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Owner’s Manual

Before using this unit, carefully read “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” (p. 10) and “IMPORTANT NOTES” (p. 11). After reading, keep the

document(s) where it will be available for immediate reference.

Contents

Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Connect the Included USB Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Before You Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Power Supply Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Turning the Aerophone GO on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Wrapping the Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Attaching the Neck Strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Selecting the Base Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Selecting a Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Other Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Connecting Your Headphones or External Speakers 5

Mode Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Performing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Holding the Aerophone GO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Embouchure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Using the Thumb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Pressing the Performance Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

How to Make Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Changing the Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Returning to the Factory Settings (Factory Reset) . . . . . . . . 7

Using the Aerophone GO with the Smartphone . . . . . . . . . 8

Here’s What You Can Do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Making Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Performing on the Aerophone GO Along with Music

Played from a Smartphone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Using a Smartphone to Edit Aerophone GO Settings

or Play the App’s Sound Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

If You Can’t Connect via Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Maintaining the Mouthpiece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Main Specications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

USING THE UNIT SAFELY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

IMPORTANT NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Summary of content (16 pages)

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Owner’s Manual Contents Panel Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Changing the Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Connect the Included USB Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Returning to the Factory Settings (Factory Reset) . . . . . . . . . 7 Before You Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Panel Descriptions 2 1 3 12 5 4 13 7 6 14 8 11 9 15 10 17 16 20 21 18 22 19 1 Mouthpiece Cap 6 Protects the mouthpiece. When you’re not playing, leave the mouthpiece cap attached. Taking care that it does not touch the reed, press it on until you hear it click into place. 2 Mouthpiece && Refer to “Holding the Aerophone GO” (p. 6). 7 3 && Refer to “Using the Thumb” (p. 6). 8 Performance keys If this is set to “SETTING,” you’ll be in settings mode. && Refer to “Selecting a Tone” (p.
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Panel Descriptions 11 Battery case If you are using the Aerophone GO on batteries, insert four rechargeable Ni-MH batteries (AA). && Refer to “Power Supply Settings” (p. 4). 12 Built-in speakers 13 Strap ring Attach a neck strap here. && Refer to “Attaching the Neck Strap” (p. 4). 14 Bite Control Switch Switches bite control on/off. If this is on, the force with which you bite the mouthpiece controls the pitch. If this is off, natural vibrato is applied automatically.
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Before You Play Power Supply Settings The Aerophone GO can be powered by batteries or by a USB AC adaptor. Set the power select switch according to the power supply that you want to use. Turning the Aerophone GO on Set the [L] switch to “ON.” If you’re using the Aerophone GO with an app that’s installed on your smartphone, set this to the “ “ position. Power Supply Power Select Switch The power supply LED indicates whether power is on or off.
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Before You Play Selecting the Base Key Other Preparations The sax is a transposing instrument. The note symbol written in the musical score differs from the note pitch that is actually sounded. In the case of an alto sax, the note written as “C” on the musical score actually sounds the “E ” pitch. 1. Use the [TRANSPOSE] knob to specify the base key (the pitch that is sounded by the “C” fingering).
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Performing Holding the Aerophone GO Using the Thumb 1. Attach the neck strap Octave keys to the strap ring of the Aerophone GO, and hold it as shown in the illustration. +1 Switch the octave. You can raise or lower the pitch by one octave. Operate them using the left-hand thumb. -1 Thumb button Bends up (raises the pitch) or bends down (lowers the pitch). * Whether the thumb button bends up or bends down is specified for each tone, and this cannot be changed. 2.
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Changing the Settings You can specify how the sound is affected by the force of your breath (Breath Curve), the depth of reverberation (Reverb Level), and the type of fingering (Fingering Type). 3. Use the octave keys to specify the value of the 1. Set the [TONE] knob to the “SETTING” setting. position. A “beep” is heard for a number of times corresponding to the specified value. You’re in settings mode. * When you play in settings mode, you hear the tone that you were previously playing. 2.
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Using the Aerophone GO with the Smartphone 6. Tap “AE-05 Audio” that is shown in the Bluetooth Here’s What You Can Do device screen of your smartphone. You can use the Aerophone GO along with a mobile device such as a smartphone or tablet (subsequently referred to as a “smartphone”).
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Appendix If You Can’t Connect via Bluetooth Items to check / Problem Action Is the [L] switch set to the “ ” position? Set the [L] switch to the “ position. In the settings of your smartphone, is the Bluetooth functionality turned “on”? Maintaining the Mouthpiece ” In your smartphone’s settings, turn Bluetooth on. If it is “on” but you still can’t connect, try turning it “off” and then “on” again; this might allow connection to occur.
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USING THE UNIT SAFELY About WARNING and CAUTION Notices Used for instructions intended to alert the user to the risk of death or severe injury should the unit be used improperly. Used for instructions intended to alert the user to the risk of injury or material damage should the unit be used improperly. * Material damage refers to damage or other adverse effects caused with respect to the home and all its furnishings, as well to domestic animals or pets.
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IMPORTANT NOTES Power Supply: Use of Batteries • Before installing/removing batteries, make sure to turn off the power to this unit and disconnect all connections to other devices. • If the batteries run extremely low, the sound may distort, but this does not indicate a malfunction. If this occurs, please replace the batteries / use a USB AC adaptor. • If operating this unit on batteries, please use rechargeable Ni-MH batteries.
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Fingering Chart / 運指表 SAX fingering／サックス運指 B3 A#3/B²3 F#4/G²4 C5 F5 C4 G4 C#5/D²5 F#5/G²5 C#4/D²4 D4 G#4/A²4 A4 D5 D#5/E²5 E4 D#4/E²4 A#4/B²4 E5 F4 B4
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Fingering Chart / 運指表 Recorder fingering / リコーダー運指 A#3/B²3 B3 C#4/D²4 G4 F#4/G²4 B4 C4 C5 C#5/D²5 G#4/A²4 D5 D4 D#4/E²4 A4 E4 F4 A#4/B²4
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Fingering Chart / 運指表 Electronic wind instrument fingering / 電子吹奏楽器運指 A3 A#3/B²3 B3 C4 C#4/D²4 D4 D#4/E²4 E4 F4 F#4/G²4 G4 G#4/A²4 A4 A#4/B²4 B4 C5 C#5/D²5 D5 D#5/E²5 E5 F#5/G²5 G5 F5
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“PERCUSSION” Assignment / 「PERCUSSION」アサイン When the [TONE] knob is set to select “11” PERCUSSION, you can use the fingering shown in the following table to play the corresponding sounds.