MIDJAY TABLE OF CONTENTS • Safety Instructions 2 • Play List Creating a Play List Editing a Play List 20 20 21 • Introduction Turning ON the MIDJAY 3 3 • Output / Connections 4 • Footswitch 21 • Controls 5 • Menu Controls 22 • Wave Playing Waves Wave Menu Common Functions The Manipulation of Wave Files Suppressing the Lead Voice from a Song Lead Mute Wave Pitch and Stretch Wave Transposer Folder Auto Play Function 7 7 7 8 9 • Power On Setup 24 • Loading Songs Into the MIDJAY (USB) Connec
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS AC Power Adaptor To connect the instrument to the wall socket you will need the supplied KETRON AC Power Adaptor. Use of other AC adaptors could result in damage to the instrument’s power circuit. So be sure to ask for the right kind. Instructions About Risk of Fire, Electric Shock or Injury to Persons Warning: to reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this instrument to rain or moisture. Earthing: his product must be connected to an earthed outlet.
INTRODUCTION Congratulations on your purchase of the new KETRON MIDJAY Multi-Player (pronounced ‘mi-dee-jay’). Your Multi Player is designed and built to provide you with long-term trouble-free performance.
OUTPUT / CONNECTIONS 5 1 3 2 6 7 8 9 4 12 10 11 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Out Micro: Separate output for the microphone to be directed toward the external amplifier. Out Right - Left / Mono: Stereo output to connect to your stereo equipment/PA/Mixer, etc. Out Monitor: For the connection to a Computer monitor. In order to connect the device to a TV (home TV or similar equipment), it is necessary to use a PC/Mac video converter for TV.
CONTROLS The controls of the MIDJAY are clearly laid out for easy operation. The buttons on the left side of the unit are used for functions and in some cases, these functions will change depending on the current situation/use of the unit. [Lead Mute] This button is used to remove the Lead Voice (or notes) from a MIDI File or suppress it from a Wave File. [Voice] This button is used to select the Voices within the MIDJAY module.
[Transpose] It is used to edit the transposer. This function works with Wave, Style and MIDI File. [<
WAVE The MIDJAY comes with some bonus Wave Files for your listening and performance pleasure. These Files are found in the Wave Folder of the internal Hard Disk. Of course you can always download your own Wave Files or music from existing CDs into the Player for future playback. PLAYING WAVES 1. With the unit turned ON, press the Master Folder Wave Player button (this button should be on by default whenever the Player is turned ON and the blue LED should light up).
COMMON FUNCTIONS Dir. Global View: It displays all types of Files, also those which do not have a Wav extension. It is possible to select the function using the Cursor keys and to turn it on or OFF using the Enter key. Folder Auto Play: With this function it is possible to execute all Files contained in the current Folder; when the last Song has been executed, the first will be played back automatically. It is possible to select this function using the Cursor keys and to turn it on using the Enter key.
THE MANIPULATION OF WAVE FILES There are some interesting functions that MIDJAY can do to Wave Files to better personalize and enhance your performance. Until now, one of the limitations to Audio was being able to manipulate the Songs so that you could for an example change the speed/temp without changing the pitch or change the key of a Song or take out the Lead Voice of a Song so you could sing over the music.
While working in “Transpose” Mode, press the Edit key. 4 sound processing Modes will appear. This is due to the fact that different sound results are obtained with different transposition materials. However... the choice is yours. Select the Mode with the Cursor keys and turn on the feature with Enter. It is possible to record the Wave on Hard Disc Recording with a modified transposer value. This will allow us to recall the Wave quickly, without having to reset the Transposer Value each time.
DJ LOOP/GROOVE/EFFECTS (SFX) There are many DJ Loops and Effects within the MIDJAY Player and these effects can serve lots of purposes in terms of enhancing your performance or simply ‘spicing it up’ a little. Adding sounds like applauding, sounds of the ocean, birds, animals, machine sounds etc can be very exciting when played along with your music, and each one of these has its own great uses during performances. Here is how you play DJLOOPS, Grooves and Effects with the MIDJAY: 1.
GROOVES When you select this Groove Folder, you will be brought to a screen showing you all the Groove Files within the Folder. Highlight and select the Groove you wish to listen to and press Enter to load the Groove. “Grv. Loading” will be displayed while the Groove loads.
PLAYING MIDI FILES In order to play a MIDI File, turn on the MIDJAY. 1. Press the Master Folder MIDI File Player button. The top of the screen shows the Folder location “C:\MIDI File” and it lists all the contents of this Folder. The first column of the screen shows the type of File with a sign. These Folders might contain other Folders or Files as well. (You can use Folders to easily group and associate different kinds of Songs or artists for an example).
used to map thi spart to MIDI information leaving the MIDJAY via the MIDI out ports to another MIDI device. • Edit [*]: This is used to access the “Voice Edit” screen to Edit the current Voice selected. The editable parameters include:• Cut Off: Value after which the sound is no longer heard. • Resonance: Filter resonance value. • Attack: Value used to denote when the sound is heard immediately a key is pressed on the MIDI controller.
INSTANTLY MUTE A PART FROM A SONG - LEAD MUTE There are times when as you play, you will want to eliminate one of the parts of the Song (e.g. take out the Drums, Bass, Lead Part...). When playing back a MIDI File, this provides the capability to eliminate the Lead part in a Song, allowing for someone to either sing or play the Lead part in real time (or a variation of it). In order to achieve this when playing the MIDI File, simply press the Lead Mute button to mute the Lead track.
4. You can even use the Alpha Dial wheel to change the Tempo of both the Style and the MIDI File in real time. Your real Drummer is locked in right there with you as you perform. 5. You can also toggle between the original Drum tracks of your MIDI File (Remix OFF) and those of MIDJAY (Remix ON), buy repeatedly pressing the Remix button as you perform. 6. To save the Remix function, press the MIDI File key and, during the execution of the two sections, press Save.
4. Marker Jump Mode: This Mode allows you to establish if the passage between one Marker and the next should occur at the end of the part or at the end of the beat. To toggle between one Mode and the next, select the function with the Cursor keys and choose the selected Mode with the Alpha Dial or with the Enter key. 5. Drum Mixer: This Mode displays the parameters which concern the sections of the Drum part.
PLAYBACK OF MULTIPLE FILE TYPES (MULTIPLAY) From here on it gets more and more interesting. With one File playing (e.g. Wave), it is possible to select another File from another category (e.g. MP3) and also have that File playing together with the Wave File that was initially playing. To achieve this: 1. Select and play a Wave File as shown above under “Wave Files”. The Wave LED stays ON. 2.
AUTOMATIC CROSS FADE MIDJAY offers you the capability to gradually turn down the volume of one Song while at the same time gradually increasing the volume of a currently selected new Song, hence eliminating the abrupt changes that would otherwise occur. The automatic Cross Fade works between Wave Files. It also works between MIDI Files or within a Play List.
PLAY LIST The Play List feature allows you to automatically call up as many as 10 Songs instantly and you can select which Songs you want to go to by directly pressing the associated Play List buttons (0-9) or using the Cursor keys or Alpha Dial wheel to select the Songs from the screen. You can either set up a Play List instantly as you perform in real time, or create one and store for later recall and use. The Play List can be made up of a combination of Wave, MP3 or MIDI Files.
While a Song from this Play List is playing, you can load up another Play List: • Press the Play List button once more, select the new Play List File within the Play List Folder and press Enter to load its associated Songs in. The Song currently playing will not be interrupted during this process and you will now have access to the new Songs within the new Play List shown.
To assign the various pedals of either Footswitch, proceed as follows: 1. Press the Menu button to access the “Mode/Function” screen. 2. Select “Footswitch” with the Cursor keys and press Enter to access the Footswitch assignment page. 3. Select the switch which needs to be assigned (using the Cursor keys) and change its corresponding value with the Alpha Dial wheel. 4. In order to make sure these settings remain fixed press Save to save to the Power On Setup File (see Power On Setup on page 24 below).
Controller so as to keep it in sync with the external unit. If turned OFF, no external MIDI Clock information will be acknowledged from the MIDI In jack. Clock Out: If turned ON, the MIDJAY is able to control an external Sequencer/Controller’s MIDI Clock so as to keep the external unit in sync with MIDJAY. If turned OFF, no MIDI Clock information is transmitted on the MIDI Out jacks. Excl. Mess. In/Out: Exclusive Messages In are activated if turned ON...
• METRONOME Click: This setting controls the Metronome Click signal that is sent out of the “Click” out put on the side of MIDJAY. This output can be fed to a drummer who might want to play along with MIDJAY (or the headphones of any other musician who wants to keep time with MIDJAY). Enabled: When Enabled is set to ON, a ‘Click’ sound is heard out of the Click output (when connected to say headphones or an external device. BPM: The BPM (Beats Per Minute) value can be set accordingly. Time Sign.
LOADING SONGS INTO THE MIDJAY (USB) Even though there are tons of bonus material within the MIDJAY player’s Hard Disk, everyone will like the opportunity to be able to load or copy their own Wave, MP3 or MIDI Files into the unit and clearly play these back as they see fit, following the current layout of the Files within the machine. The USB connection is a feature that allows MIDJAY to emulate a Disk drive when connected to a Computer.
HARD DISK RECORDING The Recording Mode on MIDJAY permits you to record whatever actions are taken on the instrument within a given time. You can actually build up your own Song collection or record an entire performance such that during playback, all you would have to do is. Recording can also be done from any appliance connected to the Line Input jacks to the side of MIDJAY (such as an external CD, Mini Disk... etc). To record directly to the Hard Disk: 1.
MULTI-TRACK RECORDING This is a very useful function especially since there is no Sequencer or multi-track recorder on board. However, you can create your own Multi track recorder - and have your own ‘over-dub’ capabilities if you play smart. Press the Record button to enter the record Mode once more. Once you name the File (say ‘Jam1’) select and play a MIDI File or start playing a Style or another Wave File and sing along with it and record this.
VOICES The MIDJAY Player also incorporates various Voices within the unit. These Voices (which are once more of KETRON acclaimed Best Natural Sound quality) can be used or accessed by an external MIDI controller (such as a Keyboard, MIDI Guitar or MIDI Accordion) or an external Sequencer or software from a Computer. To access or Play these Voices: 1. Connect a MIDI cable from the MIDI Out jack of the external device to the MIDI In jack of the MIDJAY (located on the back) 2.
• Fx: The ninth row is used to determine which Effects should be applied with the associated Voice. Use the Alpha Dial wheel to scroll through several Effects available to you. • Sust: The Sustain parameter is used to turn ON/OFF sustain to each Voice independently (when played). • Expr: Controls changes to the Voice made by volume changes. • V. Sw: The Velocity Switch controls how hard or soft you have to press a note on the external device to activate the associated sound.
STYLES The Styles can be accessed by pressing the Master Folder Style button. The first group of Styles displayed are the ROM Styles (that reside within the machine). To access the Disk Styles press the Exit button at this time. Highlight the Style you wish to play and press Enter. You will now see the Style screen with the following information displayed. You can press the Exit button to go back and display the groups once more to select another File.
OTHER STYLE FUNCTIONS • Highlight “Pianist” and press Enter to select this (within 4 seconds). This allows the MIDJAY to recognize chords through the entire Keyboard and ignore the Split point (if any was set). • Highlight “Manual Bass” and press Enter to select this (within 4 seconds). This allows real Bass notes to be played on the Left of the Split point of the Keyboard. • Highlight “Bass Lowest” and press Enter to select this (within 4 seconds).
4. Send from the MIDI controller the Program Changes on the selected MIDI Registration Channel. 5. It is possible to control up to 128 Registration for each directory. Of course Registrations directories on Disk can be endless and specialized towards different repertoires and genre of music. The Style Functions such as Intro, Arranger, Fill, End, etc.
REGISTRATIONS A Registration (or register) is a location in memory where the MIDJAY stores all relevant information pertaining to a particular set up. This process is used to speed up the rate at which one can access the settings for a particular Song, thus once again saving time between Songs.
DISK The MIDJAY Disk control is similar to that used by common PC-based programs. This type of control allows you to Copy, Move, Delete, Rename, and, furthermore, it allows you to create New Folders. COPYING FILES FROM FLOPPY DISKS TO HARD DISK 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Insert the Floppy Disk in the drive. The Files contained in the Disk will be immediately displayed. Press Disk. Select the Files, one by one, and press Enter. (An arrow appears next to the selected Files). Press Edit.
RENAMING FILES ON HARD DISK 1. Choose the Folder in which you intend to rename the Files; enter its content by pressing Enter. 2. Press Disk. 3. Select a File to rename and press Enter. (An arrow appears next to the selected Files). 4. Press Edit. 5. Select “Rename” and press Enter. 6. The “Rename” appears displaying the previous name and the field in which to write the new name. 7. Write the new name with the keys of the Play List (0-9 A-Z) 8. Press Enter to confirm. CREATING A NEW FOLDER ON HARD DISK 1.
UPDATING THE MIDJAY The Operating System of the MIDJAY resides in Flash memory and can be updated as follows. After downloading the new operating system from the web site www.ketron.it, follow this procedure: • Connect the MIDJAY to the Computer using the USB connection. • Transfer the MIDJAYOS.BIN File from your computer’s Hard Disk to the MIDJAY, positioning the File in the main directory and overwriting the homonymous MIDJAYOS.BIN File which is already there (Overwrite).
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS (RELEASE 2.0) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Panel: Alpha Dial, 8 Volume slider controls, 40 direct easy access tabs. Display: LCD 192 x 80 back-lit. Contrast control. Wave Table: Over 240 Voices, 64 Presets, 22 Drum Sets, 72 Live Drums. GM standard. Disk: 20Gb internal Hard Disk. 3,5 2DD/HD internal Floppy Disk. Copy, Move, Rename, Delete and New Folder functions. Video: Video Interface with RGB Monitor Out. Connections: USB.