Yamaha VISUAL PERFORMER User Manual
Visual Performer Owner’s Manual
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Visual Performer Overview
The Visual Performer app allows you to create sound and video on your iPad, iPhone*, or iPod touch* using tap and swipe
gestures. What’s more, if you connect a musical instrument that supports Core MIDI, Visual Performer can also create video that
responds in real time as you play that instrument. (*: This manual contains screenshots from the iPad version.)
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Main screen
Mix screen Chain screen Settings screen
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Instrument connection methods
Connection via i-MX1
Connection via
Apple iPad Camera
Connection Kit
NOTE
The iPhone and iPod touch do not
support connection via the Apple
iPad Camera Connection Kit.
iPad
iPad
i-MX1
Apple iPad
Camera
Connection Kit
MIDI musical instrument
MIDI OUT MIDI IN
MIDI IN MIDI OUT
MIDI musical instrument
USB TO HOST
USB cable
Connection via
wireless LAN
NOTE
Please refer to the manual that
came with your musical instrument
in order to configure it for
connection via wireless LAN.
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iPad
MIDI musical instrument
Wireless LAN
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Main Screen
Hide the task bar
Tap this icon to hide the task
bar and display only the
visual effects. Tap again to
restore the task bar.
Current visual effect
Record visual effects
Drag the REC slider to the right to record
visual effects.
Play with sound and
video
By tapping and swiping the
screen, you can effortlessly
create sound and visual
effects. In addition, you
can choose your preferred
playing method on the
Settings screen.
Select visual effects
Tap this icon to display a list
of available visual effects.
When you select a new
visual effect, the sound will
also change.
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Combine two visual effects to
create your own
Tap this icon to open the Mix screen.
Set your preferences
Tap this icon to open the
Settings screen.
Switch visual effects while playing
a song or performing
Tap this icon to open the Chain screen.
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Selecting a visual effect
Flick the list left and right
and tap the visual effect you
wish to play.
SINGLE:
Tap to display the list of
standard visual effects.
MIXED:
Tap to display the list of
visual effects that you have
mixed and saved.
Visual Effect List
Visual effect Visual effect list
Deleting mixed visual effects
Touch and hold any visual effect in the Mixed list until X icons
appear. If you then tap the X icon on the visual effect you
wish to delete, a confirmation message will be displayed. Tap
[DELETE] to permanently delete the selected visual effect or
[CANCEL] to leave the list unchanged.
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Rearranging visual effects in the Mixed list
Touch and hold any visual effect in the Mixed list until X
icons appear. Touch and hold the visual effect you wish to
rearrange until its icon gets bigger. You can now slide the
visual effect to a new position in the list.
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