User Manual - Music
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1. key and turning the knob fig 1 1 the cursor will automatically position on the first song that begins with the letter following the first one of the displayed song PLAYING A SONG It s very easy to play a song just highlight the song title you want to play with the cursor keys Fig 1 9 from the current displayed page Once you selected the file just press PLAY key To stop playing just press STOP If you want to resume playing exactly from the same point press CONTINUE key displayed after you pressed STOP EASY TUNE This exclusive function will allow you to instantly adapt the tuning of the MIDI song currently playing to the one which best fits the singer You can also select Easy Tune while the MIDI song in the PARAM MIDI page is playing see further on MALE Megabeat2 will adapt MIDI song tuning to a male voice NORMAL Megabeat2 will play the MIDI song in the MIDI file original tuning FEMALE Megabeat2 will adapt MIDI song tuning to a female voice Note the Easy Tune tuning transpose will not be saved To save a MIDI song tuning transpose you must execute and save the transpose in the TRKCHANG track change page Even if Easy Tune correctly executes transpose with regard to singer male female it s possible that some songs with peculiar characteristics will not adapt perfectly to transpose The transpose that Easy Tune will perform can be seen in PARAM MIDI page OPERATING MODES Befo2. NOTE as long as the effect generator reverb and chorus is the same for MIDI playing and for MIC 1 2 sometimes it s possible that reverb and or chorus characteristics can vary depending on the type of messages coming from the MIDI file currently playing MIDI FILES CUSTOMIZED PARAMETERS To set volumes and effects transpose metronome tempo and other parameters on a MIDI file you must select TRKCHANG TRACK CHANGE function You can enable the function from the main SONGS page with TRKCHANG TRACK CHANGE function key that is displayed only after playing has begun INSTRUM PIANO 1 1 2 3 010 O11 100 109 119 125 112 127 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 127 115 127 85 O14 O70 127 109 CHANNEL VOLUME ADJUST TEMPO VOL TRN PRG BNK REV CHR PAN 120 RESTORE SAVE RELOAD MUTE Once you recalled TRKCHANG TRACK CHANGE function the Function Keys will have the following functions e RESTORE removes all user made modifications to parameters and restores song original values e SAVE saves user made modifications on Compact Flash e RELOAD recalls last values saved by user with the SAVE function e MUTE mutes a track it s like setting correspondent MIDI channel level to zero in case on the status bar CHANNEL VOLUME TRKCHANG TRACK CHANGE is highlighted e SOLO sets the displayed channel in solo mode in case on the status bar CHANNEL VOLUME TRKCHANG TRACK CHANGE is not selected NOTE all variations set with TRKCHANG
3. PLAY the highlighted playlist will start playing and the other songs will be played in random order inside all the playlists until you press STOP the PLAY key flashes gt RAND OFF pressing PLAY only the songs of the highlighted playlist are played Apart from the keys we have just described during a song playing also the following functions are enabled e TRKCHANG TRACK CHANGE same as described for SONGS mode When a song playing is stopped with the STOP key the TRKCHANG TRACK CHANGE key is substituted with CONTINUE key e CONTINUE is the function normally called Continue his behaviour is similar to the one seen for the SONGS mode CHOOSING A SONGS LIST IN PLAY LIST MODE The display shows the user made songs groups with the E LINK managing software or created directly by Megabeat2 function in MENU When you enable PLAY LIST mode the display shows the user made play lists To choose the PLAY LIST just highlight the chosen group with the cursor and move it on the desired group with the cursor keys fig 1 9 or with the alpha dial knob fig 1 1 PLAYING THE SONGS OF A PLAY LIST Before playing the songs in a PLAY LIST you can choose whether the songs will be played in a continuous sequence or not This setting is made with the LOOP NOLOOP function key The setting current value is positioned in the left lower corner on the display Pressing the correspondent function key you can switch between LOOP and NOLOOP value and vi
4. TRCK ON TRCK OFF see above LIST see above TEXT see above TRKCHANG TRACK CHANGE allows you to access Volume Reverb Chorus Transpose and Metronome Tempo parameters settings of the Song currently playing NOTE the TRKCHANG TRACK CHANGE function is not available when the Song is not in PLAY because the single parameters setting values vary from the default value that has been set in every Song To be able to read the default song values normally included in the first neasure of the song the song therefore must be in PLAY Pressing the STOP key twice in a row the 10 effects Rev Delay Chorus will be temporarily removed from MIC 1 2 TALK MODE The effects will be automatically restored as soon as you play the song When you press the STOP key in the display last line the TRKCHANG TRACK CHANGE function will be substituted by e CONTINUE this is the function in conjunction with Play Stop functions to use to resume the playing of a song from the point where it was stopped with the STOP key DISPLAYING LYRICS AND CHORDS This function is enabled through the TEXT key and can be recalled before or after a song is in PLAY If you recall the function before the song is playing you will not lose the first line displaying If the song currently highlighted includes lyrics or lyrics and chords events just press TEXT and then PLAY POURING DOWN ALL OVER ME AM STANDING UP Pressing
5. The enabled keys are e DESELECT removes the highlighted song from the play list 27 e SELECT inserts the song inside the play list With EXIT you go back to the previous page NOTE renaming the play list is possible only through E LINK EXPANDER MODE To enable EXPANDER MODE function you must execute the following operations 1 press MENU INFO key 2 move the cursor on EXPANDER MODE 3 press SELECT function key When you are in this page Megabeat2 acts like an EXPANDER On the display the Track Change screen will appear see above all the midi settings in input and the status of the single channels are displayed pressing EXIT you go back to normal features Outside this page MIDI IN is enabled but with limited features When you turn on Megabeat2 we recommend to remove MIDI IN connection TUNER You can generate reference notes to tune the instruments expecially references for guitar or in chromatic scale USB CONNECTION When you connect with PC through E link program you automatically enter USB page When you exit the page if you have modified the content of the compact flash the Index is created again ATTENTION Do not turn off Megabeat2 before exiting the page 28 OPERATIVE SYSTEM Megabeat2 Operative System is the bulk of controls and functions which allow the unit to execute all the operations described in this manual The Operative System has been preloaded from ESS and automatically installs i
6. compact flash management utilities MAKE PLAYLIST to manage playlists without using PC EXPANDER MODE playing from MIDI IN Expander mode TUNER generating reference notes In the right lower part of this page you will also find informations regarding the single unit e SN Unit serial number e Sysop operative system version installed on unit e Eprom Resident program version Songs Number of songs present in the compact flash The SELECT function key allows you to access to one of the functions described above the selected one Once the MENU page is displayed to access one of the functions described above just move the cursor on the desired function with the CURSOR keys then select the function with the SELECT function key 21 DRUMKIT EDIT Selecting this function you access a page where the list of the available drum kit notes is displayed In the EDIT page you can modify the Drum Kit single instruments drum kit sounds on channel 10 and the correspondent parameters The parameters you can modify and save are the note instrument change the parameter Velocity the pitch reverb chorus and panpot N B you can not modify DRUM SET in this page you can do it in the TRACK CHANGE page Selecting in MENU the DRUMKIT EDITOR function you enter the page of the list of the present songs Select the song to be edited with the SELECT key then enter in the edit page the selected song
7. playing and so on until the last song in the group To go back to previous page just press EXIT key TEXT and TRKCHANG TRACK CHANGE When Megabeat2 is in PLAY LIST mode the behaviour of TEXT and TRKCHANG TRACK CHANGE functions is similar to the one described above for SONGS function In case of playing in LOOP with one of the TEXT or TRKCHANG TRACK CHANGE functions enabled at the end of a song the data pertaining the next song to be played will be automatically shown on the display The two TEXT and TRKCHANG TRACK CHANGE functions can be recalled with the correspondent function keys available both in the PLAY LIST main page and in the LIST pages RAND ON RAND OFF you can play in RANDOM mode or normally this function is available only in STOP 20 gt RAND ON pressing PLAY the highlighted song in the list will start playing and the other songs will be played randomly inside the playlist until you press STOP the PLAY key is flashing gt RAND OFF pressing PLAY only the selected song is played MENU INFO The MENU INFO menu has various and important unit managing functions To go to MENU page just press MENU INFO key when Megabeatz is in stand by i e when is not in PLAY led on the PLAY key off Otherwise you can not access MENU page The functions in MENU menu are DRUMKIT EDITOR to access drum kit modify function SETUP to access setup TV and setup PEDAL menus C F UTILITY contains
8. so you can manage alternative playlists Every playlist can contain a maximum of 48 songs with no regard to MIDI and or Mp3 files Megabeat2 can contain up to 1023 groups The functions available in Play List mode allow you to e Choose a group of songs to play through the Play key e Choose whether to play all the songs of the Play Lists in sequence one after another or to select and play individually one or more songs of the group e Display lyrics and chords if stored inside the song e Customize parameters such as volumes effects transpose and playing metronome tempo To enable PLAY LIST mode you have to start from the SONGS mode and then press PLAY LIST function key If you are in PLAY LIST mode and you have not played any song yet or if the previous song is finished Megabeat2 is in Stand by STOP key highlighted and PLAY key off and in the display last line the following function keys are enabled e LOOP NOLOOP allows you to decide whether after the end of a group song the following song must be immediately played LOOP or whether the songs in the group have to be played singularly NOLOOP e LIST displays the songs list forming the group inside the songs bank you can choose the song from which to start playing e TEXT function similar to SONGS mode e RAND ON RAND OFF you can play in RANDOM mode or in normal mode this function is available only in STOP 18 gt RAND ON pressing
9. EXIT key you will exit EXIT mode NOTE _lyrics and chords whenever present in midifile are displayed slightly in advance with regard to the point that is played giving the singer the time needed to change line chord The advance time depends on midifile programming _you can enter TEXT mode even after a song is in PLAY Moreover you can enter and exit TEXT mode many times during song play _if you enter TEXT function while the song is in PLAY sometimes you have to wait for a little while before correctly displaying the lyrics on the display 11 In fact you could lose the lyric part that should have been displayed when you enabled TEXT function The lyrics are saved in the song and then they are read by Megabeat2 slightly in advance with regard to the point that is played and so the line to be displayed on the screen when you enable TEXT function could have been lost because it was placed in a previous position in the song and when that point was read the TEXT function had not yet been enabled To be displayed on the screen lyrics and chords must be saved in the MIDI File The formats accepted are Tune1000 files with mid extension in format 1 or 0 Solton files with mid extension in format 1 or 0 Word Box M Live files with mid extension in format 1 or 0 Karaoke files with kar extension format 1 PLAY STOP CONTINUE To PLAY a song wh
10. MIDI MP3 FILES PLAYER MEGABEAT2 User Manual ESD ELECTRONIC SOUND SOLUTIONS Electronic Sound Solutions s r l via Parigi 79 46042 Castel Goffredo MN tel 0376 778712 fax 0376 772100 info essound com assistenza essound com www essound com INTRODUCTION ccssscssssssscsssscssssssscssssessssessssesssssesscsssecsssesssssssssessssssesssssesssseseesesesssssessssasseseseesesssssseessssesseseseessecsessesenses 3 CONNECTIONS AND CONTROLS vocacion seisis cots seve secucescucs caus srito rer cues ran EEE STan W Sra bes cova deus drenado dada SOA SEE ONEI SESE Pe SEES 4 POWER SUPPLY orohar euer rea r e aa Ee r eE e aE aa aE A rA a ETO e E SEE a r A EESE VSEE EA 6 AUDIO CONNECTIONS ion dida iaa diaria AS pae 6 GETTING STARTED ooccocconoccononoononoononoononcononnononnonononoononcononcononconoononoononnonon nono non ocnonoononnonon nono ronoononocnonronon nono ronccnoncononnononrononss 6 TURNING IV ON Scott ano a Bee deeded Lots A Ad a lide dete dade lol Aedes ds 7 SONG titi tod ptt Gets Oo BE Leb A A A AE A A A A A A DRR 8 QUIER SEAR Cid 385g aa et Os i Sos oS Gs Oe SSN a 8 0 a a 0 te ol 8 PIA YANG AsSONG i nanni feb Sees bods io AAA A O Aa tii en 8 EASY TUNE 00004 rectus bees tot A A bees holed ds Lode A A A AA AE 8 OPERATING MODES eoenconoccononcononoononnononnononnononnonoononaononcononnononconononocnonnononnononnonononocnonconon nono roncnonoononnonon ron on ron ncroncononnonon rocosos 9 FUNCTION KEYS FIG iO ONO OR OOOO a
11. TRACK CHANGE function do not modify in any way the parameters saved inside the song To understand the way TRKCHANG TRACK CHANGE acts on a song just think to a sort of diagram associated to the song in which have been saved the user made variations in more or in less with respect to the song original values Let s make an example suppose we have a song in which MIDI channel number 2 volume has been recorded in the following way gt In the first measure beat 1 1 we have this setting Volume 100 gt Inthe tenth measure beat 10 1 we have this setting Volume 110 When the song is in PLAY on Megabeat2 display in correspondence to MIDI channel number 2 volume up to the tenth measure we will read the 100 value after the tenth measure we will read the 110 value Now suppose to set through PAGE VALUE knob a variation on channel 2 volume of 020 and then to save the modification made with the SAVE function key If we play the song again on the display with regard to MIDI 2 channel volume up to the tenth measure we will read the value 080 and after the tenth measure we will read the 090 value In other words with TRKCHANG TRACK CHANGE function you can set variations that are added or subtracted to the values of the various parameters set in the song These variations can be saved on the Compact Flash in a sort of diagram associated to the song and will have effect only during the playing of the song
12. ceversa NOTE The switching between the LOOP NOLOOP modes can be enabled even when the group is in PLAY Pressing the PLAY key the first song of the group is played Like in songs mode pressing MENU INFO key during playing you will be able to access the page displaying the song properties gt the name of the song currently selected gt the time signature 4 4 3 4 ecc gt the current position shown in measures and quarters for example 059 4 gt the metronome tempo Like in the SONGS mode when a song of the group is playing the TEXT and TRKCHANG TRACK CHANGE function keys are enabled when the song is stopped with the STOP key the TRKCHANG TRACK CHANGE function key is substituted by the CONTINUE function key LIST Displaying the songs list in a group To see the content of the PLAY LISTS forming the group just press the LIST function key On the display the SONG LIST page will be shown with the list of the songs which belong to the selected group As usual with the alpha dial knob you can display the other pages containing the group songs if present for a maximum of 8 8 pages each of 6 songs for a total of 48 songs per list With the cursor keys you can move between the songs forming the group After you have selected a song with the cursor pressing the PLAY key you will start playing the selected song If the LOOP mode is enabled as soon as the song playing is finished the following one will start
13. ddle duh dag hh dy th dl dusts shh tne dt Uae dh tne deb dune debacle std Rag 27 FREE SPAGC Bee ih ies dos cd ih ds Rik dect do th hth Date lath dd hth Dei dead Sab da Call ih deg dak th Gs deh hth de lath tae anda Tau dad deb dd dde de aaa 27 MAKE PLAY IST a nata 27 EXPANDER MODE ppr a a Es 28 TUNER a a a di 28 USB CONNECTION cscssssssssssssssssscsssscssscssssssssessssssssesessssssessssesssssessssesessesessssesssssassssessnsesessssssssssesssseseesessasssssssssessesesensess 28 OPERATING SYSTEM cssscssssssssscsssscssssssssssssscsssesssscsssscssssssssssssesssssssssssssssessesesecssssssssesssssessesssasssssssssassesesseseseeseseaseees 29 COMPACT FLASH SPECIFICATIONS ccsssssssssssscsssscssssssssssssscssscsssssssssessssssscsssssssscsssssssesesscsssssssssessssessesesseseseessees 29 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS csscssssssscsssscssssssscssssecsssessscssssessssssessssesssscssssesessesecsssssssssesseseseesesecssssessssesssseseesess 30 TROUBLESHOOTING cc ssssssesssssssssssssssssecssscsssssssssessnsssessssesssscesseseseesesscsssssssssessesessesesessssesssssesssseseesesecssseassssessesesensess 31 INTRODUCTION First of all E S S thanks you for purchasing Megabeat2 Megabeat2 is a MP3 and midi file player that will fully satisfy the needs of the most demanding user besides this unit has a brand new sound palette and a captivating design High performances reliability and maximum ease of use are its main features Megabeat2 i
14. ds display if present in the MIDI file e CURSOR COLOR allows you to set the highlighted letters colour e VIDEO CAMERA IN this parameter displays the signal sent from any connected optional camera 24 PEDAL SETUP In this section you can set the function modes of the 2 pedals connected to the rear panel fig 2 5 The pedal can be normally open e normally closed If you use a normally open type pedal the PEDAL POLARITY parameter must be set on TRIGGER Viceversa using a normally closed type pedal the PEDAL POLARITY parameter must be set on TRIGGER There is a polarity setting for every pedal Through the pedal the PLAY STOP controls are given You can connect 1 or 2 pedals if you connect a pedal the PEDAL FUNCTION function must be set as PLAY STOP when you press the pedal if Megabeat2 is in STOP the highlighted song is played if it s in PLAY the song is stopped If you connect 2 pedals the PEDAL FUNCTION function must be set as 1 PLAY 2 STOP the pedal 1 works on PLAY while pedal 2 works on STOP C F UTILITY To enter C F UTILITY MENU you must 1 Press MENU key 2 Move the cursor on C F UTILITY 3 Press SELECT function key C F UTILITY menu contains compact flash various managing functions The options are SONG ERASE to erase a song from the memory unit Compact Flash CLEAR DATA to clear compact flash REBUILD INDEX to update quick index FREE SPACE displays in percentage the
15. en the SONGS mode is enabled just highlight the song with the cursor and press PLAY Pressing the PLAY key the song is automatically selected and played by Megabeat 2 Pressing MENU INFO key during play the following items will be displayed e Full title of the song currently playing e time signature 4 4 3 4 ecc for MIDI files e MIDI files current position espressed in measures and measure quarters while for Mp3 files the time elapsed from the start of the song is displayed e Metronome tempo for MIDI files and bit rate value kbps for Mp3 files If during play the STOP key is pressed the song will immediately stop Now you can press CONTINUE function key to resume song play from the point where it was left or the PLAY key to resume song play from the beginning NOTE the song that is played pressing PLAY key is always the one currently highlighted with the cursor And so if during song play another song is selected with the cursor pressing PLAY key Megabeat2 will automatically stop the song playing instead the new song What has been said is true even when a song is stopped with the STOP key once you stopped a song you can select another one and PLAY it or resume the playing previously interrupted with the CONTINUE function PARAM Parameters Pressing the PARAM key even during a song playing you access the Parameters page in which you can set MIDI and Audio parameters in real time The Function Keys al
16. erb chorus or pan these substitute the original value Pressing EXIT you go back to the list of the present notes 23 SETUP To enable SETUP function 1 Press MENU key 2 Move the cursor on SETUP 3 Press SELECT function key The SETUP menu has the various configurations menus The options are e TV SETUP In this section you can set the functions regarding the unit connected through the video connector placed on the rear panel fig 2 5 e PEDAL SETUP In this section you can choose how the pedals connected on the rear panel work fig 2 5 TV SETUP In this section you can set the functions regarding the unit connected through the video connector placed on the rear panel fig 2 5 The Function key enabled is SAVE saves the changes made in the page The options on which you can work are e LIST SONGS ON TV allows you to display or not the songs list on the connected TV set screen If positioned on ENABLED the songs titles will appear on the screen at the end of playing The screen will appear visually like the Megabeat2 display 6 songs If positioned on DISABLED the list will not be displayed NOTE The setting of this parameter does not affect Megabeat2 internal display visualization e CHORDS ON TV allows you to choose whether to display the chords on the connected TV screen if present in the MIDI file e BACKGROUND COLOR allows you to set the background colour of the page regarding the lyrics and or chor
17. free space in compact flash SONG ERASE This function allows you to erase a song permanently 25 To enable the function you must 1 press MENU INFO key 2 move the cursor on SONG ERASE 3 press the SELECT function key The list of all the songs present in the Flash Card will appear on the display divided in pages and accessibile through CURSOR keys fig 1 9 and the alpha dial knob fig 1 1 The enabled function keys are ERASE executes erasing procedure 1 Choose the song to erase with the CURSOR keys fig 1 9 or with alpha dial knob fig 1 1 then press ERASE function key 2 If you want to leave ERASE function without erasing anything press EXIT key To erase the song press YES function key otherwise NO Once you are finished with this operation you can execute another erasing or press EXIT key to go back to C F UTILITY page The erased song is still in the list When you exit ERASE function the INDEX is created ATTENTION do not turn off Megabeat2 before exiting the page CLEAR ALL DATA This function allows you to quickly format the compact flash ATTENTION This function erases all the songs in the compact flash To erase the card you must press YES To confirm erasing you must press YES once more When you re finished with erasing the words SWITCH POWER OFF THEN ON AGAIN will appear 26 REBUILT INDEX This function ricreate the INDEX i e the compact flash qu
18. ick loading index The operation can take some minutes You can load up to 4095 songs on the compact flash so when you insert the compact flash the operation of recognizing and initializing the songs takes a certain amount of time The first time you insert a compat flash a songs_ _ LMB file is created on the compact flash containing the card INDEX This function must be executed in case the songs are directly written by PC on the Compact Flash FREE SPACE This function displays the free space on compact flash espressed in percentage FREE SPACE This function displays the free space on compact flash espressed in percentage MAKE PLAYLIST This function allows you to ERASE CREATE AND MODIFY a play list Entering this function any existing play list on the compact flash is displayed The enabled keys are ERASE you can erase the play list without modifying the songs present in the card e CREATE creates an empty playlist e MODIFY modifies an existing playlist Selecting CREATE and MODIFY functions the songs present in the PLAY LIST are displayed The enabled function keys are REMOVE removes the highlighted song INSERT goes to the page where you can insert one or more songs inside the play list The songs that will be inserted will be placed inside the playlist over the highlighted song The display shows the list of the existing songs with on one side the number of the progressive position in the play list
19. ill be changed in this way The modifications made DO NOT alter the original file going back to DRUMKIT EDITOR selecting RESTORE and saving again you go back to ORIGINAL playing EDIT Selecting this function you access a page where you can modify the single highlighted instrument of the Drum Kit and the correspondent parameters You can modify and save the following parameters note instrument change parameter Velocity pitch reverb chorus and panpot In the display upper part the drum kit note you want to modify or substitute is shown The available function keys are e RELPAR reads the last saved configuration for the specific note e RESPAR goes back to original note rhythmic configuration original MIDI FILE e SOLO allows you to to listen only to the rhythmic track drums on MIDI channel 10 e TEST pressing this key you can listen to the single sound of the selected rhythmic instrument It s very easy to modify the instrument and the correspondent parameters Move the cursor on the area to be modified and modify the value with the alpha dial If the song is playing you will immediately hear the modifications or you can hear them through the TEST function If the song is playing on the left side of the note the function is displayed If you have modified the note the original value is substituted with the desired one If you have modified velocity this is added to the original value If you have modified pitch rev
20. ion Keys will have the following functions e RESTORE removes all user made modifications to parameters and restores song original values SAVE saves user made modifications e RELOAD recalls the last values saved by the user with the SAVE function MUTE this parameter is not enabled in this page The available parameters in this page are LEVEL sets the volume of the song currently playing TREBLE increases or decreases high frequencies level BASS increases or decreases low frequencies level PANPOT allows you to set the balance between the 2 stereo channels left right 17 e PITCH allows you to modify the tuning of the song currently playing without modifying its speed tempo Available values are 6 semitones e TIME STRETCH allows you to modify the tempo of the song currently playing without modifying its pitch Available values are 3 NOTE PITCH and TIME STRETCH parameters are functions that can be very useful Anyway please remember sound quality will decrease the more you move away from the original tuning PLAY LIST The PLAY LIST is the way Megabeat2 manages files with a simple and easy approach You can create playlists to be played in sequence through E LINK or MAKE PLAY LIST See MENU INFO So you ll have the chance to create a real repertoire or to group songs by genre Moreover a song can belong to more than one Play List with no need to duplicate it on the Compact Flash
21. ion function Mic1 Mic2 inputs effects setting MIDI songs global transpose Function keys to select different functions depending on the page displayed Compact Flash card housing Play Stop to start or stop song play Cursor keys to highlight the chosen element displayed on the screen VU meter 10 High brightness backlit display with big pixels 11 Microphones individual volume settings 12 Global volume setting Rear panel ET AARARA AAA RO A AAA A MONO L PEDALS 1 2 VIDEO OUT MIDI OUT MIDI IN ON USB OFF PWRIN MONO R PEDALS 3 4 VIDEO IN Fig 2 y 1 Stereo jack output to connect headphones 2 Microphones inputs XLR 3 Audio outputs to connect to audio system 4 1 4 pedals 5 6 Video Connectors Output Video Out Input Video In 7 MIDI In port for Expander function 8 MIDI Out port to connect an external sound generator 9 USB connector to connect Megabeat2 to PC 10 Power switch 11 Connection to included external power adapter POWER SUPPLY Powering Megabeat2 is very simple just connect power supply plug to power connector PWR IN placed on Megabeat2 rear panel fig 2 10 After that connect power adapter plug to main socket 110 240Vac 50 60HZ IMPORTANT We recommend using only power adapter included in package Otherwise the unit could be damaged AUDIO CONNECTIONS Connect Megabeat2 Audio Outputs fig 2 4 to your P A system mixer line input or directly to a P A system
22. line inputs AUX or TAPE inputs of your Hi Fi home system or other Note To be sure not to damage the audio system we strongly recommend to turn on Megabeat2 before turning P A system on GETTING STARTED Megabeat2 is provided with E link software version 1 07 or superior for personal computer which allows you to transfer MIDI and Mp3 files directly from Pc to Megabeat2 storing unit Compact Flash Cara The software allows you also to make a backup on the computer First thing to do is to install included software on personal computer Once you installed the software connect through a standard A B USB cable printer type the USB PORT connector fig 2 8 to a properly working USB port on the Pc Note when you launch the program if correctly connected Megabeat2 will automatically go to USB page Proceed then to launch the program double clicking on the icon you created during installation If you need any other information on how to use it please refer to on line manual included in the software TURNING IT ON To turn Megabeat2 on just insert included power adapter connector to correspondent socket placed on the rear panel disconnect MIDI IN connection then press power button Display will light up and after waiting some second you will see the following words READING PROGRAM Followed after some seconds by ESS Megabeat2 VERSION XXXX MIDI Mp3 Player fig 3 To have Megabeat2 work properly the data stori
23. low you to choose the pages regarding 1 MIDP displays the following settings e MIDI TRANSPOSE sets the global transpose of all the MIDI files The value has a range of 12 semitones and can be modified even during song play This parameter will be enabled until the unit is turned off e MIDI REVERB sets the global amount of reverb effect on MIDI songs this parameter is saved e MIDI VOLUME sets the volume level only for midi files In case you want to use Megabeat2 with an external expander keeping the audio functions microphones MP3 set this parameter on 0 e MUTE TRACK to choose working channel of TRCKON OFF function key The default value is 4 MIDI channel to which usually melody track is assigned this parameter is saved e TUNE PITCH allows you to tune the Megabeat2 MIDI generator to an external instrument ex Saxophone in a range of 99 cents e QUICK START enables or disables quick start e NORMAL MALE FEMALE modifies tunings with EASYTUNE function displays transpose value applied to song currently playing 2 OUT EQ you can adjust global equalization in output The available parameters are gt TREBLE high frequencies gt BASS low frequencies 3 MIC EQ you can set equalization of Mic1 and Mic2 microphone inputs Available parameters are gt HIGH high frequencies gt MIDF MIDDLE intervention frequency gt MID middle frequencies gt LOW low frequencies NOTE On
24. middle frequencies the equalizator is a semi parametric type one Through the MID F parameter you can set the frequency you want to modify boosting it or lowering it through the MID parameter And so if you modify only MID F parameter you will hear no tonal variation The working frequencies go from 110Hz that s to say low ones up to 1800Hz high frequencies which cover the frequency range on which the TREBLE and BASS settings are not working A practical example to understand the semi parametric filter setting boost MID parameter Speaking in the microphone move MID F parameter at your will In doing so you will hear the various frequencies to be boosted or lowered using MID 4 MIC FX you can set the type and the level of effects for Mic1 and Mic2 The available parameters are DELAY TYPE you can choose between three delay types Mono Stereo Triple DELAY LEVEL level of delay effect REVERB SEND reverb level CHORUS SEND chorus effect level 5 EXIT to exit PARAM page TRKCHANG TRACK CHANGE Set the customized parameters of every song volumes effects transpose tempo etc During the playing of a song you can set and save customized settings for every song selecting the function key corresponding to TRKCHANG TRACK CHANGE enabled during the playing of a song The TRKCHANG TRACK CHANGE page is different for MIDI files or for audio Mp3 files
25. ng unit Compact Flash card must be inserted in the proper housing Fig 1 7 If the Compact Flash card is not properly inserted the following message will appear on the display COMPACT FLASH NOT PRESENT Note Compact Flash cards are formatted when you purchase them anyway if you need it formatting must be executed sticking to the following rules FAT 16bit or FAT32 32 bit formatting Place the Compact Flash in the proper housing Fig 1 7 without forcing its introduction Megabeat2 will display the Songs page You can set display contrast pressing MENU key fig1 4 while turning alpha dial knob fig 1 1 SONGS Managing songs with Megabeat2 is very simple On the display you will see a page PAGE xxx containing a list of the songs in MIDI or Mp3 format in alphabetical order Every page displayed can contain up to 6 titles of 26 characters each Audio songs Mp3 are marked by letter A which precedes the title while MIDI files are marked by suffix M mid or K kar In the upper corner of the display you will find the current page number displayed To recall the other pages just turn the knob fig 1 1 each new position will show a new page with the new titles displayed With the cursor keys you can move from a song to another Once you reach the end of the displayed page Megabeat2 will automatically show you the list of the songs in the following page QUICK SEARCH Keeping pressed EXIT UP
26. o ono ono rono bdo 9 SONGS MODE sit is 9 DISPEAYING EYRICS AND CHORD Scott dado 11 PEA STO CONTINUE a a odo 12 PARAM PARAMETERS ninia 13 TRECHANG TRACK CHANGE cox tive ctccevesceisastedessetercvosceceseusstusstarcisateodensstactevente teetessaterctes cetdensdesnetencsondessdeneates SSi 14 MIDI FILES CUSTOMIZED PARAMETERS vis c cuss ce slassast o ii 15 Mp3 FILES CUSTOMIZED PARAMETERS wiassoct tush classe A a aaa 17 VAYAS AAA RE ENE TEO NT NA 18 CHOOSING A SONGS LIST IN PLAY LIST MODE poterie iadt iieiaeie 19 PEAYING A PLAY LIST SONGS 0 A A eae tee Mut a 19 LIST Displaying sones listin a group aneen aana ctusdeatsbusliah das lackelasdast shesdartslastech antide tues 20 TEXT and TRKCHANG TRACK CHANGE erranera tdi 20 MENUTINFO ccscsssssssssosscessssessossseossscnssssessssssssssesssscnssscessssesesssessnsenssssessssesesssesssensssenssssosessssesssaensossessssosesseasssasnssnsossosess 21 DRUMKITED Dora dann coun dann cident cen dna cei dean derma tae OMNI au 22 EDI AAA A BR aa ie ae RE EER EN MR A a 23 A NAS 24 TIVSETUP La e ds a ala a la a dol llas dla E ala ds des e ada do lh 24 PEDAL SETUP Larson sitas deter dt da da lath Uae Dd dl Rik ahh ih dag de dd dl De da tute cath Uae th dah eei 25 A OS 25 SONG ERASE sar dd AEB AAU Taal ada al dada AA Ds Deed abl ee aaa ould ad 25 CLEAR ALL DATA ih ic Qi a e Bd BU Dek Beh e Nh Del Lah Beth AG dd AL Gad de dde ileal cls 26 REBUIETINDEX stats reia ate ai tat ct Utes ih duh uth do Ri
27. ompact Flash cards are compatible with Megabeat2 If during CARD initialization Megabeat2 crashes in INIT COMPACT FLASH with the SONG name turn off the unit and turn it on again keeping the PARAM key and the right cursor gt pressed Doing like this the SONGS are not initialized anymore and with E link you can erase the file in object If inserting the compact flash the songs present in the card do not appear press MENU and select REBUILD INDEX 2008 ESS All mentioned trademarks are registered ESS s r l maintains the right to modify technical and or aesthetic characteristics in any moment and without notice Informations contained in this manual have been carefully checked anyway no liability is taken due to possible inaccuracies www essound com info essound com 31
28. ou can play in RANDOM mode pressing PLAY the displayed song will start and the songs will be played randomly until you press STOP If you are in SONGS mode and previously you did not play any song or if the previous song is finished Megabeat2 will automatically go in Stand By the STOP key is lighted up while the PLAY key is off On the last line of the display you will find the following function keys active TRCK ON TRCK OFF allows you to prevent the melody track to be played The MIDI channel set by default is number 4 anyway in Param gt MIDI you can assign the value to other channels Once set the parameter will be active until you turn off the unit or you disable the same function TRCK ON melody track Ch4 default is enabled TRCK OFF melody track Ch4 default disabled PLAYLST allows you to access Play List mode which will be described further on TEXT allows you to access lyrics and chords display mode RAND ON RAND OFF you can choose RANDOM mode or the normal function available only in STOP RAND ON pressing PLAY the highlighted song will be played and the other songs will be played randomly until you press STOP the PLAY key will flash RAND OFF pressing PLAY only the highlighted song will be played and then the unit will stop When Megabeatz is in PLAY green led highlighted PLAY in the last line of the display the following function keys will be active
29. r in less set by the user for that channel Note On channel 10 transpose is possible only in CHANNEL mode The Function Keys enabled for TRACK CHANGE page are RESTORE SAVE RELOAD MUTE MUTE control has a different function depending on the parameter on which it is working More precisely MUTE displayed when you are working with volume parameter Pressing the function key the track where the cursor is positioned will be muted SOLO displayed for all the other parameters Pressing this Function Key you will hear only the channel on which the cursor is positioned NOTE 1 The MUTE values set for the various channels are saved through SAVE on the Compact Flash in a tab associated to the song The SOLO values that have been modified on the contrary are not saved 2 Unlike the other parameters which work in addition i e are added to the original parameters stored in a song the TEMPO parameter acts like a multiplicative coefficient on the tempo settings stored in a song Test the effect of TEMPO parameter settings on songs which have TEMPO variations in Master Track CUSTOMIZED PARAMETERS FOR Mp3 FILES To work on settings for parameters available for an audio file Mp3 you must select TRKCHANG TRACK CHANGE function The function is available in SONGS main page using TRKCHANG TRACK CHANGE function key displayed only after song play has begun Once you recalled TRKCHANG TRACK CHANGE function the Funct
30. re describing the various operating modes it s very important to give some information about display and cursor The meaning of the words and symbols displayed on the screen will vary depending on the current page when Megabeat2 is in SONGS mode the songs titles are displayed when Megabeat2 is in PLAY LIST mode the groups names will be displayed when Megabeat2 is in MENU INFO mode the unit managing functions or the characteristics of the song currently playing will be active when Megabeat2 is in PARAM mode you can modify the global settings such as equalizations global transpose microphone reverb settings etc FUNCTION KEYS fig 1 6 The function attached to the four F1 F2 F3 F4 keys will vary depending on the page displayed On the display last line the active function will always show up A cell corresponding to the function keys will show the name of the function attached to the key allowing each one of the four keys to execute the typical functions of the currently active operating mode SONGS MODE The available functions in SONGS mode will allow you do the following e You can choose using the cursor keys a single song to play just pressing Play key e You can display lyrics and chords if stored in the song e You can adjust song volume levels effects transpose and metronomic tempo TRKCHANC track change 9 You can instantly remove from play the melody track if present in the MIDI file Y
31. s a MIDI Files and Mp3 player with a very user friendly interface Megabeatz2 can play e Standard MIDI File mid format O and 1 e Karaoke files kar format 1 e Mp3 files CBR tested successfully up to 256 kbps depending on encoder Megabeat2 displays lyrics and chords whenever included of the most common midi files Tune 1000 M live Solton Karaoke and of ID3 format MP3 files on the display and on the optional external monitor Megabeat2 uses a Compact Flash Card as a data read write unit in which 4095 songs can be stored You will also find included in the package e n 1 Power Adapter e n 1 CdRom with E link software for files transfer management and backup and User Manual e n 1 USB Cable e n 1 Compact Flash card e n 1 Video Cable CONNECTIONS AND CONTROLS Front panel Fig 1 1 Key to go back to previously displayed page holding the key pressed and turning the Alpha Dial the quick search function will be activated Alpha Dial knob to modify parameters values and to change the displayed page 3 Key to access unit functions options songs deleting TV set adjustment if connected Groups and Index creation If you press the key while a song is in Play mode info 4 4 5 6 7 8 9 about the song currently playing will be displayed Keeping the key pressed and turning the Alpha Dial contrast will be adjusted Key to access unit global settings global equalizat
32. starts playing press stop to stop it On the display left part in correspondence to the note the function is displayed When you select the desired song Megabeat2 analyzes the file and proposes the MIDI file played drum kit notes up to a maximum 48 notes The notes order is defined depending on the number of times the single instrument is played channel 10 Instruments names are determined depending on the internal sound generator sounds table GS compatible On the display a list of sounds in order will appear in this way NN INSTRUMENT NAME NN correspondent MIDI note number INSTRUMENT NAME selected instrument real name ex 40 SNARE 2 BRUSH SWIRL Note number 40 corresponding to SNARE instrument The available Function Keys are e RELOAD to go back to last saved configuration e RESTORE to go back to original rhythmic configuration original MIDI FILE e SOLO to listen only to rhythm track drums on MIDI channel 10 EDIT pressing this key you enter the drum kit single instrument modifying page 22 To change the displayed page use the knob or position on the last displayed note and press the DOWN cursor otherwise position on the first displayed note and press UP cursor SAVING When you exit DRUMKIT EDITOR function press EXIT if modifications have been made you will be asked if you want to save them If you save modifications from that moment when the modified songs are played the drum sounds w
33. tself when the unit is turned on As in computers it s possible to update Megabeat2 Operative System to add new functions and or to improve the already available ones The Operative System updating is very simple If you want to update the Operative System we recommend to follow the instructions on the on line manual of the data transfer program included in the package ATTENTION Once you are finished with the SysOp transfer the display will show the following message which asks you to turn off and turn on again Megabeat2 SWITCH POWER OFF THEN ON AGAIN When you turn Megabeat2 on again the operative system will be fully installed You can verify the version number in the opening display fig 3 COMPACT FLASH SPECIFICATIONS Megabeat2 manages compact flash formatted in FAT mode fat 16 bit and FAT32 fat 32 bit 29 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS POWER SUPPLY External power adapter desktop switching Off Line stas 90 240 Vac Connectors n 1 USB Port n 1 MIDI IN Port din standard n 1 MIDI OUT Port din standard n 1 Video IN Connector Pin RCA n 1 Video OUT Connector Pin RCA n 2 Pedal Connectors Jack 6 5mm TSR n 2 Stereo Output L R jack 6 5 mm TSR n 2 Mic balanced inputs XLR n 1 Headphones output Jack 6 5mm TSR Backlit graphic display 192 x 64 dot size 0 59x0 59 mm Sizes 250 x 170 x 60 mm Weight Megabeat2 0 5 Kg Power supply adapter 0 45 Kg 30 TROUBLESHOOTING N B Not all C
34. without having any effect on original parameters which can be recalled any time Once you enable TRKCHANG TRACK CHANGE function the TRKCHANG TRACK CHANGE page will be displayed on the screen divided in 2 areas by a status bar The upper half has to do with single MIDI channels management while the lower half allows you to select the parameter to modify The choice can be made on one of the following parameters VOL volume TRN transpose PRG program change BNK bank select REV reverb CHR chorus PAN panpot TEMPO metronome tempo The cursor position is important with the cursor in the lower half you select the parameter on which to work and at the same time you can globally modify all the MIDI channels using the setting knob In this case on the status bar all GLOBAL indications will be present followed by the name of the parameter in use and by the word TRKCHANG TRACK CHANGE Obviously the global setting of PROGRAM CHANGE and of BANK SELECT is not available Moving the cursor in the upper half the status bar will show the word CHANNEL followed by the name of the variable in use and by the word TRKCHANG TRACK CHANGE you will be able to change the single parameter acting only on the selected MIDI channel The upper bar instead shows only the name of the instrument assigned to the MIDI channel on which the cursor is placed and the parameter value actually in use displayed as a variation in more o
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