Operation Manual

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MIDIJAY MANUAL UPDATE RELEASE 4.0
NEW MIDIFILE LINK MODE
From the contextual menu of the MIDIFILE section (which is activated using the Edit key) you can select one of the 4 Link Modes available
to define the transition mode between two consecutive midifiles. Manual mode is the normal operating mode of the MIDJAY unit, in which
the midifiles are played immediately when the Enter key is pressed. In Sync Live
Medley mode, the MIDJAY unit “links” the midifile that you wish to play with the
current midifile. In this way the midifile will never be played immediately but will
only start when the next beat of the current midifile starts. In this way, you can also
play synchronised Medleys produced in real time. You can activate the Tempo Lock
function to leave the BPM unaltered when switching between the various midifiles.
The function is also activated with the Crossfade on. In this case, the temporal synchronisation between the two midifiles remains, but
the classic “fading out” effect will be executed, which is typical in this mode. Using the Tempo Cross function, the BPM is automatically
cross faded (metronomic velocity) between two consecutive midifiles. In this mode,
the BPM of the current midifile is gradually varied and adapted to the BPM of the
next midifile. The function is only activated when the Crossfade key is on and the
transition time depends on the length of the Crossfade. Marker Jump Preload mode
is used to select the starting marker of a midifile. In particular when it is activated,
when you press the Enter key, the midifile is not played but just analysed. At the
end of the scanning time, the display of the MIDJAY unit shows the markers within the midifile. By pressing one of the function keys you
can start and play the midifile from the point desired. If the midifile does not have a marker, just one corresponding to the beginning of
the midifile will be shown. The function can only be used when the Crossfade key is off.
CROSS FADE CURVES EDITOR
From the menu used to select the CrossFade curves (Slow, Medium, Fast e Fade Out) press the Edit key to activate the environment
where you can edit and customise the fading curves available. The parameters
in the FALL section define how the outgoing song fades out its volume while the
parameters in the RAISE section refer to the incoming song. Let’s analyse the
various parameters:
• Time: This sets the transition time with a resolution in tenths of a second.
The total time of the Crossfade corresponds at the most between the two
set for the output curve and the input curve.
• Curve: This defines the transition curve. You can choose between a linear
curve (LIN) or exponential curve (EXP)
• Start: This indicates the starting volume of the transition
• End: This indicates the final value of the volume after the transition.
The curves are independent for each section. For example, you can establish
different curves between the MIDIFILE and WAVE section. The settings of the curves can be saved in the MACHINE.INI file so that it can be
automatically loaded again each time the machine is started.
NEW MENU FUNCTION OF THE DISPLAY
From the Mode/Function menu (activated using the MENU key) you can access the settings of the Display (Display Settings). Two important
functions have been added to this menu:
Lyrics Zoom …which is used to double the dimensions
of the characters used to display the texts and words
of the songs on the display of the MIDJAY unit.
When the Zoom function is activated, the display
shows 5 lines of words for each page and it is no
longer possible to display the PlayBar and the initials
of the chords within the midifile.
Txt Auto Load which is used to enable or disable
the loading function of the TXT files automatically
when a file is started. The MIDJAY unit does indeed
enable you to combine a Txt file with any file (Wav,
Mid, Mp3) and to pull it up automatically when the
song starts. When the current directory contains lots of files, the search and opening time of the TXT files slows down the starting of
NEW MIDIFILE LINK MODE
CROSS FADE CURVES EDITOR
NEW MENU FUNCTION OF THE DISPLAY