Teac PocketStudio 5 Reference Manual

POCKETSTUDIO 5

4-Track Recorder/MIDI Arranger/MP3 Encoder

REFERENCE MANUAL

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12) Grounding or Polarization — This product may be equipped with a polarized alternating-current line plug (a plug having one blade wider than the other). This plug will fit into the power outlet only one way. This is a safety feature. If you are unable to insert the plug fully into the outlet, try reversing the plug. If the plug should still fail to fit, contact your electrician to replace your obsolete outlet. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized plug.

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23) Wall or Ceiling Mounting — The product should be mounted to a wall or ceiling only as recommended by the manufacturer.

24) Heat — The product should be situated away from heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other products (including amplifiers) that produce heat.

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Table of Contents

1 – About this manual 2 – Pan and EQ

Panning ........................................................6

EQ .................................................................6

3 – Effects

Input effectors.............................................8

FXn .............................................................. 8

Ctgry ............................................................ 8

Param .......................................................... 8

Bank ............................................................ 8

In Level ........................................................ 8

Out Level ..................................................... 8

Switch ......................................................... 8

Write ........................................................... 8

FX1................................................................... 9

FX2................................................................... 10

Reverb ..........................................................11

Customizing the reverb sound .................. 11

Sample settings .......................................... 11

4 – Patterns on the Pocketstudio 5

A sample song .............................................12

Selecting a style.............................................. 12

Setting up the song arrangement................. 12

Select the user area .................................... 12

Start arranging the song ........................... 12

Removing song sections ............................ 13

Adding song sections ................................. 13

Copying and pasting sections ................... 13

Deleting sections ........................................ 14

Setting up the chords..................................... 14

Save your song! .........................................16

Arranging the parts........................................ 16

Advanced part arrangement ..................... 17

Playing an external MIDI instrument

with the patterns .................................... 17

More details about patterns.......................17

Categories and styles..................................... 17

More about chord progressions.................20

Chord change points...................................... 20

The effect of changing and inserting

sections ........................................................ 20

Available chords............................................. 20

Octave ......................................................... 21

Root chord .................................................. 21

Chord type .................................................. 21

“On” field .................................................... 21

Instruments..................................................21

Drum kits......................................................... 24

5 – Standard MIDI files and the

Pocketstudio 5

Transferring SMFs to the Pocketstudio 5 ..... 25

Deleting SMFs................................................. 25

Using SMFs on the Pocketstudio 5.............26

Loading an SMF from the card...................... 26

Setting SMF song tempo ............................... 26

Setting part parameters in the SMF.............. 26

6 – Advanced options and operations

Choosing the meter display ...........................28

Choosing the time type..................................28

Reducing input noise.................................. 28

Absolute location........................................ 29

To jump to a location (mm:ss:ff): ...............29

To jump to a bars and beats location ........29

Marks........................................................... 29

Setting a mark.................................................30

Deleting a mark...............................................30

Naming and editing mark points...................30

Repeat playback.......................................... 30

Punch recording.......................................... 31

Manual punch recording ................................31

Automated punch recording..........................31

Setting the IN and OUT points.......................31

Rehearsing a punch operation.......................31

Recording the punch.......................................32

Checking the punch ........................................32

Track bouncing............................................ 32

Bounce modes .............................................33

To enter bounce mode ...............................33

To go back to tracking mode .....................33

Mixdown tips.............................................. 33

Renaming an MP3 file ................................34

Selecting MP3s for playback ..........................34

Using an MP3 as a recorded backing.............34

7 – Data, cards, etc.

Managing cards .......................................... 36

Working with songs with the

Pocketstudio 5..............................................38

To use the Pocketstudio 5 with a

computer (non Windows 98SE) ..................38

To use the Pocketstudio 5 with a

computer (Windows 98SE)..........................38

Managing songs ......................................... 39

Creating a new song.......................................39

Loading and renaming a song .......................39

Deleting a song...............................................39

Saving a song..................................................40

Seeing how much space is on a card.............40

Optimizing a card............................................40

Editing data................................................. 40

Copy and paste ...............................................41

Erasing data.....................................................41

Cutting data ....................................................42

Undo and redo ................................................42

Making CDs from your mixed songs .............43

Sharing your songs..................................... 43

Sending a Pocketstudio 5 song......................43

Receiving a song .............................................45

Things you can do with the

Pocketstudio 5.......................................... 47

8 – Specifications, etc.

MIDI Implementation Chart ....................... 48

Specifications .............................................. 49

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1 – About this manual

The printed manual, Getting Started (also included on the CD-ROM), helps you to get up and running with your Pocketstudio 5.

Use this Reference Manual to help you with the more advanced functions of the unit, and to help you make the most of the facilities provided.

The following is a list of the different sections, and how you can use them to help you:

Section Description

1, “About this manual” (page 5) This section

2, “Pan and EQ” (page 6) How to master the “extra” sections of the Pocketstudio 5’s mixer. Adding bass and treble set-

tings to the inputs and recorded sounds, and how to position the recorded tracks in the stereo image.

3, “Effects” (page 8) Using the three internal (two input and one mixdown) effects of the Pocketstudio 5 to give your

recordings a more professional sound.

4, “Patterns on the Pocketstudio 5” (page 12)

5, “Standard MIDI files and the Pocketstudio 5” (page 25)

6, “Advanced options and operations” (page 28)

The internal MIDI tone generator is very flexible when it comes to setting up backing tracks in the style you choose, together with chord changes and breaks just where you want them, played by the instruments that suit your music best.

As well as playing backing tracks that you set up, the Pocketstudio 5 is also capable of taking standard MIDI files and playing them back, allowing you to sing or play along to your favorite music, “karaoke-style”

This covers some of the features of the Pocketstudio 5 that you may not use every day. For example, repeat playback, automatic punch recording, etc.

7, “Data, cards, etc.” (page 36) To manage the data (songs, etc.) on your Pocketstudio 5, and to make the most of the link

between your Pocketstudio 5 and your computer, and your world of shared music using the Pocketstudio 5.

8, “Specifications, etc.” (page 48) The facts and figures about your Pocketstudio 5.

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2 – Pan and EQ

Although you can get to the pan and EQ separately from the main menu, as described here, you can also move between these screens, as well as the reverb

Panning

In audio terms, panning refers to the left-right placement of a signal in the stereo “image” created by the left and right speakers (or headphones).

Placing instruments successfully in the left-right image helps to create a realistic sound, or, if the effect is exaggerated, can be used to create special effects.

The panning on the Pocketstudio 5 is used with the four recorded tracks to place them in the left-right image when mixing to a stereo MP3 file.

NOTE

It is also possible to pan the tone generator instruments within the tone generator’s own mixer. This operation is described in the sections on patterns and Standard MIDI files (“Patterns on the Pocketstudio 5” on page 12 and (“Standard MIDI files and the Pocketstudio 5” on page 25).

screen (“Reverb” on page 11), by moving the cursor to the to line of the display and using the left and right keys of the cursor pad.

Since the outputs from both the FX1 and the FX2 “recording” effects are stereo, you will probably want to make the most of these stereo effects.

1 From the main home screen, press

move the cursor to

Func :PAN ,.

Tr1 Tr2 Tr3 Tr4

/ CCCC

PAN, and press ENTER.

MENU,

2 Move the cursor to the bottom of the screen

and then move the cursor between the four tracks.

3 Use the wheel to set the pan position (if you

do this while you play back the recorded tracks, you can hear your changes).

The full left position is shown as center position as tion as

R63.

C, and the full right posi-

L63, the

Both inputs A and B, as well as the four recorded tracks, can have EQ (equalization) settings added to them, to add or subtract treble or bass.

When the input EQ is used, it affects the sound which is recorded onto the track (or if an instrument is played through the inputs on mixdown, to the stereo mix), and when track EQ is used, it affects the sound sent to the stereo mix and the headphones/line outputs.

On most stereo systems with tone controls, there are two controls; treble (high) and bass (low), which add or subtract sound at a fixed pitch.

On the Pocketstudio 5, the low and high EQ controls allow you to choose the frequency (pitch) that will be cut or boosted) as well as the amount of cut or boost (gain).

1 From the main home screen, press

move the cursor to

Func :EQ ,.

Source / InputA

LowGain: 0 dB

LowFreq:1.6kHz ;

2 Move the cursor to the

EQ, and press ENTER.

Source field and

then use the wheel to select the source that will be affected by these settings (

TR3, TR4, InputA, or InputB).

3 Move to the

amount of cut or boost (

LowGain field and select the

-12 dB to 12 dB

TR1, TR2,

in 1 dB steps).

4 Move to the

LowFreq field and select the

frequency which will be cut or boosted. The available frequencies are:

50Hz, 60Hz, 70Hz, 80Hz, 90Hz, 100Hz, 125Hz, 150Hz, 175Hz, 200Hz, 225Hz, 250Hz, 300Hz, 350Hz, 400Hz, 450Hz, 500Hz,

32Hz, 40Hz,

MENU,

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2 – Pan and EQ

600Hz, 700Hz, 800Hz, 850Hz, 900Hz, 950Hz, 1kHz, 1.1kHz,

1.2kHz, 1.3kHz, 1.4kHz,

1.5kHz, or 1.6kHz.

TIP

If these numbers confuse you, remember that Middle C on a piano is 512 Hz, the A below this is 440 Hz, and going down an octave halves the frequency, and going up an octave doubles it.

5 Move down to the bottom two lines of the dis-

play,

HiGain and HiFreq. Set the HiGain value to between -12 dB and 12 dB in 1 dB steps.

6 Set the high frequency that will be cut or

boosted. The available frequencies are:

1.7kHz, 1.8kHz, 1.9kHz, 2kHz,

2.2kHz, 2.4kHz, 2.6kHz,

2.8kHz, 3kHz, 3.2kHz, 3.4kHz,

3.6kHz, 3.8kHz, 4kHz, 4.5kHz, 5kHz, 5.5kHz, 6kHz, 6.5kHz, 7kHz, 7.5kHz, 8kHz, 9kHz, 10kHz, 11kHz, 12kHz, 13kHz, 14kHz, 15kHz, 16kHz, 17kHz, and 18kHz.

The any meters of of armed tracks show the total level of the signal, including the amount cut or boosted by the EQ settings and the effects. Be aware that adding EQ and effects can cause the level to rise, and may even cause distortion of the recorded sound. Accordingly, keep an eye on the meters, to make sure that the signal remains clean.

NOTE

Many people can’t hear very much above 15 kHz. If you find that you can’t tell any difference between different settings at high frequencies, don’t worry!

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3 – Effects

The Pocketstudio 5 contains two input effectors for recording and one effector for the recorded audio tracks on mixdown.

Input effectors

The first two effectors (FX1 and FX2) are accessed through the

NOTE

If this key is not lit, you will not be able to hear any change made to these effects. Press and hold the key for a second or two to turn it on and off.

Press the EFFECTS key momentarily to cycle between the FX1 screen, the FX2 screen, and the current screen.

Settings can be recalled from the preset area, edited, and stored in a user area for future recall.

Both the FX1 and the FX2 have the same parameters available:

With a further screen:

FXn This shows the effector (FX1 or FX2) currently

being edited, and the name of the preset or user setting (see below).

EFFECTS key.

FX1 / TraDist

Ctgry :EGTR

Param :83

Bank :Preset ;

In Lev:100

OutLev:100

Switch:on

Write /. l

There are also two effects units built into the MIDI tone generator. These cannot be used by the audio effectors described here, and the audio signals cannot be processed by the tone generator’s effects units.

This parameter is set to affect the most characteristic element of the effect. Accordingly, what this parameter does to the sound depends on the preset.

Bank Choose between the Preset bank (as

listed below) or any settings stored in the bank.

User

In Level This is the input level (the level of the sig-

nal fed to the effector after it has passed through the level control on the front panel). You can set this level between

0 and 127.

Out Level This is the output level of the effect to

the destination track(s). You can set this level between

0 and 127.

Switch Turn the effect on or off with this set-

ting. Note that even if this setting is on, if the

EFFECTS key is unlit, you will not hear the effector.

Write Press the right cursor pad to write the current

parameter settings (the appropriate user area. There are 50 user areas (1 through 50) available for storage for each of the FX1 (these are referred to as

UB) settings.

Patch :KotoDist

Write to UA-50

Write>>[ENTER]

Param values only) to the

UA) and FX2 (referred to as

Ctgry This shows the category of the currently

selected preset or user setting (see below).

Param Each preset (or user setting based on a pre-

set) has one parameter which can be edited. The possible values of these parameters vary, depending on the effect.

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First, set the name of the effect in the user area, with the cursor pad and wheel, as described in the Getting Started manual.

Then move to the next row, and select a user area to store the setting in. If data has already been stored in the user area, it will be overwritten.

FX1

3 – Effects

Refers to the effector which is between INPUT A and the recorded tracks. It is primarily meant for use with guitars (either electric or acoustic) and bass guitars.

The presets available for this effector are:

Name Description

EGTR

TraDist

Tube OD BlueDrv

BlueSlid R.Bottom ClsRock1 ClsRock2

MelSus

SmthDist

SpeeKing Heavy1 Heavy2 Heavy3 Metal 80sRock1 80sRock2 90sRock

FstChor

CompChr1

CompChr2 Rhythm1 Rhythm2 Rhythm3 Funk Groove

Country Crying

Weeping Fusion1 Fusion2 ClnSolo

PwrDist1

(electric guitar) settings

Traditional distortion and doubling with a short delay

Tube (valve) overdrive and vibrato Blues overdrive with an auto-wah. Use short

picking strokes with this setting Blues with a right and left tremelo 80’s heavy rock sound A classic 70’s British stack sound A deeper classic sound with a detuned cho-

rus effect Mellow sustain setting with longish sustain.

Use this with a front humbucker for a sweet drive sound

Smooth distortion for solos, using echo with an overdrive sound

Single-coil pickup distortion Distorted “tube”-type sound for heavy rock Fuzz and flange for a heavy feel Chorus and distortion Traditional metal sound (twin lead) 80s metal with a cutting edge Deeper echo and a high cut with distortion Bright distortion and reverb; good for solo

use Good with a single-coil pickup for chords and

arpeggios. Similar to acoustic. For single-coil pickups - chorus with pre-

delay expands the treble-emphasized sound A good backing sound A backing sound with an edge to it Smooth backing sound, suitable for jazz A harder backing sound A “feather” effect for funk/fusion backing Flanger provides a rolling sound for backing,

and arpeggio playing Short echo and compression Very emotional — use at different volumes

for a variety of effects Overdrive with a “big heart” Sweet sustained overdrive Long delay and bright distortion Long sustained solos are possible with this

sound A tube settingwith echo

Name Description

PwrDist2

A deep chorused distortion for an American rock sound

PwrDist3 PwrDist4 Texas1 Texas2 Texas3 Texas4 Swingy FatJazz1 FatJazz2 R&B ClnVerb CtyBlues LtlWing CoolPick

A rough, metal distortion sound Doubled distortion with an edge The classic “black panel amp” sound A powerful overdriven sound A sharper overdrive sound Chorus and “stretched” overdrive Mid-peaking warm sound Use on jazz pieces with breaks Compressed “fat” jazz setting High emphasis with a rough sound Clear long sustained sound Fat-sounding overdrive Bright crunch sound 3D sound with some “feathering” on the

crunch

Fuzzy Hazy

A fuzzy deepened sound No matter what color it is, it’s still hazy (use

with a single-coil pickup)

BritCln PowChord BmLead

The traditional British clean sound Distorted backing power chord setting A special lead sound with pitch shift of a sev-

enth and distortion

FlngGtr Oct.Dist PhaseRev Ensemble

Treble overdrive and a “jet” flanger One octave down split distortion Phase and reverb for backing 3D chorus effect — good with single-coil

pickups

Surf Violin BlkPanel UK Stack Jimi Box

Suitable for West Coast surf Smooth attack — nice with a humbucker A famous tube combo with spring reverb Maybe the most famous stack in the world There was only one Jimi and his distorted

sound was something like this

MBoogie HeartBrk GentWeep

Famous combo sounds Tube stack at low gain Chorus and distortion—great for a “crying”

solo

Bfinger

Distortion and retuned chorus. Good for finger-style playing

Tweed

Tweed-covered amp sound — use with the front single-coil pickup and blues

RSCrunch NightDrv

A warm “crunch” guitar setting for single-coil A deeper shade of purple. Single-coil sounds

good here

Ult.Funk Axe Bom Doctor

Ultimate funky cutting sound Heavy metal with a doubling edge Wah-wah pedal halfway down

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3 – Effects

Name Description

Sold No Run Away Remains Nostalgi RealDst1 RealDst2

RealDst3 RealDst4

AGTR

Heaven Stroke Solo Blues Arpeggio

12String Crystal

Nashvill Mellow

(acoustic guitar) settings

Simulated high-quality tube amp Play a cutting sound using a pick Double-neck 12-string sound Tube-based overdrive Distortion only, influenced by a large stack Distortion only, influenced by a famous small

combo Power tube distortion sound Distortion only, influenced by echo on a

smaller combo

Reverb with treble boost for a spacious feel Echo and chorus—good for backing For acoustic solos For acoustic blues slide work Acoustic picked arpeggios sound good with

this setting 12-string guitar sound (chorus and exciter) A crystal-clear sound, emphasizing the tre-

ble, and making the best of a not-so-good guitar

For that Nashville sound (“fat” acoustic) A mellow acoustic setting—simulates nylon

guitar on steel strings, using a treble cut

Name Description

ChorVib TremSolo

BASS

These sound best with bass instruments—other sources may not give such a good effect

Miller Singing

Fretless Chopper Heavy

Peculiar RockBass

ELSE

FX1 Thru

(bass guitar) settings

(other) settings

A “thick” vibrato chorus sound A stereo tremolo solo sound

Flanger—good for “chopper” bass A “singing” bass tone (chorus and distor-

tion)Progressive sound A fretless bass sound Useful for slap-style playing For heavy rock, etc. Distortion adds depth to

the sound A warm bass sound Distorted pick-bass setting with emphasized

treble

A “neutral” bypass setting

Note that you do not have to use the settings exactly as they are classified—you can put an acoustic guitar through an electric guitar setting if you want. The bass sounds will probably sound strange with a guitar, though.

FX2

Refers to the effector which is between INPUT B and the recorded tracks. It is primarily meant for use with vocals, but other settings (drums and percussion, etc.) are available.

Name Description

VOCAL

Otherinstruments may sound strange here

De-Esser Chorist Emphasis

Shout Moody Response Proclaim Quiverin Duet

Lo-Fi

Megaphon

(vocal) settings

Removes sibilance (ess) sounds Choir sound using detuning Adds emphasis to vocals to make them stand

out For loud distorted vocals Moody feeling for quieter smooth vocal lines Echo vocal setting “Echo plus” — a distinctive sound A quavering voice with vibarto For two (male and female) singers and har-

mony groups Imitates low-fidelity equipment (high and low

treated specially) For “megaphone”-type sound

Name Description

Screamin Panning

DRUM

Rhythm machines sound good with these settings

Groove Stepping

TrnAroun GetSpace CsBottom Trem.Pad PerfrmEQ Lo-Fi Reverb Comp. Vibrato Filter

ELSE

FX2 Thru

(drum) settings

(other) settings

Screaming sound using flanger A panned stereo vocal sound

A groove setting with flanger Stepping beat — delay with a small amount of

feedback Stereo “bouncing” setting Drum reverb Classic “bass heavy” sound Another stereo bounce setting Echo and pan Low fidelity for drums Reverberation only Compressor only A vibrato effect A creative low-pass filter effect

A “neutral” bypass setting

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Reverb

3 – Effects

The reverb is available only on mixdown. The four recorded tracks can be sent to the reverb, as can the two inputs.

The six input levels (send levels) can be adjusted individually (

0 through 127), and the master input

level to the reverb can then be adjusted with the same values.

The output (return) level from the reverb can also be set from

0 through 127.

You reach the reverb setup screen through the main menu, or “sideways” from the EQ and Pan screens (see “Pan and EQ” on page 6).

Func REV ,.

SendTr1/ 100

SendTr2: 100

SendTr3: 100 ;

The first four lines are the four recorded track send levels ( next two are the two input send levels ( and

Following this are the master send ( and the return level (

All of the above can be set with value from through

SendTr1 through SendTr4), and the

SendInA

SendInB).

SendMst)

RtrnLev) parameters.

127.

Customizing the reverb sound You can

make the reverb sound individual with the following parameters:

Density and Attack.

These are explained in more detail in the Getting Started manual (see the description on page 21).

Time, PreDly, HiCut,

Sample settings Here are some examples of set-

tings you can make of popular reverb types. Use these as starting points for your own experiments.

The hall setting gives a spacious feeling to your work

Time PreDly HiCut Density Attack

2.7 49 50 75 36

This setting provides a sound similar to that of a small, live room

Time PreDly HiCut Density Attack

0.7 28 80 47 32

This sound provides a sound similar to that of a live performance in a large arena, etc.

Time PreDly HiCut Density Attack

3.7 68 50 80 33

The “instrument booth” simulates the sound when you play an instrument in a professional recording studio.

Time PreDly HiCut Density Attack

1.4 47 70 61 100

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The tone generator built into the Pocketstudio 5 allows you to make up sophisticated backing tracks for your songs easily and quickly.

The preset patterns have been professionally set up to give you the widest possible choice for a base to your compositions. You can change the key, the running order of the patterns, and even the instrumentation of the songs to make them uniquely your own.

A sample song

First, we’ll work through a simple 12-bar blues pattern with an intro, a couple of verses, a fill and another verse in a bluesy rock and roll style in E. Don’t worry if 12-bar blues isn’t your personal taste,

Selecting a style

The first thing to do is to select the style in which you are going to work.

Make sure that the

SYSTEM menu is set to Pattern.

TGMode parameter in the

Since the Pocketstudio 5 provides a high degree of flexibility and there are a lot of choices available to you, you should spend some time reading this section, and seeing what’s available.

We assume that you know about the basic navigation techniques to use with the Pocketstudio 5. If you are not yet familiar with these, we suggest that you read “Basic use of the Pocketstudio 5” on page 13 of the Getting Started guide.

and you like to play in another key—the principles we’ll use will work with your songs, no matter what your personal style of music.

Here, you use the wheel to select

Rock3.

Use the cursor pad to move to the Style (style) field, and use the wheel to select

OldRckRol (old rock

and roll).

From the main menu, select

Pattern, to enter

the pattern menu.

Ctgry/ Rock1

Style:60sHrock

Tempo:d =100

Arnge:Preset .;

The first field,

Ctgry (category) allows you to

select a category (the different styles are arranged in categories, so you can find them easier).

Setting up the song arrangement

We use arrangement here to mean the order in which the parts of the song are arranged, rather than the arrangement in terms of instrumentation (which is another musical use of the term).

For this song, we’ll have a 4-bar Intro, a 12-bar verse (type A), a 12-bar verse (type B), a 4-bar fill from a B to an A verse, a 12-bar A-type verse, followed by a 4 bar ending.

There are two pattern holders for the arrangement. One is the preset area (as the name suggests, you can’t edit it) and the other is the user area (you’re the user—it’s your area!).When you create a song, the preset area is copied to the user area.

Ctgry/ Rock3

Style:OldRckRol

Tempo:d =100

Arnge:Preset .;

Bring up the

PLAY to audition the preset arrangement.

press Press

STOP followed by REW when you’ve heard

TG fader and the MASTER fader, and

enough.

Select the user area Use the cursor pad to move

up to

Arnge (arrange), and use the wheel to select

User.

Arnge/ User .

Chord:.

Drum :Standard.

Bass :FingerBs.

Start arranging the song Then press Á to

enter the song arrangement screen:

/1-Intro(4)

5-VerseA(4)

9-VerseA* 3

12-FillAB( 1);

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Each row of the screen represents a section of the song, and is divided into three columns.

The first column shows the bar number at which the section starts.

The second column shows the type of section. The third column shows the number of bars taken up

by this section. If the whole row is flashing, you can add or remove

sections from the song. On the first row, make sure that the first row shows

1-Intro-4 (at bar 1 play an Intro pattern for 4

bars). Use ¶ key move to the next row. Use Á to highlight (flashing) the third column (the

number of bars). Use the wheel to change this value to

12.

Note that the start point (value of the first column) of the next section of the song changes as you change the length of the previous section. Also, an asterisk (

*) appears whenever you change the length of a sec-

tion to a value which is not the default value. Use ¶ to move to the third line. Note that the third

column is still highlighted (flashing). Use the wheel to change the value to 12, and then press Ó to select the section type.

Use the wheel to change the third section to become

VerseB.

Keep using the cursor keys and the wheel until your song looks like:

1-Intro ( 4)

5-VerseA*12

17-VerseB*12

29-FillAB* 8

37-VerseA*12

49-Ending( 4)

TIP

You can also use the copy function as described below in order to shorten the process, but it is probably a good idea to set up the chords before using the copy function, to save you work later on.

However, you will have too many sections in the Preset section, starting at bar 53. This is how you remove them:

Removing song sections Move to the section

to be deleted and use Ó and Á so that the whole line is blinking.

Turn the wheel counterclockwise. Repeat the process until one section is left, followed

by a line saying

---SongEnd---. You cannot

delete all the sections in a song—there always must be at least one section.

When you’ve finished arranging the song, press

EXIT

to go back to the main pattern menu.

Adding song sections This is the opposite of

deleting sections. Move to the section to be deleted and use Ó and Á so that the whole line is blinking.

Turn the wheel clockwise. A new section is added, which you can edit (type and length) later on.

Repeat as necessary until you have the right number of sections for your song.

NOTE

The maximum length of a song is 100 sections or 999 measures (bars), whichever comes first.

Copying and pasting sections To save you

the trouble of manually entering and adding, deleting, etc. sections of the song, you can select a portion of the song for copying and inserting (similar to copying and pasting on a computer).

Move the cursor to the

Inst1:DistGtr .

Inst2:DistGtr .

Write:.

Copy /. '

Enter the copy screen:

In / 1-Intro

Out : 1-Intro

To : 5-VerseB;

Sure>>[ENTER]

Use the cursor pad to move to the of the area to be copied) and area to be copied) and use the wheel to select the start and end sections of the area to be copied. These can be the same area (for example, if the fields both point to the same the example above, when you make a copy, only that section will be copied, in this case, it will be inserted immediately befiore the VerseB section).

Move the cursor to the where the data will be copied) and use the wheel to set this point.

Finally, move the cursor down to the which allows you to set the number of times (up to

Copy menu item

In (start section

Out (end section of the

In and Out

Intro section as in

To field (the position before

Time field,

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99) that you want the In-Out section(s) to be copied.

Press

ENTER to copy the selected area to the To

point, inserting it at that point. Repeat the process as often as necessary.

NOTE

You cannot set the To point at a position between the

and the

Out

points.

When you copy, you copy not only the arrangement, but any chord changes that you may have made. We therefore suggest that if you have a complex series of chord changes which is repeated throughout the song, you set up this set of chord changes once and then perform the copy operation.

Deleting sections Sometimes you want to delete

several sections at once. This is easy to do with the delete function:

Move the cursor to the Del menu item:

Inst2:DistGtr .

Write:.

Copy :.

Del /. '

Enter the delete screen:

In / 1-Intro

Out : 1-Intro ;

Sure?>>[ENTER]

Use the cursor pad to move to the of the area to be deleted) and

In (start section

Out (end section of

the area to be deleted) and use the wheel to select the start and end sections of the area to be deleted.

The

In and Out section can be the same, in which

case only that section will be deleted. Press

ENTER to delete the selected area.

NOTE

Remember that this only deletes the pattern data. Any recorded audio data is unaffected.

Setting up the chords

Since we’re doing an elementary song here, the choice of chords may seem rather uninspired. When you’ve worked through this, and read a little more through this part, you’ll find how to make somewhat more interesting arrangements.

The final chord pattern we’re going to end up with for the whole song is:

Song section Bar Chord

Intro 1 E

2 3(E) 4E / B7

Verse 1 (Verse A) 5 (E)

6(E) 7(E) 8(E) 9A 10 (A) 11 E 12 (E) 13 B 14 A 15 E 16 E / B7

(E)

Song section Bar Chord

Verse 2 (VerseB) 17 (E)

18 (E) 19 (E) 20 (E) 21 A 22 (A) 23 E 24 (E) 25 B 26 A 27 E 28 E / B7

Middle 8 (FillAB) 29 E7

30 (E7) 31 A7 32 E7 33 B7 34 A7 35 E7 36 E7 / B7

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Song section Bar Chord

Verse 3 (VerseA) 37 E

38 (E) 39 (E) 40 (E) 41 A 42 (A) 43 E 44 (E) 45 B 46 A 47 E 48 E / B7

Ending 49 Bm7

50 E7

a. Following the convention on the Pocketstudio 5

itself, any chords which carry on from the previous bar are enclosed in parentheses.

As we said, this is not great art, but it will explain how to set up the song chord changes!

TIP

When you write your own songs, or if you are making your own arrangement of an existing song, you may find it helpful to draw up a chart like this as a guideline when you are programming the chords into the Pocketstudio 5.

From the Pattern menu, move to the Chord menu item, and press Á.

B001 c

k •••8 •••8 •••8 •••

•D-/-

( 4/ 4 Intro )

The first line of this screen shows the current bar, followed by the musical representation of the way that the bar is divided for chord changes (see below).

The next line shows the selected change points (points where the chord changes) within the bar.

The third line shows the chord that will be played at the selected change point.

The last line of the display is for information only. It shows the time signature of the current bar, as well as the current song section.

NOTE

In this screen, the cursor is always marked by the field being underlined.

The bar number should be 001 (if it’s not, use the wheel to change it). Right now, we won’t bother with the bar change divisions.

1 Move the cursor to the second line and make

sure that the first dot ( should be inverted (

•) is selected. It

k). to allow for a chord

change at this point. Beat divisions are shown by (

8). Use the wheel to change between these

two symbols. Turning the wheel clockwise sets the chord change point, and counterclockwise disables it.

2 Use the cursor pad to move the cursor to the

third line, to the root chord field:

B001 d

k •••8 •••8 ••• 8 •••

-/-

•D

( 4/ 4 Intro )

3 Use the wheel to change the root chord to

The default chord type is E major, so you don’t need to do anything else.

NOTE

In this screen, the scale starts at C and moves upwards to B in semitone steps. There are no sharps represented, so:

Display shows: Alternative:

Db C# Eb D# Gb F# Ab G# Bb A#

4 Move the cursor up to the top row, and scroll

through to bar

k) in the second line of any bar on the

dots (

004. If you see any inverted

way, use the cursor and wheel (counterclockwise) to change them to the normal setting (

•).

Note that when a chord is carried over from a previous change, the chord name is shown in parentheses

5 In bar

004, we’ll make the change from E

B7 halfway through the bar. For this,

we’ll need to set the change points to occur every half-note (minim). Move the cursor to the musical note symbol on the top line of the screen. Turn the wheel clockwise to change the symbol to

s (strictly speaking, you don’t

need to do this, but it makes your life easier

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by reducing the number of possible change points displayed).

Note that the number of change points available in the bar, as shown on the second line, changes as you change the division value.

B004 s

•E-/-

( 4/ 4 Intro )

6 Move to the first change point and make sure

that the root chord is still

7 Now move to the second change point and

B as the root chord. Then use Á to

select move to the chord type immediately to the left of the root chord, and then use the wheel to select

NOTE

You cannot move the cursor from a change point on the second line which has not been set ( and so you will not be able to change the root chord or the chord type. You must always move the cursor from a set change point to the third line to change the root chord and chord type.

7 as the chord type).

B004 s

•B7/-

( 4/ 4 Intro )

•

) to the third line,

You’ll see that there are other fields on this line, but we’ll explain them later on. Right now, we’ll concentrate on setting up this sample song.

This is the basic procedure for setting up chords within a song: move to the bar where the chord change will happen, set the change points if necessary, and change the chord.

8 Repeat this process for the whole song, refer-

ring to the chart we made earlier.

TIP

You can also use the copy and insert functions (“Copying and pasting sections” on page 13) to save time when setting up repeating sections like verse-chorus combinations.

Save your song! It’s important that you write the

chord progression to the card. If you don’t, you’ll lose all your hard work if the Pocketstudio 5 gets turned off!

9 When you’ve finished writing the chord

sequence, press main menu. Use the cursor pad to move to the

CARD menu, and press ENTER. Scroll

down to the

ENTER. Answer yes by pressing ENTER

press when you are invited (twice) to save the song (and overwrite the song already in memory).

This saves the chords and pattern ready for later use.

EXIT twice to return to the

Song Save menu item, and

Arranging the parts

When you’ve got the chords and pattern you want, you can then arrange the parts as you want.

There are four parts in each pattern: the drum kit (counts as one part), a bass, and two other instruments, used for backing parts. The overall output level of the tone generator is adjusted with the TG fader, but you may want to adjust other ways in which you heat these parts.

Select the part (

Inst2), and turn the wheel.

You’ll find that the preset instruments in the blues patterns sound pretty good, but just for fun, we’ll change the instruments for a bit of variety.

You will find that you can only select drum kits of different types to use with the instruments to use with the two parts can have any instrument in the set assigned to them.

Drum, Bass, Inst1 or

Drum part and bass

Bass part. The other

To adjust volume and pan position, etc., press Á.

Inst / OverDrv

level:100

Pan :R 1

Rev :100 ;

Use the cursor and the wheel to change the different values:

Display Explanation Min value Max value

level

Pan

Mute

Rev

The level of the part in the mix

The left-right position of the part in the stereo mix

Whether the instrument sounds or not

The level of the part sent to the TG internal reverb

0 127

L63

off on

0 127

R63

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Display Explanation Min value Max value

Cho

KeyTr

The level of the part sent to the TG internal chorus

The pitch above or below the default in semitones

a. The center position is shown as C.

0127

-36 36

In this way, you can tailor the sound to your exact requirements.

Press

EXIT when you have finished.

When you’ve set up the sample song following these instructions, you will have a good idea of what is possible using the Pocketstudio 5’s internal tone generator and the preset backing patterns.

Advanced part arrangement We mentioned

that the bass instruments only can be used for the bass part. However, if you want to change this, you

More details about patterns

This contains lists, etc. of the different options available to you when using the Pocketstudio 5 patterns.

can go from the

PATTERN menu to the TG menu,

and change the instrument settings there. See “Setting part parameters in the SMF” on page 26.

When you do this, remember that the bass instrument is on channel 2, instrument 1 on channel 3, instrument 2 on channel 4, and the drums on channel 10.

Playing an external MIDI instrument with the patterns You can plug a MIDI keyboard or

other controller into the Pocketstudio 5’s MIDI input jack and play along with the patterns. Though this cannot be recorded in the normal way on a track, it can be recorded (together with the patterns) either on mixdown or during a bounce process.

The MIDI instrument is only received on MIDI channel 1 and so you should set the instrument of part 1 to match your MIDI input when playing with patterns.

Categories and styles

The different categories and styles available to you are listed here.

Category Style Description

Rock1 90sHrock

80sHrock 70sHrock 70sHrock2 60sHrock HrockShfl HvyRock GlamRock Grunge

Rock2 SpdMetal

HvMetal Thrash DeathMt1

Into the 90s with this rock sound A rock sound from the 80s More of a 70s feel to this UK rock sound A driving UK 70s rhythm A guitar-based 60s-style psychedelic rock sound. Hard rock with a shuffle beat Heavy rock Typifies one of the most famous “glam rock” band sounds The “Seattle sound” High-speed metal music A solid heavy metal beat High-speed thrash Classic dark metal rhythms

Note that you cannot change categories or styles while the Pocketstudio 5 is playing back (the unit must be stopped before you can change them):

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Category Style Description

Rock3 Shuffle1

Shuffle2 80sVintag 70sVintag Blues 70sRckRol Alternatv PianoTrio Progress LiverPool Electric LatinRock JungleR 80sIrish Surf OldRckRol Rockabily C&WRock C&W16rock

Ballad 90'sPop

Organ PianoPop HardRock SlowBlues 16Beat Unplugged AOR Fusion

Pop LitePop

AOR1 AOR2 16beat BritPop 24beat 80sBritish

R&B Funk1

Funk2 Motown Soul R&B1 R&B2 90'sBlues 6/8R&B BluesShuf Gospel Oldies

Shuffle-based rock A slower, more easy shuffle A vintage 80s rock sound with acoustic touches 70s vintage rock sounds Blue-based rock Rock and roll, 70s style Represents the “alternative” sound of the 90s Piano, bass and drums playing rock Hammond/synth 70s-based “progressive” rock A city in England, famous for producing many groups, but one in particular! Synth-based rock A touch of Latin added to rock, together with a fine solo guitar Rock on drum ‘n’ bass One Irish band overflew the world! The classic California surf sound (and you don’t even have to get your feet wet!) Back to the 50s with this one Guitar, stripped-down drumkit and stand-up bass for that rockabilly sound Where country and western and rock all meet 16-beat version of C&W meets rock A pop style made famous in the 90s, featuring a Wurlitzer-type electric piano Hammond-based backing for this slow 16-beat ballad Piano-based classic slow ballad What happens when hard rock bands play ballads Soulful slow blues ballad A ballad in 16-beat style Acoustic-guitar based balladeering A slight Latin feel to the percussion here Jazz and soul in this pop number A classic pop song sound Light funky backing Synth-based pop backing Choppy guitar work and a touch of Latin percussion add to this distinctive sound That classic British pop sound Bouncy 24-beat pop An arresting sound! Brass stabs characterize this classic funk backing Wah-wah rhythm drives this funk groove Golden days of 8-beat Detroit R&B Classic 70s soul groove Modern R&B rhythms More R&B with a dynamic moving guitar part The blues come up to date with this slap bass backing R&B in another rhythm Hammond/guitar pairing for a blues shuffle Gospel-based R&B Play this and go back in time!

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Category Style Description

Dance HipHop

R&bHipHop JazHipHop Bigbeat Techno DrumNbass House Disco

Jazz BrshSwing

Combo Cool FastBeBop Waltz BigBand 5/4Jazz AcidJazz

Fusion ContempoF

Samba Funk1 Funk2 HighTec 24beatF

Country Western

Folk Ballad Waltz Bluegrass CajunRock Dixie

Latin Salsa

Samba Bossa Mambo ChaCha Rumba Caribben1 Caribben2

World Reggae1

Reggae2 Reggae3 Ska

Slower hip-hop (listen for the scratches) Faster R&B-based hip-hop dance grooves Where jazz riffs and phrasing meet hip-hop rhythms The big beat Techno-style dance grooves Jungle House dance mix The classic disco sound Lazy, classic backing, perfect for that smoky sax solo Piano, drums and bass; just add your own genius! Laid-back and rhythmical So cool, your ears will freeze! In 6/8, rather than 3/4, but you can still waltz to it! The great sound of a tight brass section playing in classic style The 5/4 style, made famous once. See if you can repeat the success! Jazz with a twist or two Contemporary fusion style Latin percussion adds to the feel of this samba-based backing Slap bass driven funk Faster and less four-square than the first funk rhythm Fast and furious high-tech fusion Quite wonderful 24-beat fusion Yeeee-hah! Classic Western rhythms Country-style folk ballad Nashville-style ballad in triplet time Country-style 3/4 rhythms Downhome pickin’ Louisiana-style country That classic New Orleans sound Hot and spicy NY-Cuban groove for Latin pieces The samba just keeps on going Remember when all drum boxes played bossa nova? This is the modern version. The Cuban mambo rhythm brought up to date A classic rhythm The all-time Latin favorite Calypso time! Break out the rum! More calypso (with steel drums) Take your best shot with this one! Solid, driving bass in this Jamaican-based rhythm Classic brass-based blue beat 60s Jamaica meets late 70s London (and Coventry)

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More about chord progressions

In the sample song, we only used a few chords. The Pocketstudio 5 is capable of producing almost any

Chord change points

First, the way in which the bars are divided for the chord change points can be set to match the following musical divisions:

a s dn d xn x c

When this setting is made on the first line of the screen, the second line of the screen divides the current bar into the number of parts determined by the change point setting. Here we see a 4/4 bar divided into eighth-notes (quavers), meaning that there are

whole note (semibreve) half-note (minim) triplet quarter-note (triplet) quarter-note (crochet) triplet eighth-note (triplet quaver) Eighth-note (quaver) Sixteenth-note (semiquaver)

chord progression written (using Western-style notation, anyway).

eight divisions in the bar (the chord could change a maximum of eight times in this bar)

B001 x

k • 8 • 8 • 8 •

-/-

•D

( 4/ 4 Intro )

When you move to the second line of the screen, use Ó and Á to move between the possible chord change points, and the wheel to set (clockwise) and unset (counterclockwise) these points as actual change points.

When a valid (set) change point is highlighted, use ¶ to move to the third line to set the chord at that point.

A set change point is represented by: An unset change point is represented by

a beat boundary, or

• in other cases.

8 if it marks

The effect of changing and inserting sections

As explained earlier (“Setting up the song arrangement” on page 12) it is possible to change the structure of a song by changing the type of section and by adding and copying sections within the arrangement.

The way that the chords are set up in these new sections depends on whether you are using the User or the Preset area (see “Select the user area” on page 12).

In the Preset area whenever you add a new section or you change the type of an existing section, the chord progression within that section will be the default for that particular pattern.

In the User area whenever you add a new section, there will be one chord all the way through that section. That chord will be the last chord of the previous section. Since it is a “continuation” chord, it is shown in parentheses (e.g.

(•Dbm7/-)).

Available chords

In the User area, when you change the type of an existing section, the chord progression remains the same as previously, but the actual notes played will vary.

This means that it is very easy to create “instant songs” in the Preset area by simply using the default chord progressions and working from there. Further adjustment (deletion of unwanted chord changes, etc.) is then possible by copying the Preset area to the User area (using the

PATTERN menu) and editing it there.

TIP

If you have made a song in the preset area which sounds right, except that it is in the wrong key for you to sing or play, you can change the key of the three parts (bass and two other instruments—you can’t change the key of the drums!) using the parameter (“Arranging the parts” on page 16).

Write function in the

KeyTr

There are four parameters that you can set for each chord change:

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Octave There are three settings here: • sets the

chord at normal pitch, takes it down an active, relative to normal.

B001 x

k • 8 • 8 • 8 •

D-/-

•

( 4/ 4 Intro )

+ takes it up an octave, and -

Root chord This is the basic key in which the

chord will be played. Chords are always expressed as flats, not sharps, so if you need an must dial

Gb.

B001 x

k • 8 • 8 • 8 •

-/-

•D

( 4/ 4 Intro )

F# chord, you

Chord type This provides you with access to the

most common (and many of the uncommon!) chord types that you can play. The list of available settings is:

Display

M Madd9 M6 M69 M7 M7(9) M7(#11) M7(#5) m madd9 m6 m69 m7 m7b5 m7(9)

Display

m7(11) mM7 mM7(9) 7 7b5 7sus4 7(9) 7(b9) 7(#9) 7(13) 7(b13) 7(#11) 7(#5) sus4 #5 dim

a. Means that the chord type selected is the default

one for this type of pattern (for instance, an intro often has a lead line with which the chord must harmonize). Any changes to the default may change the pattern’s feel.

If you are in doubt regarding what any of these chords really mean in musical terms, consult a reference book on harmony.

B001 x

k • 8 • 8 • 8 •

Dm7/-

•

( 4/ 4 Intro )

“On” field This field provides you with the ability

to specify the bass note for the chord (assuming you don’t want the root note to be the bass note). Use the wheel to select the bass note for the chord.

B001 x

k • 8 • 8 • 8 •

•D-/A

( 4/ 4 Intro )

Instruments

The instruments that you assign to parts follow the General MIDI standard, and are as follows (in most cases, the names shown on screen explain themselves, but in some cases, they may need a little explanation).

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If you have a MIDI instrument connected to the MIDI jack of the Pocketstudio 5, you can preview the instruments as you select them (use MIDI channel 2 for instru-

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ment 1, channel 3 for part 2, channel 4 for the bass, and channel 10 for drums).

Number Name Description Piano group

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Piano1 Piano2 EG_Piano Honky_Tonk E_Piano 1 E_Piano 2 Harpsichord Clavi

Acoustic piano Acoustic piano (bright) Electric grand piano Honky-tonk piano Electric piano 1 Electric piano 2 Harpsichord Clavichord

Chromatic percussion

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Celesta Glocken Music_Box Vibraphone Marimba Xylophone Tubular Dulcimer

Celesta Glockenspiel Music box Vibraphone Marimba Xylophone Tubular bells Dulcimer (santur)

Organ group

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Full_Organ Per_Organ Rock_Organ Church_Org Reed_Organ Accordion Harmonica Tango

Drawbar organ Percussive organ Rock organ Church organ Reed organ Accordion Harmonica (mouth-organ) Tango accordion

Guitar group

25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

Bass group

33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

Nylon_Gtr Steel_Gtr Jazz_Gt Clean_Gtr Muted_Gtr Over_Drive Disk_Gtr Harmonics

Ac_Bass Finger_Bs Pc_Bs Fretless Slap_Bs 1 Slap_Bs 2 Synth_Bs 1 Synth_Bs 2

Spanish guitar Steel-strung (folk) guitar Jazz electric guitar Clean electric guitar Muted electric guitar Overdriven electric guitar Distorted electric guitar Guitar harmonics

Acoustic (upright) bass Electric bass (fingered) Electric bass (pick) Electric bass (fretless) Slap bass 1 Slap bass 2 Synthesizer bass 1 Synthesizer bass 2

String section group

Number Name Description

41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48

Violin Viola Cello Contrabass TremoloStr Pizzicato Harp Timpani

Violin Viola Violoncello Double bass Tremolo strings Pizzicato strings Harp Timpani (kettledrums)

String ensemble group

49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56

Marcato SlowString SynString1 SynString2 Choir Syn_Voice1 Syn_Voice2 Orch_Hit

String ensemble (fast) String ensemble (slow) Synthesized strings 1 Synthesized strings 2 Choir (“aahs”) Voices (“oohs”) Synthesized voices Orchestral hit

Brass group

57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64

Trumpet Trombone Tuba Mute Trmpt FrenchHrn BrassSect Syn_Brass1 Syn_Brass2

Tr u mp e t Trombone Tuba Trumpet (muted) French horn Brass section Synthesized brass 1 Synthesized brass 2

Reed group

65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72

SopranoSax Alto_Sax Tenor_Sax BaritonSax Oboe EnglishHrn Bassoon Clarinet

Soprano saxophone Alto saxophone Tenor saxophone Baritone saxophone Oboe Cor anglais Bassoon Clarinet

Pipe group

73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80

Piccolo Flute Recorder Pan_Flute BlowBottle Shakuhachi Whistle Ocarina

Piccolo Flute Recorder Panpipes Blown bottle Shakuhachi Whistle Ocarina

Synth lead group

81 82 83

SquareLead Saw_Lead Calliope

Square wave lead Sawtooth wave lead Synthesized calliope

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Number Name Description

84 85 86 87 88

Chiff_Lead Charang Voice_Lead 5th_Lead Bass+Lead

“Chiff” lead sound “Charang” sound Vocal lead sound Sawtooth lead in fifths Bass and lead voices

Synthesizer group

89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96

Fantasia Warm_Pad Poly_Pad Choir Pad Bowed_Pad Metal_Pad Halo_Pad Sweep_Pad

A “new age” sound Warm pad A polyphonic synth pad Space-age choir Strings-like sound Metallic sound Halo pad sound A sweeping pad sound

Synthesizer effect group

97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104

Rain SoundTrack Crystal Atmosphere Brightness Goblins Echoes Star_Theme

Rain sounds A film soundtrack Crystalline sound Atmospheric effects A bright sound Goblin-like effects Echoing effects An SF-like sound

Ethnic group

105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112

Sitar Banjo Shamisenq Koto Kalimba Bag_Pipe Fiddle Shanai

Sitar (Indian) Banjo Shamisen (Japanese) Koto (Japanese) Kalimba (African) Bagpipe (Celtic, etc.) Folk violin Double-reed wind (Indian)

Percussion group

113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120

TinkleBell Agogo SteelDrums Wood_Block Taiko MelodicTom Synth_Drum ReverseCymb

Light bell Agogo Steel drum Wood block Taiko (Japanese drum) Melodic tom-tom Synth drum Reversed cymbal sound

Sound effect group

121 122 123 124 125 126

Fret_Noise Breath Seashore Bird_Tweet Telephone Helicopter

Guitar fret noise Breath noise Waves and surf Birdsong Telephone ring tone Helicopter

Number Name Description

127 128

Applause Gun_Shot

Audience reaction Gunshot

a. Only instruments from this group can be assigned

to the bass part

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Drum kits

In addition to these instruments, there are five different drum kits which you can use with the drum parts of the patterns:

Name Description

Standard A standard drum kit Power Set A more powerful, rock-oriented kit Brush A standard kit played with brushes,

suitable for jazz, etc.

Orchestr More of an orchestral feel to the per-

cussion sounds

CM-64/32 Emulates a popular rhythm machine

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5 – Standard MIDI files and the Pocketstudio 5

The Pocketstudio 5 can take Standard MIDI files (we’ll use SMF as the abbreviation for these) and play them back using the tone generator.

You can either use a public-domain SMF, available over the Internet, etc. or you can transfer MIDI files you have created yourself on a sequencer over to the Pocketstudio 5’s memory card.

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You can also play MIDI directly into the Pocketstudio 5 from a keyboard or a sequencer, using the internal tone

Transferring SMFs to the Pocketstudio 5

You can copy SMFs to the Pocketstudio 5 in the same way that you copy any file on your computer.

NOTE

SMFs may contain copyright material. Make sure that you respect the copyright holder’s interests when you use such files.

See “Data, cards, etc.” on page 36 for full details of how to connect the Pocketstudio 5 to a computer.

When the Pocketstudio 5 is connected to the computer, the card appears as an extra disk.

Copy the SMF to the card in the usual way (drag and drop between folders).

gener at or. Howeve r, y ou cannot record MIDI sequences on the Pocketstudio 5 using this setup.

From the Pocketstudio 5, you can choose the instruments that will play the SMF, adjust their level and position in the stereo mix, transpose them, add reverb and chorus, etc.

This allows you to produce a “karaoke” backing, perfectly matched for your vocals. Or, if you want to practice a particular instrumental part, you can play along to the rest of the “backing band” and mute the MIDI solo instrument.

Any SMF should have an 8.3 type filename (that is, the name of the file should be no longer than eight characters long) and the extension should be .MID.

Note that if the name is longer than eight characters, it will be abbreviated, spaces are removed, and lowercase letters will be converted to uppercase, so My Blue Rose.mid will become

NOTE

Make sure that you copy the SMFs to the the card. If you copy them anywhere else, you will not be able to use them with the Pocketstudio 5.

MYBLUE≥1.

SMF

folder on

Deleting SMFs

You can delete an SMF loaded on the card using the Pocketstudio 5.

From the down to

CARD menu, use the cursor pad to move

SMF DELETE, and press ENTER.

/ ELLIE1

YOU4ME

WAITING ;

Delete>>[ENTER]

Use the cursor pad to scroll the cursor down to the song you want to delete, and press

ENTER.

After a short time, the display shows

Complete !!.

NOTE

There is no undo possible from this operation. Make sure that if this is an SMF you may want to use again, that there is a copy stored on your computer.

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Using SMFs on the Pocketstudio 5

When you play back an SMF on the Pocketstudio 5, you can record along with it.

Use the

PLAY, STOP, REW, F FWD and MARK trans-

port keys to play back the SMF along with the audio tracks. When you work in this way, the audio will always be synchronized to the MIDI.

Playing back an SMF when the played means that when a part is playing a note, an

TG screen is dis-

flashes briefly on the third line of the display above the part number.

Loading an SMF from the card

To load an SMF from the card, use the CARD menu:

SONG LOAD SONG SAVE SONG EDIT

/ SMF LOAD ;

Move the cursor to the

ENTER.

press

/ BLUEDOLL

IWANTYOU THRASH1

Load>>[ENTER]

Move the cursor to the title of the SMF you want to load, and press

ENTER.

SMF Load menu item and

You can also disable playback of the SMF, if you want, and use the transport keys to control the audio only.

Control the volume of the tone generator with the

fader (just like the backing tracks).

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When you are using an SMF as backing to your audio tracks, you may prefer to set the time display to bars and beats, rather than minutes, seconds and frames. See “Choosing the time type” on page 28.

Since the card can contain many SMFs, you must choose the one to play back.

When an SMF is loaded, the tone generator is automatically set to play back SMFs (not patterns).

If you want to check this, from the main menu, enter the

SYSTEM menu, and select the TgMode

option.

Record:Tracking TgMode / SMF Play Tempo :100% Time :ABS ;

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You may also want to set the time display to bars and beats, since you are working with a MIDI file. See “Choosing the time type” on page 28.

Setting SMF song tempo

Also in the SYSTEM menu is the option to play the SMF at a tempo different from that it was originally saved at. Since MIDI does not change pitch with tempo, this can be a great way of learning guitar licks, etc. at a slow speed and working up to full speed.

Record:Tracking TgMode:SMF Play Tempo / 75% Time :ABS ;

Setting part parameters in the SMF

As mentioned earlier, you can set the following for each of the16 parts in the SMF (not every SMF will

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You see the tempo expressed as a percentage of the original value of the SMF. Set this, using the wheel, between speed) of the original.

50% (half speed) and 200% (double

100% is, of course, the origi-

nal speed. Tempo changes within the SMF are preserved.

have all of these parameters set, and not every SMF will use 16 instruments):

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• Instrument—there are 128 instruments and 5

drumkits (a special kind of instrument) to choose from, corresponding to the settings defined in the General MIDI list. See “Instruments” on page 9 of the Patterns documentation for a full list of the General MIDI instruments as implemented on the Pocketstudio 5. Note that you do not have to assign only bass instruments to bass parts, etc. but you can only assign drum kits to part 10 (traditionally reserved for drums).

•

Level—from 0 to 127

• Pan—from L63 (hard left) through C (center) to

R63 (hard right)

•

Mute—on (part does not sound) or off (part

sounds)

•

Rx. Ch (receive channel)—the MIDI channel

that the part receives data on. Typically, part 1 receives data on channel 1, etc., but you can change this.

•

ChoType (chorus type)—there are several types

of chorus/effect available. Use this parameter to pick the effect that you will use with the tone generator.

•

ChoSend (chorus send)—the level of signal

sent to the “chorus” effect, whose type is determined above.

•

RevType (reverb type)—in addition to the first

“chorus” effect, the tone generator can also use its own reverb/delay effect. Pick the type of effect to use here.

•

RevSend (reverb send)—the level of signal sent

to the second “reverb” effect.

•

KeyTrans (key transposition) —transpose the

original ±36 semitones (three octaves).

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The transposition is useful if you are learning a piece written in F#, for example, but you’re not yet sure of

the chords, or if you are singing along to a MIDI backing track, but can’t quite make the high notes.

NOTE

The two effects here are entirely independent of any other effects in the Pocketstudio 5. You cannot use these effects with the audio tracks, the audio effects cannot be used with the tone generator, and you cannot use the audio effects with the tone generator effects.

From the main menu, select the TG menu:

WildHand 000:Piano1 ;

12-4--78- pqwe---

The name of the sequence (if the SMF contains the sequence name this is used, otherwise the filename is used here) is given at the top, together with the first part.

Press ¶ to start editing the parameters. Use Ó and Á to select the part. The number of the

selected part flashes on the bottom line of the display (if the part is muted, a hyphen

- represents the num-

ber), and the part number and selected instrument are shown on the top line of the display.

Use § and ¶ to select the parameter to be changed. The second line shows the parameter to be changed,

as listed above. Use the wheel to change the value. There is no need

to press

ENTER—the value changes instantly.

This way of working allows you to work easily in one of two ways: either setting all the parameters for one part (use § and ¶) or setting the same parameter for different parts (use Ó and Á).

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Choosing the meter display

You can choose between four different styles of meter shown on the screen: short/slim (

ShrtSlim), long/slim (LongSlim), short/

ShrtFat) or long/fat (LongFat).

fat (

Choosing the time type

Depending on your preference, the time can be displayed in minutes, seconds and frames (there are either 38 or 39 frames in a second) or in measures (bars) and beats.

1 From the system menu, move to the

option:

Record:Tracking TgMode:Pattern Tempo :--------Time / ABS ;

2 Use the wheel to change between the minutes

and seconds, and the bars and beats display. When you make the change, either the word

ABS (for “absolute time”) or BAR/BEAT

(bars & beats) shows on the screen.

Time:

1 From the system menu, move to the

Meter: option:

TgMode:Pattern Tempo :--------Time :ABS Meter / ShrtSlim '

2 Use the wheel to select the meter type to be

displayed on the home screen.

NOTE

The bars and beats display is not a “magic” indicator. If you are not playing in time with the MIDI tone generator, there is no way for the Pocketstudio 5 to know anything about the musical tempo or structure of your music.

Songs on the Pocketstudio 5 always start at 00:00:00 (minutes, seconds and frames) or at 001-01 (bars and beats).

NOTE

Because of the slightly uneven nature of the internal timing, you may sometimes find that the bars/beats measurement is not as precise (to small fractions of a second) as the ABS timing. However, it remains a very useful way in which to jump around quickly within the song’s structure.

Reducing input noise

You may notice, especially with some of the guitarbased input effects, that you can hear a certain amount of noise as the effect amplifies any string noise, pickup noise, etc. Typically, when you play the instrument, the sound of the instrument will cover the noise of the effect, but in quiet passages, this can be annoying.

The Pocketstudio 5 therefore provides noise suppressors for both inputs, so that any background noise will be suppressed. Any sounds which go over the level set for the suppressor will be passed through.

1 From the home screen, press

enter the

SYSTEM menu.

MENU, and

2 Use the cursor keys to move to the bottom of

the menu:

Time :ABS

Meter :ShrtSlim

NspA / 10

NspB :12 l

3 The two noise suppressors for inputs A and

NspA and NspB, are at the bottom of

the screen. Use the wheel to change the level

OFF (equivalent to 0) through to 60.

from

OFF setting, all signals (together with the

At the noise) are passed through. At the high settings, only relatively loud sounds are passed through the suppressor.

If your song includes quiet passages, you may not be able to hear these quiet parts if you make this setting too high.

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When the gate is opened to let the sound through, it takes a certain time to close. During that time, you may be able to hear some noise, even after the sound you want has stopped. You may also note that the

Absolute location

From the home screen, you can jump to different parts of the song.

You can either make the jump to a value in minutes, seconds and frames (there are 37 or 38 frames to a second), or in bars and beats), depending on the time type that has been selected in the way described above.

To jump to a location (mm:ss:ff): Follow the

steps below:

1 Stop playback or recording. 2 On the home screen, move the cursor so that

the cursor (underline) is under one of the three time fields (minutes, seconds or frames):

00:10:33

3 Turn the wheel to change the value. Note that

if you turn the seconds value past 59, the value resets to zero and the value of the minutes goes up by one (the reverse happens if you go below zero). The frames and minutes fields also interact in the same way.

sound appears to cut off slowly when the value is decreased to the when the value is increased from

OFFsetting, but reappears fast

OFF.

As you turn the wheel, the number flashes. If you are going to set other fields, use the cursor pad to move to another field (it starts to flash), and the number you have just left stops flashing.

4 When you have finished setting the values,

press

ENTER to locate to the position you

have just set.

5 You can use this position to start playback or

recording, as the IN or OUT point for punch recording or repeat playback, or as the point to set a mark.

To jump to a bars and beats location This

is basically the same as the time-based location procedure, except for the following:

14-02

Bars and beats are separated by a hyphen ( than a colon (

:).

Increasing the beat counter does not automatically move to the next bar, and turning the beat counter below zero does not move to the previous bar.

Like the time-based location, you must press to move to the new location.

-), rather

ENTER

Marks

Use the mark functions to set and recall critical points (verse beginnings, instrumental breaks, etc. within a song). These marks can be used with song editing functions (see “Editing data” on page 40) as well as for location. As well as the eight user-defin-

Using marks

When marks have been set as described below, simply press the playback is stopped or playing back (but not recording) to the previous or next mark position (including the IN and OUT points). If no mark positions have

REW or F FWD keys to jump while

able breaks which you can set anywhere within the song and rename to whatever suits you best, there are also two other special points, IN and OUT, used with the repeat and the auto punch function. These cannot be renamed.

been set behind the current playback position, the playback position will be set to the start (REW) of the song. See below for details of how to set and edit the marks.

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Setting a mark

During playback or while playback is stopped, press

MARK key to insert a mark at the current posi-

the tion.

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You don’t need to have the home screen displayed in order to use marks.

The home screen shows Mark x at the top left of the screen, where

x is the next available mark num-

ber. This is the default name of the mark, which you

Deleting a mark

When a mark is displayed (that is, it is the mark at or before the current playback position on the home screen, you can delete it in the following way:

1 Press and hold down the 2 Press the

MARK key.

STOP key.

Naming and editing mark points

You name and edit mark points in the following way:

1 Select the 2 Select the

with the wheel until the menu item is highlighted.

3 Press

keys to scroll through the list of marks that have been set:

CARD menu from the main menu.

Song Edit menu. Scroll down

Edit Mark

Song Delete Undo Redo

/ Edit Mark '

ENTER/YES, and use the ¶ and §

Select Mark

/ Mark 1 .

Mark 2 . IN .

can change later (see below) to something more useful, like “Verse 2” or “Chorus”. If a mark has been deleted from the sequence, the deleted number is then reused.

When mark points have been set (including the IN and OUT points), the name of the mark immediately before the current playback position is shown during playback or winding.

The mark is then deleted, and the previous mark (if any) is then shown. To delete this previous mark, release all keys, press and hold the

MARK key again. Repeat as necessary.

STOP key again, and press the

4 Press the Á key when you have highlighted

the mark you want to edit:

Name:Mark 1 Time: 00:00:00

Write>>[ENTER]

5 Use the ¶ and § keys to move between the

mark name and the mark time value. Name the mark as described in “Naming

songs, etc.” on page 12 of Getting Started. Note that you cannot rename the IN and OUT points.

Use the Á and Ó keys to move the cursor to the minutes, seconds or frames value, and then use the wheel to set the value on the screen.

6 Set the values with the

ENTER key.

Repeat playback

You can repeat and loop a part of the song, in order to practice a particular guitar lick or vocal phrase, for example.

When the

REPEAT key is on (lit), playback loops

between the IN and OUT points, if these have been set.

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When you press the

REPEAT key to turn repeat on (if

the IN and OUT points are set, and are not too close together, otherwise a message is displayed), playback starts at the first point, continues to the second point and then returns to the first point and replays again.

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NOTE

In repeat mode, unlike auto punch rehearsal mode, the IN point can come after the OUT point.

Remember that it is also possible to loop rehearsal of auto punch points, allowing you to repeat a difficult phrase until you get it right.

Punch recording

There are two ways of carrying out punch recording, manual and automatic. In both cases, when you are playing back the previously recorded track, you listen to (or monitor) the sounds which have already been recorded. Adjust the level of what you hear with the track fader.

Manual punch recording

Manual punch recording is carried out in the following way. If a track is armed (its flashing), simply playback the track, and press the

RECORD key at the point you want to start record-

ing—the light (as will the

REC READY light will stop flashing and

RECORD key) as recording starts.

REC READY key is

Press the

REPEAT key so that it is unlit to turn off the

repeat mode. You can set the IN and OUT points even while repeat

playback is taking place.

When you punch in (start recording), you monitor the input signal (guitar, vocals, etc.).

When you punch out (stop recording), monitoring changes back to the off-track monitoring.

Start recording the correct version of the part. Press

PLAY at the point you want to stop recording.

The Pocketstudio 5 goes from record to playback, the

RECORD key will flash for a short time as the

recorded data is written, and the

REC READY key

starts to flash.

Automated punch recording

Although you can use the method above, it is difficult to press keys on the Pocketstudio 5 when you are playing an instrument that needs two hands, like a guitar. Also, automation allows you to rehearse the punch, so that you punch in and out at the right times,

Setting the IN and OUT points

Set these points either “on the fly” while playing back, while playback is stopped at the appropriate point.

Simply press the

IN or OUT key at the appropriate

point where you want punching to start or to stop.

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Even if you have played just one wrong note, you may find it very difficult to play just that one note correctly. The best way of punching in and out is usually to record a whole phrase, with a little silence before and after it

Rehearsing a punch operation

and don’t overwrite any of the important material that you’ve recorded before.

There are two important location points that you must set for punch recording: the IN point and the OUT point, where you punch in and punch out.

(if a phrase like this occurs in your song), and to set the IN and OUT points in that silence.

When you have set the IN and OUT points, they appear on the display like marks (see “Marks” on page 29), and they can be edited and deleted in the same way. They cannot be renamed, though.

NOTE

Note that you cannot delete the IN and OUT points while the AUTO PUNCH key is flashing or lit (see below).

When the marks have been set, press the AUTO

PUNCH

key, which starts flashing.

Playback goes back to a little (three seconds) before the IN point.

Arm the track you want to record, and assign an input to it (“Routing an input to a track” on page 14 of Get- ting Started). The

REC READY light of the track will

flash.

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Press PLAY. Playback starts until the IN point is reached. Then the playback monitoring stops, and the

RECORD key flashes until the OUT point is reached.

Then playback from the track starts again, and the

RECORD key stops flashing.

Three seconds after the OUT point, the playback point then rewinds to three seconds before the IN point.

At this point, you may decide that the IN and OUT points need to be adjusted (maybe you were a little

Recording the punch

When you are ready to record, rewind to before the IN point if necessary (usually the Pocketstudio 5 will have done this for you).

Press the flashing steadily (if the

Press the

PLAY key. When the Pocketstudio 5

reaches the IN point, the recording starts. Off-track monitoring stops.

AUTO PUNCH key so that it lights

REPEAT key is on, it will turn off).

RECORD key lights, and

slow in hitting the keys when you first set them). See “Naming and editing mark points” on page 30 for details.

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If the

REPEAT

automatically repeat this rehearsal process as many times as you want, “hands-free”. You can press the

REPEAT

taking place.

key is pressed so that it is lit, you can

key to turn repeat or off while the rehearsal is

When the OUT point is reached, the off-track monitoring starts again

Repeat the punch recording for as many times as it takes to get it right (but you can’t set automatic repeat). You probably won’t get it right first time, so don’t worry. Just carry on until you get a take you’re happy with.

Checking the punch

To check the punch, rewind to before the IN point, turn off the

AUTO PUNCH key, and press PLAY. You

will hear the lead-in to the punch point, the punched material, and the material after the punch.

Track bouncing

Like many multitrack devices, the Pocketstudio 5 allows you to bounce tracks (that is, combine already-recorded tracks with each other so that the old tracks are then available for further recording) On the Pocketstudio 5, you can even bounce tracks to themselves.

The way in which this works is that the MASTER outputs are “looped back” inside and can then be recorded on any armed tracks.

If you are not happy with the punch, you can turn on the AUTO PUNCH key again (the IN and OUT points will remain), and re-record the punch.

This means that you can record more than four tracks in the Pocketstudio 5.

Drums L2Drums R3Bass L4Bass R

MASTER

L and R

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Drums +

bass L

Drums +

bass R

Bass L

(reuse)

Bass R

(reuse)

However, when you are bouncing tracks, you should take note of the following:

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• When you enter the bounce mode, the only sources are the left and right stereo master outputs, allowing you to record all tracks, as well as the output of the tone generator. You should therefore be careful that the tone generator is turned off at this point

• Although you can bounce tracks to themselves, you lose the original track (in the last diagram, drum tracks 1 and 2 will be overwritten by the mixed bounce). However, you can use the Pocketstudio 5’s undo function that allows you to recover your original tracks if you have made a mistake.

• If you start recording after a bounce operation, the undo operation will no longer allow you to restore the tracks you have overwritten.

Bounce modes There are two bounce modes.

One of these, reo master outputs to the armed tracks. The other bounce mode, allows the two inputs to be routed to the armed tracks as well.

The

Bouncing mode is provided so that “over-

spill” noise from the inputs will not accidentally be recorded, and this is the option you should choose if

Bouncing, simply routes the ste-

Bounce+, does the same, but

you are not adding any signals from the inputs during the bounce operation.

To enter bounce mode Select the SYSTEM

menu from the main menu. The first menu item,

Tracking for normal recording. Use the wheel

to change this to either tracks only) or

Record, should be set to

Bouncing (recorded

Bounce+ (recorded tracks plus

inputs).

Record / Bouncing

TgMode:Pattern

Tempo :--------

Time :ABS ;

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We strongly suggest that before you start bouncing tracks, you back up all your tracks to your computer (see “Managing songs and data on your Pocketstudio 5” on page 23 of the provides you with a “safety net” if things go bad.

Getting Started

guide for details). This

To go back to tracking mode Select the

SYSTEM menu from the Main menu and set Tracking as the value for the first menu item; Record.

Mixdown tips

When mixing down, you may want to try different mixes, using different effect settings, different relative levels of instruments, etc.

The Pocketstudio 5 allows you to do this, and to keep a number of different mixes of the same song, which you can use for comparison. When you’ve picked the one you like best, you can delete the others (or keep them all if you can’t decide!).

When you press the (select a mix file), if no MP3 files are on the card, you see:

/ STMIX

ENTER to create a new mix.

Press Carry out the mixdown process (

and carry out the mix level adjustments, etc.).

MP3 key so that it flashes red

Load>>[ENTER]

PLAY+RECORD

When you stop the mix, and the stopped flashing (the mix is complete), the

RECORD key has

MP3 key

now flashes green briefly and then lights solidly in green, meaning that the stereo MP3 mix you have just made is ready for playback. This MP3 file is always called

STMIX immediately after it has been

created. If you now press the

MP3 key until it flashes red

again, you can see that the mix you have just made is called

STMIX.

/ STMIX

Load>>[ENTER]

In this case, selecting

STMIX will overwrite the

mix you have just made, which is still called

STMIX.

In order to preserve this mix, you must give it a different name.

Press the

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MENU key, and enter the CARD menu.

6 – Advanced options and operations

Move the cursor down to MP3 NAME and press

ENTER:

MP3 Name

Name :S

Sure?>>[ENTER

TMIX

Use the cursor pad and wheel to reset the name (say

MIX1).

to Now, when you press the

MP3 key to start mixdown,

you will see the new name in the list:

/ STMIX

MIX1

Load>>[ENTER]

You can select a new mix (

STMIX) or you can

overwrite any existing mixes (here, there is only

MIX1).

one— The important thing to remember is that whenever

you create a new mix, it will be saved as

STMIX. If

there is already a file called

STMIX, it will be over-

written by the new mix, and you cannot undo the operation!

Renaming an MP3 file You must rename the

STMIX MP3 file to keep it, following the procedure

here:

1 Load the

playback (see this section and the following).

2 Press the 3 From the

and press

4 Use the cursor keys and the wheel to enter

the characters of the name, and then press

ENTER to confirm the setting of the name.

STMIX MP3 file for recording or

MP3 key so that it is unlit.

CARD menu, select MP3 NAME,

ENTER:

MP3 Name

Name :S

Sure?>>[ENTER]

TMIX

Selecting MP3s for playback

When you have made a number of mixes, you will want to select the different mixes to play back so that you can compare the different versions of your work.

Press the available MP3s (mixes, etc.) appears on screen.

Use the cursor pad to select the MP3 file to be loaded and press

The Now you can use the transport keys to control the

playback of the stereo MP3 file. work as usual. file, but allows the MP3 file to be recorded on the multitrack tracks (see below). Pressing and holding

MP3 key until it flashes green. The list of

/ MIX1

MIX2

BIGBASS ;

Load>>[ENTER]

ENTER.

MP3 key lights green.

PLAY and STOP

RECORD has no effect on the MP3

REW or FFWD will start fast rewind or for-

either ward (playback is muted).

To return to the start, use the tion (the

LRP combination naturally has no meaning

STOP + REW combina-

here). Repeat playback is not possible, and it is not possible

to set marks while playing back an MP3 file. Bars and beats timing is not possible, and the frames field is not available for display or location (minutes and seconds only).

NOTE

If there are no MP3 files currently on the Pocketstudio 5, the display shows

TIP

You can also use the Pocketstudio 5 as an MP3 player for MP3 files which have not been produced using the Pocketstudio 5. This same technique is used to load MP3 files which you have placed in the Pocketstudio 5 is connected to a computer. Such files should be encoded at 128 kbps.

No File

MP3

folder when the

Using an MP3 as a recorded backing

When an MP3 file has been loaded on the Pocketstudio 5’s card, you can use it as backing in your multitrack recording. This applies either to mixes you have

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made of your own recordings, or other MP3 files at 128 bps which you have loaded.

6 – Advanced options and operations

Press the MP3 key until it flashes green, and select the MP3 file to be played back.

The guitar and microphone inputs cannot be assigned to the tracks in this mode. The MP3 file can be recorded on either tracks 1 and 2, or 3 and 4. Arm tracks 1 and 2 (or 3 and 4) and start recording (

RECORD). The MP3 will be played back and

PLAY

recorded to the armed tracks.

Adjust the level of the MP3 playback (and hence the level that the tracks record at) using the

MASTER

fader. Stop playback, make sure the

MP3 key is off, and

rewind. Patch the inputs to the unused tracks. You can then

start singing or playing along to the MP3 playback on the other two tracks, and add harmony vocals to your favorite numbers, etc.

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Managing cards

All CF cards must be formatted on the Pocketstudio 5 before they are used.

Use cards between 8MB and up to 128MB in size (smaller than 8MB is too small for practical use, and the Pocketstudio 5 does not support cards, including CF-type hard disk cards, over 128MB).

The card format is essentially a DOS format, with “8.3” standard filenames. Long filenames are not supported.

The directory structure of the cards is explained here. Note the following file and folder names (if you are

recreating these folders after an accidental delete, or if you have to create them on a new card, these names should all be uppercase):

MP3

SMF

SONGx

FXPATCH.PKT PATTERN.001

SYSINFO.PKT

Folder Contains the songs mixed down to

stereo MP3 files. You can also copy other stereo MP3 files encoded at 128kbps, so that you can use the Pocketstudio 5 as an MP3 player.

Folder Contains Standard MIDI Files which

you can use as backing tracks for your recordings

Folders These song folders contain the

audio, MIDI backing, effect settings, etc. which make up a song. If you delete any files from inside these song folders, the song will probably not play back properly (or at all). Each song folder includes three

MTRK.PKT

files: the multitrack audio data,

SONGINFO.PKT

all other information (MIDI pattern and setting data (or SMF name), effect settings, etc.), and an empty file with the song name followed by

.100

to help you identify the songs

(for example, File This file contains the effect settings File This contains the patterns which you

can use as backing to your songs

(they are not part of the songs them-

selves). File This contains important system

information regarding the use of the

card, etc.

, which includes

, which contains

TRUEBLUE.100

NOTE

All these files and folders are created automatically when a card is formatted, file, which must be copied manually after a format. One song folder with the correct files included may also be optionally created after a format. See “Before you start using a new CF card” on page 24 of the guide.

Do not delete or rename these folders or files. If you do, you will not be able to access the data on the card from the Pocketstudio 5.

except

for the

PATTERN.001

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When the Pocketstudio 5 is used with a Macintosh computer, the following files are automatically created and will appear when the Pocketstudio 5 is connected to a Windows computer afterwards. They should cause no problems and there is no need to delete them:

The VolumeSettingsFolder _Move&Rename AppleShare DDS Desktop DB Desktop DF Fileid.dat

Finder.dat

Folder Folder File File File File File

See the later sections (“Optimizing a card” on page 40, etc.) for details of other operations which involve the card.

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Working with songs with the Pocketstudio 5

You can store up to four songs on the Pocketstudio 5’s card, regardless of the card size or the song.

As explained above, a song consists of three files included in a folder. The folder is always called

Songx, where x is a number between 1 and 4.

The 8-character song name used within the Pocketstudio 5 is held as a zero-length file with a extension (for example,

songname.100). If you

.100

change the name of this file on your computer, when you reload the song onto the Pocketstudio 5, the name of the song that you see on the Pocketstudio 5

will not change, however. The song must be renamed on the Pocketstudio 5.

When you transfer the files to your computer, you will probably want to rename the folder to something more readable. However, note that you will not be able to restore the song to the Pocketstudio 5 with the new folder name that you have given it. You must rename it with the original

Transferring songs between your computer and the Pocketstudio 5, in either direction, must always be done so that all files are transferred together.

To use the Pocketstudio 5 with a computer (non Windows 98SE)

1 Make sure the Pocketstudio 5 is unplugged

from the computer and turned off. Turn down the line and headphone levels and the master fader.

2 Press and hold down the

ENTER key while

turning on the Pocketstudio 5. The screen shows

USB MODE.

3 Now connect the Pocketstudio 5 to the com-

puter using a standard USB cable.

Your Pocketstudio 5 can be used with any of the following computer operating systems.

• Microsoft Windows 98 SE (Second Edition)

• Microsoft Windows Me

• Microsoft Windows 2000 (Workstation and Professional)

1. When using the Pocketstudio 5 with Windows 98SE, a driver is required, as supplied on the CD-ROM accompanying the unit.

• Microsoft Windows XP (Home and Professional)

•Mac OS 9.x The Pocketstudio 5 cannot be used with Microsoft

Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98 (first edition), or Microsoft Windows NT (any version).

When the Pocketstudio 5 is connected, it appears as an external disk, to which you can copy files, etc.

To disconnect the Pocketstudio 5 from the computer, follow the instructions of your operating system regarding disconnecting removable drives, as summarized in the printed Getting Started manual.

NOTE

Your Pocketstudio 5 has been tested thoroughly and will work with most modern computers. However, depending on the configuration and the model of your computer, it is possible that the Pocketstudio 5 will not work together with it. On account of the large number of different possible computer configurations TASCAM cannot guarantee that your computer system can be used with the Pocketstudio 5.

SONGx name.

To use the Pocketstudio 5 with a computer (Windows 98SE)

Using the Pocketstudio 5 with Windows 98 SE requires the driver supplied with the Pocketstudio 5 to be installed.

1 When the Pocketstudio 5 is connected in USB

mode (turn on the Pocketstudio 5 while holding down the a computer running Windows 98SE, a

New Hardware Wizard

ENTER key) for the first time to

Add

appears. Click Next.

2 Select the

your device

3 With the CD-ROM in the drive, select the

CD-ROM Drive option and click Next.

4 When the drivers have been located, click

Next.

5 When the driver has been copied, click

Finish. The driver is now loaded, and the

unit now appears as a drive (removable disk).

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Search for best driver for

option and click Next.

Managing songs

7 – Data, cards, etc.

The Pocketstudio 5 regards all pieces as being a song. A song contains the audio and other data and settings you have set up, and may be created, saved, named and deleted.

Creating a new song

To create a new song: From the main menu, enter the

SONG LOAD:

enter

/ New Song

SONG1

Load>>[ENTER]

Make sure the cursor is pointing to and then press

ENTER.

CARD menu and

New Song,

Loading and renaming a song

Remember that you must save the song manually whenever you make any changes to any data that is not recording data. This includes any tone generator or pattern changes, naming, etc. If you do not do this, these changes will not be there when you turn the machine off and on again.

The display shows a * as the card is accessed, and then shows with the name

Complete as a new song is created

SONGx, where x is one higher than

the last song created (even if the song has been renamed).

A new song may automatically be created when you format a card (see below).

When a song has been created, it can be renamed as described below.

Only 4 songs at a time can be stored on the card, regardless of how full the card has become.

You can rename a song at any time. If the song to be renamed is not loaded (as shown on

the home screen), load the song to be renamed, using the procedure described above, but selecting an existing song, rather than the new song option before renaming the song.

Next, from the main menu, enter the the

SONG EDIT menu, and then the SONG

NAME

menu:

Song Name

Name :SONG2

CARD menu,

Deleting a song

Delete a song to make more space on the card. From the main menu, enter the

SONG EDIT

menu, and then the SONG

CARD menu, the

Name the song using the wheel and the cursor keys as described in the Getting Started manual.

You should save the song when you are done (the Pocketstudio 5 does not automatically save the song with its new name when a name is entered). See below for details.

DELETE

menu. The list of songs on the card is

shown:

/ SONG1

SONG2

Delete>>[ENTER]

Use the wheel to point to the song to be deleted and then press

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ENTER. The song is then deleted (after a

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confirm message). If the deleted song is the currently-loaded song, the screen shows the song loading menu (if the deleted song was the only one on the card, you will have to create a new song).

If you do not create a new song at this point, and there is no other song in memory, the home screen shows

No Data where a song title should be.

Saving a song

Because the Pocketstudio 5 automatically saves audio data when you stop the recording process, there is no need for you to do any manual saving of this data.

Seeing how much space is on a card

To see how much space is used, and how much is available for future recording, from the main menu, pick the

SPACE menu. The screen then shows something

like:

CARD menu, followed by the CARD

Card Space

KKKooooooo

Used : 3MBytes

Space: 26MBytes

NOTE

There is no way to undo this operation. Once you delete a song, it has gone for ever. Only delete a song if you really do not want it, or if you have it safely backed up on your computer.

However, a song consists not only of the audio data, but also of all the other settings (effects, source settings, arrangements, etc.).

Save the song using the

CARD menu, as explained in the Getting Started

the

SONG SAVE option from

manual.

EXIT to go up a menu level.

Press

NOTE

It is impossible to give a a really accurate answer to the question “how much space does a song take up?”. On average, the Pocketstudio 5 uses about 0.6 megabytes per minute per track, but there are just too many variables to be able to give a completely accurate answer. You have to rely on what is already there on the card and work out from there, using your best judgement, how much time remains.

Optimizing a card

If you are running out of space on the card, especially after many edits, deletes or undo operations, you may need to optimize the data on the card.

Before optimizing a card, we suggest that you back up your work to your computer to avoid any possibility of data loss.

From the main menu, go to the then select the

CARD OPTIMIZE item:

Card Optimize

Sure?>>[ENTER]

CARD menu, and

Editing data

The Pocketstudio 5 allows you to cut, copy and paste parts of an audio track, just as in a word processor you can cut, copy and paste words and phrases from one part of a document to another.

ENTER to optimize the data. The screen shows

Press an asterisk (*) while the data is being optimized, possibly for a few seconds, and the display then returns to the

CARD menu.

NOTE

If your card becomes full, you can delete SMFs, MP3 files or songs (all accessed through the

CARD

menu).

Like many computer programs, the Pocketstudio 5 allows you a “safety net”—an undo option, that allows you to go back to the way you were before the last editing operation.

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Copy and paste

7 – Data, cards, etc.

In one screen, you can select a portion of a track, defining the start and end points of the portion, and copy and paste (insert) this portion to another point in the track.

NOTE

You cannot copy material between tracks, only within a track.

You can make multiple copies of the audio, which may be useful if you have a repeating section, for example. This can be useful if you want to repeat an identical phrase at different points throughout a song.

In Out To

ToIn Out

Before performing a copy operation, mark the start of the section to be copied with the IN point. See “Setting the IN and OUT points” on page 31 for further details of these points. If these are not set, or in the wrong order, an error appears.

Mark the end of the section to be copied with the OUT point.

Set a mark at the position where you want the mark to be copied. See “Setting a mark” on page 29 for details of how to do this.

TIP

If you are playing along to a pattern played by the internal tone generator, you may want to set the timing reference to bars and beats, rather than seconds, so that you can align the audio with the MIDI backing.

To enter this function, from the main menu, enter the

CARD menu and scroll to SONG EDIT. Press

ENTER.

UNDO REDO EDIT MARK

/ EDIT COPY '

Scroll to

EDIT COPY and press ENTER.

Trk / Trk1 Start:IN End :OUT ;

Sure?>>[ENTER]

Now set the track where the copy will take place.

Start and End times are fixed as the IN and

The OUT points. Move down to the next screen and set more parameters:

End :OUT To :Mark 1

Time / 1 times l

Sure?>>[ENTER]

The

To point can be set to any of the marks that have

been previously set. Finally, set the number of times that the section

should be repeated when it is copied (up to 99 times). When you have set the destination point and the

number of times for copying, press the copy the selected area to the

TIP

To copy the same guitar hook to different chorus sections of the song (for example), keep the

End

points the same, and simply change the To

value.

End point.

ENTER key to

Start

and

Erasing data

To erase data between two points on a track (leaving silence between the two points):

IN OUT

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From the main menu, enter the CARD menu and scroll to

Scroll to

SONG EDIT. Press ENTER.

REDO EDIT MARK EDIT COPY

/ EDIT SILENCE '

EDIT SILENCE and press ENTER.

Trk / Trk1 Start:IN End :OUT

Sure?>>[ENTER]

Cutting data

Cutting data differs from erasing data. When you erase data, a blank space is left between the start and end points. When you delete data, the sound between the start and end points is removed, and the space between these points is closed up (the points remain in the same place, though).

IN OUT

Now use the wheel to select the track from which data will be erased.

The

Start time must come before the End time.

If this is not the case, an error message appears. Press

ENTER to erase the data between the two

points on the selected track.

The way you delete data is the same as erasing data. From the

CUT. The screen and operations are identical to the

SONG EDIT menu, select EDIT

erase screen above, but space which contained the material you remove is closed up, rather than being left as silence.

TIP

You can only work on one track at a time. If you want to delete more than one track (say both tracks of a stereo pair), select the first track, set the start and end points, delete the data, change the Trk parameter, and redo the delete operation until all the tracks have been deleted.

NOTE

If you are working with MIDI, remember that the MIDI data is not deleted, and that the audio will not match the MIDI any more.

Undo and redo

You can undo and redo certain operations on the Pocketstudio 5. Operations that you can undo include:

• Recording (including punch recording)

• Bouncing between tracks

• Copy and erase operations Operations that you cannot undo include:

• MIDI editing of any kind

• Formatting cards

• System settings You can only undo and redo one level of operation

(in other words, you can only undo the last undoable operation, and only redo the last undo).

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To undo the last operation, from the scroll to the and press

Press

SONG EDIT menu, scroll to UNDO

ENTER.

Undo ??

Sure?>>[ENTER]

ENTER to undo the last operation. If the last

CARD menu,

operation cannot be undone (or there is no operation to be undone), the screen shows:

. Press ENTER or EXIT to continue.

Can't Undo

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Redoing an undone operation is similar. From the

CARD menu, scroll down to REDO and press

ENTER.

Redo ??

Sure?>>[ENTER]

Making CDs from your mixed songs

On the CD-ROM which comes with your Pocketstudio 5, there is software (musicmatch™) which enables you to create audio CDs from the MP3s you create on your Pocketstudio 5.

Sharing your songs

Because songs on the Pocketstudio 5 are saved in a folder as a collection of files which must be moved together, you will find it easier and more convenient if you put the files together into an archive, which makes one smaller file out of many separate files.

If there is no undo operation to be redone, the screen shows

Can't Redo !!. Press either ENTER

EXIT to continue.

Read the documentation supplied with this software for details of how to install this software on your computer and operate it.

though, and must be registered and paid for if you continue using it after the evaluation period, as specified in the terms and conditions included with the product. We suggest that you download an evaluation version from the Web site: http://www.winzip.com

When you connect the Pocketstudio 5 to your computer, you will see the song stored as a folder with the “name file”, multitrack data and other song data (MIDI settings, etc.). Such a folder is difficult to send by mail.

For Windows users, the most common way of producing an archive is the “zip” format (Macintosh users can also view and use this kind of archive file). A suitable tool for Windows users is WinZip, which is available for free evaluation. It is not free software,

Sending a Pocketstudio 5 song

This is a sample of the process you should go through in order to send a file from your Pocketstudio 5 to a friend. Don’t worry, although it may seem a little daunting at first, in fact, it is surprisingly straightforward.

The exact way in which you perform the operation may vary from this, depending on the way that your system asset up.

Follow the instructions with the demonstration version of WinZip to set up the software.

NOTE

Some mail systems (especially within large companies) will not allow ZIP files through, as they regard them as a possible source of virusses. Also, you should be aware that there is a size limit on mail messages imposed by many mail servers. If you can, try to find out what the size limit is for your mail server (or rather, the one used by your Internet provider), and the one at the other end (used by the person that you will send the files to).

The Pocketstudio 5 then appears as a removable disk drive attached to the computer:

1 Turn off the Pocketstudio 5 and connect it to

the computer’s USB port. Hold down the

ENTER key and turn on the Pocketstudio 5 .

The songs are shown as folders. Here, you can see that

SONG2 is the only song on the

card. You can see the files inside the song

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folder when you double-click the folder to open it:

2 To back up this song, we’ll create a folder on

the computer’s hard disk called

JACE (you

can call your folder whatever you want!). Drag and drop the files from the song folder on the Pocketstudio 5 into this folder:

If you look at the song folder on the card side-by-side with the new

JACE folder, you’ll

see that the contents of the two should be identical.

4 When you do this, you start WinZip. If you

have not registered the program, a WinZip panel appears:

Click

I Agree, to show that you agree to the

21-day evaluation period, as stated on the panel.

5 On the next panel that appears, type

Jace.zip at the end of the path in the Add to Archive

text field. Click Add.

3 Now is the time to start compressing the files,

so that they are smaller. Select all the files in the

JACE folder and right-click them. Select

the

Add to Zip option from the popup

menu.

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The WinZip program then compresses your files and adds them to an archive called

Jace.zip. It shows you the results of its work

in a new window.

NOTE

If you are sending a song which uses an SMF as a backing track, remember to include the SMF with the song data in the archive before you send it.

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6 Close the new window after you’ve checked

that everything seems OK.

7 The

Jace.zip file now appears in the JACE

folder on your computer.

mail program looks may be slightly different to this one, of course).

9 Write your e-mail message and send the mail

message. Because it’s a large file, it may take some time to transmit to the Internet.

8 Start your e-mail program and add this file

as an attachment to the mail message you’re sending to your friend (the way that your

Receiving a song

When you receive a song in a message created this way, you must reverse the process.

1 From your mail program, save the attached

Jace.zip (or whatever it’s called) file into a

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folder on your hard drive. Right-click the file, and choose

Extract.

2 WinZip will launch. If you have not regis-

tered the program, click

I agree.

lives. This should be OK, so just click

Extract.

4 Now WinZip shows you the files it extracted

from this screen. Check to see that all three files are there, and then close this panel.

3 If you don’t give any further instructions to

WinZip, it will extract the files contained in the archive to the folder where the archive

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5 Now these three files are in the folder on your

hard disk, connect your Pocketstudio 5 while it’s switched off, and turn it on while holding down

ENTER to allow your computer to see it

as a drive.

6 Create a folder on the Pocketstudio 5 card

called should not be the same as any other

SONGx (x can be from 1 through 4, and

SONGx

folder already on the card).

7 Drag and drop the three extracted files (not

the zip file) from the hard disk to the

SONGx

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folder that you created on the Pocketstudio 5 card.

8 Disconnect the Pocketstudio 5 from the com-

When you’re done, you can send the file back, as described above.

Things you can do with the Pocketstudio 5

You’ve probably got lots of ideas of your own how you can use the Pocketstudio 5. Here are a few that you might not have thought of:

• Set the two inputs to line level and feed them from a pair of aux sends of the mixer at a live gig for a stereo recording.

• If you’re in a cover band, fill the Pocketstudio 5 with stereo MP3s of the original recording and use them as backing while you learn the songs.

• If you’re a solo keyboard artist, record your MIDI backings onto Standard MIDI Files, load them into the Pocketstudio 5 and take it along to your next gig. Add a MIDI keyboard, cable, mic and cable, audio cables and some powered speakers, and that’s it! You can even get your guitarist friends to join in.

• If you’re producing a solo artist, make a rough of the backing onto SMF, and pass it on to the artiste to practice at home on their Pocketstudio 5. Once they’ve got it worked out, they can come into the studio and lay down their vocal lines to the proper backing.

• Take the Pocketstudio 5 anywhere—inspiration might even strike on the beach! The batteries allow you to record your ideas anywhere. The line output can plug into your car stereo with a cassette adapter or a line input.

• If you’re a guitarist or singer, but not a MIDI arranger, you can get someone else to do the MIDI backing, based on your ideas, and then you add your acoustic lines afterwards.

• Download SMFs (the legal, free ones) from the Internet, and jam along, or sing karaoke.

• You can even use the Pocketstudio 5 as a removable disk drive for boring things like word processing documents and spreadsheets. Your digital camera probably uses the same media (CF cards).

And on a less serious note…

• Who’s got the biggest MP3 player? As the owner of a Pocketstudio 5, you’ll probably win every time.

• Keep a 7-year-old happy for hours by telling them it’s a video game! Peace and quiet guaranteed.

puter (see the Reference Manual for details), turn it off and restart it.

You should now be able to load and play the song you have just transferred from the mail message (and add your kazoo solo).

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8 – Specifications, etc.

MIDI Implementation Chart

TASCAM 4-track Recorder/MIDI Arranger/MP3 Encoder date:2002.05.20 Model Pocketstudio 5 MIDI Implementation Chart Version : 1.00 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ : : Transmitted : Recognized : Remarks : : Function : : : : :-------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------: :Basic Default : x : 1-16 (*1) : : :Channel Changed : x : 1-16 : : :-------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------: : Default : x : Mode 3 : : :Mode Messages : x : x : : : Altered : ************** : : : :-------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------: :Note : x : 0 - 127 : : :Number : True voice: ************** : 0 - 127 : : :-------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------: :Velocity Note ON : x : o : : : Note OFF : x : x : : :-------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------: :After Key’s : x : o : : :Touch Ch’s : x : x : : :-------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------: :Pitch Bender : x : o : : :-------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------: : 0, 32 : : : Bank Select : : 1 : : : Modulation : : 5 : : : Portamento time: : Control 6, 38 : : : Data entry : : 7 : : : Volume : : Change 10 : : : Panpot : : 11 : : : Expression : : 64 : : : Hold 1 : : 65 : : : Portamento : : 66 : : : Sostenuto : : 67 : : : Soft : : 80 : : : Reverb program : : 81 : : : Chorus program : : 91 : : : Reverb send : : 93 : : : Chorus send : :-------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------: :Prog : x : o : : :Change : True # : ************** : 0-127 : : :-------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------: :System Exclusive : x : o : : : : : : : :-------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------: :System : Song Pos : x : x : : : : Song Sel : x : x : : :Common : Tune : x : o : : :-------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------: :System :Clock : x : x : : :Real Time :Commands: x : x : : :-------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------: :Aux :Local ON/OFF : x : x : : : :All Notes OFF: x : o : : :Mes- :Active Sense : x : x : : :sages:Reset : x : o : : :-------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------: :Notes: :*1 In Pattern playback mode, channel 1 only : +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Mode 1 : OMNI ON, POLY Mode 2 : OMNI ON, MONO o : Yes Mode 3 : OMNI OFF, POLY Mode 4 : OMNI OFF, MONO x : No

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8 – Specifications, etc.

Specifications

INPUT A(GUITAR/LINE INPUT) (6 mm phone jack)

Input impedance GUITAR: 600k LINE: 12k Standard input level LINE: –10dBV GUITAR: –15dBV Maximum input level LINE: +4dBV(1.58 V)

INPUT B(MIC INPUT) (3.5 mm phone jack) (SELECTOR:BUILT-IN MIC)

Input impedance MIC: 2.2k Input level MIC: –40dBV Plug in power 2V

INPUT B(MIC/LINE INPUT) (6fPhone Jack) (SELECTOR:MIC/LINE)

Input impedance MIC/LINE: 12k Standard input level LINE: –10dBV MIC: –40dBV Maximum input level LINE: +4dBV(1.58V)

LINE OUTPUT (3.5 mm stereo phone jack)

Nominal impedance 50k Standard output level –10dBV (0.316V) Maximum output level –1dBV (0.891V)

PHONES OUTPUT (3.5 mm stereo phone jack)

Impedance >16 Maximum output level 25mW + 25mW (into 30Ω)

Digital audio

Data bits 24 bits (internal DSP), 16 bits A-D and D-A conversion Sampling frequency 44.1 kHz

Signal-to-noise ratio ( THD

(1kHz, 30kHz LPF, LINE INPUT to LINE OUTPUT) 0.01%

Frequency response (+0.5/–3dB) 20Hz to 20kHz

IHF-A, LINE INPUT to LINE OUTPUT) 87dB

Ω

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POCKETSTUDIO 5

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Teac PocketStudio 5 Reference Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

1 – About this manual

2 – Pan and EQ

Panning

3 – Effects

Input effectors

Bank Choose between the Preset bank (as

In Level This is the input level (the level of the sig-

Out Level This is the output level of the effect to

Switch Turn the effect on or off with this set-

Write Press the right cursor pad to write the current

Param values only) to the

Ctgry This shows the category of the currently

Reverb

Customizing the reverb sound You can

Sample settings Here are some examples of set-

4 – Patterns on the Pocketstudio 5

A sample song

Selecting a style

Setting up the song arrangement

Select the user area Use the cursor pad to move

Start arranging the song Then press Á to

Removing song sections Move to the section

Adding song sections This is the opposite of

Copying and pasting sections To save you

Deleting sections Sometimes you want to delete

Setting up the chords

Save your song! It’s important that you write the

Arranging the parts

Advanced part arrangement We mentioned

More details about patterns

Playing an external MIDI instrument with the patterns You can plug a MIDI keyboard or

Categories and styles

More about chord progressions

Chord change points

The effect of changing and inserting sections

Available chords

Octave There are three settings here: • sets the

Root chord This is the basic key in which the

Chord type This provides you with access to the

“On” field This field provides you with the ability

Instruments

Drum kits

5 – Standard MIDI files and the Pocketstudio 5

Transferring SMFs to the Pocketstudio 5

Deleting SMFs

Using SMFs on the Pocketstudio 5

Loading an SMF from the card

Setting SMF song tempo

Setting part parameters in the SMF

6 – Advanced options and operations

Choosing the meter display

Choosing the time type

Reducing input noise

Absolute location

To jump to a location (mm:ss:ff): Follow the

To jump to a bars and beats location This

Marks

Deleting a mark

Naming and editing mark points

Repeat playback

Punch recording

Manual punch recording

Automated punch recording

Setting the IN and OUT points

Rehearsing a punch operation

Recording the punch

Checking the punch

Track bouncing

Bounce modes There are two bounce modes.

To enter bounce mode Select the SYSTEM

To go back to tracking mode Select the

Mixdown tips

Renaming an MP3 file You must rename the

Selecting MP3s for playback

Using an MP3 as a recorded backing

7 – Data, cards, etc.