User Manual

MONTAGE Owner’s Manual
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A message from the MONTAGE Development Team................. 2
About This Manual ......................................................................3
Accessories.................................................................................3
Main Features..............................................................................4
Controls and Functions 6
Top Panel ...................................................................................6
Rear Panel ................................................................................11
Setting Up 14
Power Supply ............................................................................14
Connecting Speakers or Headphones......................................14
Powering Up the System........................................................... 14
Auto Power Off function ............................................................15
Adjusting the Master Volume output .........................................15
Restoring the initial factory settings (Initialize All Data) ............15
Basic Operation and Displays 16
Quick Guide — Selecting Performances 18
Selecting a Performance from the Live Set...............................19
Switching Performances ........................................................... 19
Using the Category Search function .........................................20
Playback Audition phrase .........................................................21
Quick Guide — Playing the Keyboard 22
Performance Play display..........................................................22
Switching a Part on/off ..............................................................23
Using the Arpeggio function .....................................................24
Using the Motion Sequencer function.......................................25
Using controllers to change the sound .....................................26
Using the Knobs to change the sound .....................................27
Using the Super Knob to change the sound............................. 28
Mixing........................................................................................ 28
Using the Scene function ..........................................................29
Quick Guide — Creating Your Own Live Sets 30
Registering a Performance to a Live Set...................................30
Sorting registered Performances in a Live Set..........................30
Quick Guide — Editing the Settings 32
Performance Editing..................................................................32
Part Editing................................................................................33
Part Effect Editing......................................................................34
How Parts are assigned to a Performance................................35
Creating a Performance by combining Parts............................36
Recording and Playback 39
Terminology...............................................................................39
MIDI Recording ......................................................................... 39
Playing a Song ..........................................................................41
Recording your performance as audio .....................................41
Playing an audio file .................................................................. 42
Using as a Master Keyboard 43
Making settings for use as a master keyboard—Zone .............43
Connecting a Microphone or Audio Equipment 44
Playing the keyboard along with the sound input from the A/D
INPUT [L/MONO]/[R] jacks .......................................................44
Making Global System Settings 45
Setting automatic power-on tasks............................................. 45
Setting button lamp behavior .................................................... 45
Turning various functions on/off................................................ 45
Changing the Master Tuning..................................................... 46
Changing the Velocity Curve .................................................... 47
Connecting External MIDI Instruments 48
Controlling the MONTAGE from an external MIDI keyboard or
synthesizer ................................................................................ 48
Controlling an external MIDI keyboard or synthesizer from the
MONTAGE................................................................................. 48
Using a Connected Computer 49
Connecting to a computer ........................................................ 49
Creating a Song with a computer ............................................. 51
Saving/Loading Data 53
Saving the settings to a USB flash memory device ..................53
Loading the settings from a USB flash memory device............ 53
Precautions when using the [USB TO DEVICE] terminal .......... 54
Using USB flash drives ............................................................. 54
Shift Function List 55
Display Messages 56
Troubleshooting 58
Specifications 63
Index 64
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