate the Harmonizer or the Melody-Tracker eect.

CONTROL

Use this button to go directly to the HARMONIZER/MELODY-TRACKER EFFECT SETTINGS menu display.

BRIDGE

This button allows you to set an MP3 le, and have the le play back e.g. during breaks. Holding down the BRIDGE button for about 2 seconds takes you directly to the SELECT BRIDGE menu display. If you press the BRIDGE button during the playback of a bridge-song, the song will fade out.

Important: The BRIDGE MP3s have to be either on the USB ash drive or on the CompactFlash card in the „bridge“ folder

MIXER

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KEY BOAR DS

ORC HEST RA

WIN DS

DRU MS BASS GUITAR

MIC

IMM EDIA TE

WIZ ARD

GO TO

CRO SS FADE

SHO RT SMO OTHPLAY LIST

NEX T SO NG

MP3 son gs

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FX- 1

MIC

KEY

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MP3 MIDI

MIC

Marker Bar

MP3 MIDI

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In detail: Lower Control Panel

PLAYLIST

> Details ab Seite XX

SPEED -/+

KEY -/+

SOUND FX-1 / FX-2

see page 47

HARMONIZER

see page 47

CONTROL

BRIDGE

see page 47

VOICE FX

Press this button several times and you can step through various vocal effects: Woman - Megaphone - Monster - Child - No Eect.

ESC

Pressing this button once or several times (depending on the menu window you have opened or which window you are editing parameters in) allows you to cancel the step and go back to the main display.

Press this button to open the main menu window.

EDIT

If you briey press this button once, you can open the Edit window (e.g. EDIT TRACKS for MIDI les). If a song e.g. in the track list is selected, and you hold down the EDIT button for about 2 seconds, a SONG INFO WINDOW for the selected song will be displayed (however, this function is available only if the selected song is not being played back).

SAVE

If you briey press this button once, you can open the Edit window (e.g. EDIT TRACKS for MIDI les). If a song is selected, and you hold down the EDIT button for about 2 seconds, a SONG INFO WINDOW for the selected song will be displayed (however, this function is available only if the selected song is not being played back)

Volume

Three faders to control the volume of MP3, MIDI und MIC.

The VU-Meter „LEVEL” shows the level of the output signal.

In detail: Lower Control Panel

VOICE FX

ESC

EDIT

SAVE

Volume / VU-Meter

MIXER

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KEY BOAR DS

ORC HEST RA

WIN DS

DRU MS BASS GUITAR

MIC

IMM EDIA TE

WIZ ARD

GO TO

CRO SS FADE

SHO RT SMO OTHPLAY LIST

NEX T SO NG

MP3 son gs

DOW N

Nex t

SOU ND

FX- 1

MIC

KEY

SPE ED

Cur rent

Voic e FX

BRI DGE

ART IST TIT LE GENRE

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FX- 2

HAR MONIZER Co ntrol

MP3 MIDI

MIC

Marker Bar

MP3 MIDI

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Loo p

In detail: The Central Control Panel

• Moving the cursor

• Editing the selected parameters

• Volume control (depending on the menu you have activated).

If you press these buttons, you can list songs by Artist, Title (or lename) or Genre categories. Artist and Genre song lists are available only if you have added their corresponding data to every song using the MP11 Utility Software. If there are 2 connected storage media (USB stick and CompactFlash card) and you hold down the TITLE button for about 2 seconds, a window will appear, in which you can select the storage medium of your choice. .

MASTER VOLUME

Dial knob

ARTIST - TITLE - GENRE

In detail: The Central Control Panel

UP / DOWN

Using these buttons you can move the cursor (= colored bars) up or down in dierent areas - such as playlists, menus ...

Enter / Loop

You can conrm your current selection or edits using this button. Open the MARKER menu - during a song - and while this is on display press

the ENTER button; the marker-part being played back will repeat continuously until the so-called loop-function is undone by pressing the ENTER button one more time.

PLAY

This starts the playback. Pressing the button again starts the song from the beginning.

STOP

Discontinues the playback of a song. Pressing 1 x = Pause (Press PLAY to restart the playback from the same position). Pressing 2 x = Stop

Melody mute

There are 3 functions allocated to this button (selectable by pressing the button in sequence):

• Mute = no melody playback (button is illuminated)

• Semi-mute = low volume melody playback (button blinks)

• Normal = melody playback (button is not illuminated) Holding down this button for about 2 seconds takes you directly to the MIDI

SETTINGS -> MELODY TRACK menu display.

A/Z search

This activates the alphabetical search in the lists of Artist, Title or Genre. You can use the DIAL knob to select letters.

MP3 songs

If this button is activated, only MP3 les in the lists of Artist, Title or Genre will be played.

Marker / Bar (Not available for MP3 songs). Button is illuminated = The song being played contains MARKERS. Pressing the button opens the MARKER MENU.

Button is not illuminated = There are NO MARKERS. Pressing the button opens the BARS MENU.

Next / Current SONG

Button is illuminated = The BPM, KEY and MARKER/BAR data (on display) refer to the next, loaded song.

Button is not illuminated = the BPM, KEY and MARKER/BAR data refer to the song that is currently being played back.

You can toggle between the two displays by pressing the button (as soon as a next song has been loaded).

UP / DOWN

Enter / Loop

PLAY

STOP

Melody mute

A/Z search

> Details ab S. 18

MP3 songs

Marker / Bar

Next / Current SONG

Selecting and Playing Songs

Browsing for a song alphabetically

To select a song in a fast and easy way, you can make use of the alphabetical search. You can use this function to not only nd song titles, but also to nd artists and genre. However, this is again subject to using MP11 Utility (see page 58) and having integrated the corresponding song information in the les.

Start by pressing the TITLE button (-> displays the title list) followed by the A/Z search button. This opens the FIND TITLE window. Use the DIAL to nd the rst letter of the song you are looking for (in our example „M“) in the line with yellow background.

When you browse the letters, you will nd some of them displayed in GRAY. This is due to the following reason: As soon as MP11 is switched on and the storage medium is connected, the device starts reading the data stored on the CompactFlash card or the USB ash drive. In the process, sometimes you can see the following message: „Reading Memory - Do you want to create songs database?“ You should conrm this message using ENTER, because, this will completely update the data on the storage medium. And in the course of that, MP11 reads, among other things, the names of titles. Then, if the songs do not contain for example the letter „K“ in the name of their title, that letter will be displayed in gray in the line with yellow background on the FIND TITLE window.

Let‘s continue with our example: After selecting the rst letter (in our case „M“) in the yellow line using the DIAL knob, press the ENTER button (this puts „M“ in the white textbox above the yellow line). Use the DIAL again to select the song’s second letter (in our example the letter „O“). Here, you will again see some letters displayed in GRAY, because MP11 knows all the existing second letters of every title that starts with the letter „M“. Once you have selected the „O“, continue by pressing ENTER. This will add the selected letter to the white textbox above the yellow line as well (in our example „MO“ has been entered in the white textbox).

You can now continue selecting more letters as described above (-> choose the next letter using the DIAL -> press ENTER -> next letter...). But this is not really necessary. Because, after selecting the second letter, if you close the FIND TITLE window by pressing the A/Z search button, the title list will be displayed. If there are several songs in the title list containing the rst letters that were found, always the rst song containing those rst letters will be shaded in color after the search pattern is completed.

If the song displayed in colored background is the song you are looking for, you can start playing it back as usual by pressing PLAY. Otherwise, simply use the DIAL knob or the UP/DOWN buttons to select a dierent song from the list that has the same rst letters, and press the PLAY button to start its playback.

Note: You can browse for songs alphabetically in the ARTIST or GENRE LISTS in exactly the same way. You only need to start the process by pressing the corresponding button (i.e. pressing either the ARTIST or GENRE button).

The following is an example of browsing alphabetically for a song with MOON (the images on the left graphically demonstrate the example’s process):

Resetting the alphabetical search

Closing the alphabetical search

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Resetting the alphabetical search

If you happen to make a typing error during the search, simply press the ESC button. This deletes the letters already entered in the white textbox above the yellow line, and you can restart the search.

Selecting and Playing Songs

Closing the alphabetical search

You can actually decide if you want to nd only the initial letters of a song, or several letters. As soon as there is one letter in the white textbox above the yellow line, you can close the search by pressing the A/Z search button. After that, the title list will be put on display. If the list has several songs containing the letter that was found, the rst song of that list will be automatically shaded in color. You can select the song of your choice by pressing the UP/DOWN buttons.

Preparing the next song

Press the TITLE button during the playback of a song to display the title list. Then use the DIAL knob or the UP/DOWN buttons to select the next song (= shaded in color).

Continue by pressing either the NEXT SONG or ENTER button. You have completed preparing the next song - the song name, BPM and KEY of this song appear on the lower part of the display. From here on, the NEXT SONG button also illuminates in blue (= next song is prepared).

You can now use the GO TO button, during the playback of a song, to skip to the song that you have just prepared. This puts also other functions at your disposal (see pags 20).

Example, C ur rent Song = Beautiful Girls. Preparing the Next Song = Home

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NEXT SONG: Preparing the next song

Changing between the current song and the next

Displaying song markers

Changing the display between the current song and the next

Pressing the NEXT/CURRENT SONG button in sequence allows you to toggle between the current song and the song you have prepared; you can also edit e.g. the BPM and key during the playback. If the button is illuminated and you press the KEY -/+ or SPEED -/+ buttons, the changes you make relate to the song that you have prepared. If the button is not illuminated, you can edit the key and BPM of the current song.

Displaying song markers

The buttons, NEXT/CURRENT SONG and MARKER/BAR illuminating at the same time indicates that the song you have prepared contains MARKERS. If you press the MARKER/BAR button while the NEXT/CURRENT SONG button illuminates, the MARKER window will open and the markers of the song you have prepared will be displayed.

Note: You cannot access this function for MP3 les.

NEXT SONG: Preparing the next song

Crossfading from the Current Song to the Next

Pressing the GO TO button during the playback of a song allows you to skip to the next song (provided that you have already prepared the next song see page 20). The way you can carry out this skip to the next song depends on whether the following buttons are activated or deactivated: IMMEDIATE, CROSSFADE and WIZARD (see page 13 and the following descriptions).

WIZARD = deactivated (button is not illuminated)

If the WIZARD is deactivated and you press the GO TO button during the playback of a song, the change, to the already prepared next song, takes place at the end of the current bar.

WIZARD = activated (button is illuminated)

If the WIZARD button is activated and there are MARKERS integrated in the song being played back (available only for MIDI les, not MP3s), pressing the GO TO button prompts the change (over to the already prepared next song) at the end of the marker-part currently playing (and at the end of the bar being played if the song does not have a marker).

If the next song that you have already prepared contains MARKERS as well, it might well be that pressing the GO TO button does not cause a jump to the beginning of the next song, but results in a skip to one of the MARKERS integrated in that song. Because when the WIZARD is activated, the system takes musical criteria into account and applies intelligent algorithms to create decent segues for skipping from one song to the next (only when there are markers). The display also shows the number of bars remaining until the change.

The 4 sample images show you that the song „Left outside alone“ is playing. The segue will take place at the „Chorus2“ marker of the current song and the „Verse 1“ marker of the prepared song „I‘ll y for you“ (the rst two markers in the prepared song will be skipped).

GoTo: Crossfading from the Current Song to the Next

Manual adjustment

As already described on page 21, using the NEXT/CURRENT SONG button you can dene the song to which your adjustments will apply regarding the speed and key (button is not illuminated = current song / button is illuminated = next song). In the example you can see that the song being played is in the „D“ key and the song already prepared in the key „E“. If you want to adapt the key of the prepared song to the key of the current song, check rst if the NEXT/CURRENT SONG button is illuminated (= pending adjustments relate to the next song). If the button is deactivated, press once to activate it. Then, press the KEY button 2x to transpose the next song by -2 semitones, thus adapting the key to the current song. The KEY eld of the next song does still show the „E“ key, but there is a -2 in the eld to the right of it.

If you want to adjust the speed of the prepared song as well, press the SPEED button (SPEED -/+) to set the BPM of your choice. Pressing the GO TO button will then allow you to change as usual between the current song and the song you have prepared.

Automatic adjustment

If you want to use the crossfade function when changing from the current song to the song you have prepared, before pressing the GO TO button check if the CROSSFADE button is activated (which means the IMMEDIATE button is deactivated). If that is the case, MP11 will be able to adjust the speed also automatically. The only condition is to make sure the parameter, AutoBPM range, in the FADE CURVE menu has been set in advance (see page 44). You can open this menu e.g. by holding down the CROSSFADE button for about 2 seconds. Once you make that setting, MP11 will increase or decrease the BPM value when crossfading from the current song to the next (until it reaches the actual tempo).

Note: MP11 adjusts the speed automatically only if the dierence in BPM values of the two songs is not TOO extreme. If the dierence in speed is too much, MP11 will not get slower, but crossfade immediately to the actual tempo.

Example: The original „E“ key was rst transposed manually by -2 semitones. In addition, the CROSSFADE button was activated, and the GO TO button was pressed. Since the previous song had a BPM value of 95 and the song - that was skipped to - had a BPM value of 101, MP11 will start the speed when crossfading to the next song at a BPM value of 95 (i.e. 6 BPMs slower). Then, MP11 will increase the BPM slowly for the song that is being played until the actual BPM value is reached (i.e. 101 BPM). In the example on the side you can see that this will be at 19.2 BAR.

GoTo: Adjusting the SPEED and KEY

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