Operation Manual

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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. Drawing on over 29
years experience in the design and manufacture of musical instruments, the KETRON engineers were able
to optimize the design of the MIDJAY to include comprehensive features such as quick and easy playback
of Wave, MP3 and MIDI Files, the capability to suppress the Lead vocals of a Wave Song, gradually fade
out of one Song into another (Cross Fade), chain up to 10 Songs and have the unit play them back-to-back
automatically (Play List), addition of Styles and Voices to be used as a sound module or Drum machine in
conjunction with an external controller or Sequencer, and a massive 20GB Hard Disk capable of being linked
to a PC/Mac via a USB port for data download and transfer.
Before you start using MIDJAY, please read these instructions carefully to enjoy optimum performance and
a longer service life. This manual can also be used in conjunction with the XPress Manual (that can be
downloaded from our website). Keep this manual in a safe place for future use.
TURNING ON THE MIDJAY
When you turn on the unit, the “MIDJAY” logo will be displayed for a couple of seconds while it boots up. Next
the current Operating System release will be shown on the unit as well. The Operating System resides in ash
and can always be updated to include new functions (as requested by our customers). For further information
on updating the MIDJAY, go to page 36 of the manual.
At the end of the initialization stage (boot), a display will appear with a list of Files contained in the MIDI File
directory, and the related LED will ash.