Roland MV-8800 manual

Owner’s Manual Copyright © 2006 ROLAND CORPORATION All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of ROLAND CORPORATION. Roland International Web Site: http://www.Roland.com Before using this unit, carefully read the sections entitled: “IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS” (Owner’s M[...]

M-2 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual INSTRUCTIONS CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN ATTENTION : RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE PAS OUVRIR CAUTION : TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an[...]

M-3 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Checking the included items Introduction Introduction Checking the included items The MV-8800 package contains the following items. If any of the included items are missing, please contact a “Roland Service Center” or an “authorized Roland distributor” as listed on the “Information” (p. 338). ❑ MV-8800 ❑[...]

M-4 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual USING THE UNIT SAFELY 001 ● Before using this unit, make sure to read the instructions below, and the Owner’s Manual. .......................................................................................................... 001-50 ● Connect mains plug of this model to a mains socket outlet with a protective earth[...]

USING THE UNIT SAFELY M-5 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual USING THE UNIT SAFELY Introduction 012a ● Immediately turn the power off, remove the power cord from the outlet, and request servicing by your retailer, the nearest Roland Service Center, or an authorized Roland distributor, as listed on the “Information” page when: ❍ The power-supply cord,[...]

M-6 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual INPORTANT NOTES In addition to the items listed under “IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS” and “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” on pages 2 and 4–5, please read and observe the following: 301 ● Do not connect this unit to same electrical outlet that is being used by an electrical appliance that is controlled by an inverter[...]

INPORTANT NOTES M-7 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual INPORTANT NOTES Introduction Important Performance and Image Data 811 ● Once a hard disk fails to function normally, all data that has been stored on it could be destroyed. All hard disks eventually wear out. We recommend that you consider the hard disk not as a permanent storage site, but as a place t[...]

M-8 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Main features The MV-8800 contains a sampler, sequencer, effect processor, mastering functionality, and music CD-burning functionality, unifying the entire music production process; collecting materials ➔ creating your song ➔ completing a final master. ● Sampler section featuring high capacity, a broad range of fi[...]

Main features M-9 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Main features Introduction ● Three effect processors[...]

M-10 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Contents Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 3 Checking the included items .......................................................................................................... 3 USING THE UNIT SAFELY [...]

Contents M-11 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 1 Quick Start 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Introduction Master Index 1—An overview of the MV-8800 ......................................................................................... 51 Basic structure .........................................................................[...]

Contents M-12 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Making a partial settings ............................................................................................................. 102 To adjust the pitch ................................................................................................................................ 104 To adjust the brig[...]

Contents M-13 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 1 Quick Start 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Introduction Master Index Changing the playback tempo .................................................................................................... 138 Using the Tap function to set the tempo ........................................[...]

Contents M-14 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Editing events individually ........................................................................................................ 181 Event list editing ................................................................................................................................... 181 Inserting performan[...]

Contents M-15 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 1 Quick Start 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Introduction Master Index 13—Automating mixing operations (Automation) ............................................. 219 Automating operations of Mixer Channel .............................................................................[...]

Contents M-16 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 16— Using an external display and mouse to operate the MV-8800 ....... 251 Switching between the two operating modes ........................................................................... 251 How to confirm the operating mode ..............................................................................[...]

Contents M-17 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 1 Quick Start 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Introduction Master Index 21—Other functions ................................................................................................................. 317 Settings for the entire MV-8800 ..........................................[...]

M-18 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Panel descriptions SENS knobs Adjusts the input sensitivity. PHONE knob Adjusts the headphone level. LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) This is a 320 x 240 pixel display screen with backlight. Contrast knob Adjusts the contrast of the LCD screen. DISK indicator (red) This indicator lights when the MV-8800 is transferring dat[...]

Panel descriptions M-19 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Panel descriptions Introduction EFFECTS button Accesses the EFFECTS screen (Screen Guide; p. 229) (indicator lit orange). The MV-8800 provides built-in MFX (multi-effect), delay/chorus, and reverb effects. C (control) knobs These control knobs let you adjust effect parameter values directly. Sliders [...]

Panel descriptions M-20 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual MULTILEVEL button This button assigns a different level of velocity (playing strength) to each of the sixteen velocity pads. Striking pad 1 will produce a velocity level of 7, and striking pad 16 will produce a velocity level of 127 (p. 37). ● If MULTILEVEL=on or FIXED VELOCITY=on, the force with w[...]

Panel descriptions M-21 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Panel descriptions Introduction Numeric keys Use these keys to input sequence data, alphabetical characters for names, or numerical parameter values. These keys make it easy to input numerical values in rapid succession. DEC/INC buttons These buttons decrement ([DEC]) or increment ([INC]) the value o[...]

Panel descriptions M-22 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual LOCATOR button Accesses the LOCATOR popup (Screen Guide; p. 59) will appear. You can place locator marks at ten desired time locations in the sequence data. The Locator function lets you jump instantly to one of these stored locations. STEP buttons Pressing these buttons by themselves will move the c[...]

Panel descriptions M-23 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Panel descriptions Introduction USB This connector lets you connect the MV-8800 to your computer to transfer files. FOOT SWITCH You can connect a separately sold foot switch (e.g., Roland DP-2, BOSS FS-5U) here, and use it to control the MV-8800 in a variety of ways. OUTPUT DIGITAL A, B These are dig[...]

Panel descriptions M-24 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual POWER ON switch Turns the power on/off. AC inlet Connect the included power cable here. Cooling fan vent The MV-8800 contains a cooling fan that prevents the internal temperature from becoming too high. The warm air is exhausted from this vent. ● Do not place any obstructing object in front of the [...]

Panel descriptions M-25 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Panel descriptions Introduction CD-R/RW drive tray The tray will open when you press the CD-R/RW disc eject button. This drive can handle CD-ROMs and music CDs, and can also write data to CD-R discs or CD-RW discs. Disc access indicator This indicator will light when the disc is being read or written[...]

M-26 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Preparing your equipment and making connections To prevent malfunction and/or damage to speakers or other devices, always turn down the volume, and turn off the power on all devices before making any connections. Computer e.g., PR-50 device P ower cable (included) Edirol UM-1EX, etc. MD Recorder , etc. Mixer , etc. P o[...]

Preparing your equipment and making connections M-27 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Preparing your equipment and making connections Introduction ● AC inlet Use the included power cable to connect the MV-8800 to an AC outlet. ● Connection cables When connection cables with resistors are used, the volume level of equipment connected to the inputs (ANAL[...]

M-28 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Turning on the power 1. Make sure that the audio devices connected to the MV-8800 are powered-off. 2. Set the rear panel POWER ON switch to the ON position. The LCD backlight (illumination) will light, and the opening screen and the MV-8800’s system software version will be displayed. 3. When start-up is complete, th[...]

Turning on the power M-29 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Turning on the power Introduction You must perform the Shutdown operation before turning the power off. The Shutdown operation saves the stored parameters before powering-off, and safely stops the hard disk. 1. Press [SHUTDWON]. A message of “SHUTDOWN Are you sure?” will appear. 2. Press [F5](Y[...]

M-30 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using the CD-R/RW drive ● Cautions when using the CD-R/RW drive • Place the MV-8800 on a stable and level surface that is not subjected to vibration by external sources. If the unit is tilted significantly, this may adversely affect the operation of the CD-R/RW drive. • If you move the unit between locations of d[...]

Using the CD-R/RW drive M-31 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using the CD-R/RW drive Introduction • We recommend CD-R discs made by the following manufacturers: Taiyo Yuden Corporation, Mitsui Chemical Corporation, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Ricoh Corporation, Hitachi Maxell Corporation • We recommend CD-RW discs made by the following manufactur[...]

M-32 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Basic operations Each screen displays various parameters (items to set) or menus (items to select). To edit the value of a parameter, move the cursor to the value you want to edit. To select a menu item, move the cursor to the desired item. The cursor is enclosed in a frame as shown below. Use CURSOR [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] to[...]

Basic operations M-33 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Basic operations Introduction Some buttons have more than one function assigned to them; use [SHIFT] to access these additional functions. Hold down [SHIFT] and press the desired button. In this manual, operations accessed using [SHIFT] are indicated as [SHIFT] + [(button name)]. Use [SHIFT] to access [...]

Basic operations M-34 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual In screens that display a waveform (such as the AUDIO PHRASE EDIT screen), you can use the following button operations to zoom-in or zoom-out the waveform display. When editing the waveform, you will be able to work more accurately if you zoom-in (magnify) the waveform display so that you can see the e[...]

M-35 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Velocity pad operations Introduction Velocity pad operations The sound source that is played by the velocity pads will change depending on the current track. 1. Press [SONG]. The SONG screen (Screen Guide; p. 8) will appear. 2. Use CURSOR [ ] [ ] to select the track you want to play from the pads. The selected track (t[...]

Velocity pad operations M-36 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual A “pad bank” is a group of settings for the sixteen pads of the top panel. By switching pad banks you can access a large number of sounds. The MV-8800 provides the following number of pad banks. 1. Press [PAD BANKS]. The red PAD BANKS indicator will light, and the PAD BANKS popup (Screen Gui[...]

Velocity pad operations M-37 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Velocity pad operations Introduction 1. Press [PAD BANKS]. The PAD BANKS indicator (red) will light, and the PAD BANKS popup (Screen Guide; p. 5) will appear. 2. Press [F1](Name). The EDIT PAD BANK NAME (Screen Guide; p. 3) will appear. Input the desired bank name. 3. When you’ve finished ente[...]

Velocity pad operations M-38 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Here’s how you can “hold down” a velocity pad without having to actually keep your finger on it. 1. Press and hold the pad you want to “hold.” 2. While continuing to press the VELOCITY PADS, press [HOLD]. The HOLD indicator (red) will light, and the HOLD function will be turned on. Now[...]

M-39 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Quick Start Quick Start Listening to the demo songs The MV-8800 comes equipped with a wide variety of features for creating songs. To get a better idea of what these functions are, try listening to the demo songs. A project containing a demo song was saved to the MV-8800’s internal hard disk when the unit was shipped[...]

Quick Start M-40 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual This procedure plays back the demo song in the loaded project. 1 Press [SONG]. The SONG screen (Screen Guide; p. 8) will appear. (QS_SONG.bmp) 2 Press [PLAY ( )]. The PLAY indicator will light, and the demo song playback will begin. 3 Press [STOP ( )]. The PLAY indicator will go dark, and the demo song play[...]

M-41 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using the velocity pads Quick Start Using the velocity pads Try tapping the velocity pads to play a variety of different sounds. Tap the velocity pads to play drum kits, piano, and other instrument sounds. 1 Press [INSTRUMENTS]. The INSTRUMENTS screen (Screen Guide; p. 114) will appear. 2 Use CURSOR [ ] [ ] to select t[...]

Quick Start M-42 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Tap the velocity pads to perform drum loops, vocal phrases, and other sounds. 1 Press [AUDIO PHRASES]. The AUDIO PHRASES (PAD) screen (Screen Guide; p. 152) will appear. 2 Strike the velocity pads. You will hear the sound of audio phrases. Performing audio phrases If you want to use the MV-8800 in even more[...]

M-43 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Creating a song Quick Start Creating a song Try using the sequencer to record a performance. This procedure records performances with the velocity pads to patterns. Setting up a pattern 1 Press [PATTERN]. The PATTERN screen (Screen Guide; p. 91) will appear. 2 Press [F1](Pattern List). The PATTERN LIST screen (Screen G[...]

Quick Start M-44 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Setting up tracks 4 Use CURSOR [ ] [ ] to select the MIDI track which name is “MIDI Track 1.” 5 Press [F2](Track Param). The TRACK PARAMETER popup (Screen Guide; p. 11) will appear. 6 Using the Output Assign parameter, select the part for the instrument to be played by the track. When you tap the veloci[...]

Quick Start M-45 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Creating a song Quick Start To prevent the loss of the recorded performance data due to unanticipated accidents, save the data to the MV-8800’s internal hard disk. 1 Press [PROJECT]. The PROJECT MENU screen (Screen Guide; p. 162) will appear. 2 Use CURSOR [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] to select the SAVE PROJ icon, and [...]

M-46 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Assembling additional materials Performances with the MV-8800 can also involve importing sounds from audio CDs and sampling sounds using a microphone, and then performing using the velocity pads. Using the sounds you assemble enables you to create highly original works. Here’s how to import sounds from an audio CD, t[...]

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Quick Start M-48 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual You can sample sounds using a mic and assign the sounds to patches. Inputting audio with a mic 1 Connect a mic to the left ANALOG INPUT (MIC/LINE) jack. 2 Press [SAMPLING]. The SAMPLING screen (Screen Guide; p. 209) will appear. 3 Set the Input Select parameter to Analog(L). The LEVEL meter fluctuates when [...]

Quick Start M-49 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Assembling additional materials Quick Start Creating a patch from the sample 8 With the Original Key parameter, set the note number you want to use for the performance with sampled pitches unchanged. 9 Press [F3](Quick Assign). The Select Quick Assign message (Screen Guide; p. 213) will appear. 10 Press [F5[...]

M-50 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Try using the various functions The MV-8800 features many other functions in addition to the ones introduced here. Read the pages corresponding to the features you want to use. To learn more about how the MV-8800 is structured and the specialized vocabulary used: • An overview of the MV-8800 (p. 51) To create finishe[...]

M-51 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual An overview of the MV-8800 1 Chapter 1 An overview of the MV-8800 Basic structure Broadly speaking, the MV-8800 consists of five sections: controller, sequencer, sampler, mixer, and effects. Controller section This contains the velocity pads, sliders, and C (control) knobs. The performance data produced when you strike[...]

M-52 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Sampler structure The sampler consists of “samples,” which are stored in wave memory, and two types of sound generators --- “Instrument” and “Audio Phrase” — which allow these samples to be played using the velocity pads and the sequencer. The Instrument sound generator is the appropriate choice when you [...]

Sampler structure M-53 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual An overview of the MV-8800 1 Partials Partials are the ingredients from which a patch is constructed. In the case of a drum set patch, each separate sound such as snare or hi-hat corresponds to a different partial. Each partial consists of the following six things. ● SMT (Sample Mix Table) This assi[...]

Sampler structure M-54 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Instruments Instruments are where you can assign patches so that the patches can be played from the velocity pads or sequencer. Each instrument has sixteen “parts,” and can handle sixteen patches simultaneously. Audio phrases Since audio phrases can be synchronized to the tempo of the sequencer wi[...]

M-55 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual An overview of the MV-8800 1 Mixer structure The mixer section mixes the following sounds. • Sound produced by each part in the instrument • Sound from audio phrases • Sound from audio tracks • Sound from the effects • Sound received at the analog inputs. An independent three-band EQ is provided for each part[...]

M-56 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Effect structure The effects section consists of three effects processors: MFX (multi-effect), delay/chorus, and reverb The MTK (Mastering Tool Kit) can be used only when the MV-8800 is in Mastering mode. MFX (multi-effect) The multi-effect provides 25 different effects (algorithms), and you can select the desired one [...]

M-57 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual An overview of the MV-8800 1 Sequencer structure The sequencer records and plays back the performance data from the velocity pads, etc. The performance data recorded in the sequencer is collectively referred to as a “sequence” (or “sequence data”). The MV-8800 has two types of sequencers: song and pattern. Song[...]

Sequencer structure M-58 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual MIDI tracks A MIDI track records performance data for an instrument or an external MIDI channel. Each item of performance data recorded on a MIDI track is called an “event.” MIDI tracks also record automation data for audio tracks or effects. There is also a Play Quantize function that non-destr[...]

M-59 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual An overview of the MV-8800 1 Data structure Project On the MV-8800, the data used to create your compositions is managed in units called “projects.” A project consists of the following data. • Songs (up to 16 songs) • Patterns (up to 500 patterns) • Samples (up to 9999 samples) • Audio phrases (up to 512 au[...]

Data structure M-60 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Patterns A “pattern” is another place (separate from a song) in which performance data can be recorded. A pattern consists of the following tracks. • MIDI tracks (up to 64 tracks) • Audio track • Mute control track Since a pattern can be called from the pattern track of a song, it’s convenien[...]

M-61 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual An overview of the MV-8800 1 About modes The MV-8800 operates in one of four modes: Song mode, Pattern mode, Mixdown mode, or Mastering mode. Song mode In this mode you can record, play, and edit songs. You will be able to use up to 128 MIDI tracks, 8 audio tracks, the pattern track, the mute control track, and the tem[...]

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M-63 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Importing data 2 Chapter 2 Importing data Loading the pre-installed patches When shipped from the factory, the MV-8800’s internal hard disk contains a variety of patches (“pre-installed patches”) that you will find convenient when creating songs, such as drum kits and bass sounds. To use the pre-installed patches[...]

Loading the pre-installed patches M-64 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 7. Move CURSOR [ ] [ ] to the patch that you want to load and press [F5](Load). The ASSIGN TO PART / LIBRARY popup (Screen Guide; p. 224) will appear. 8. Specify the parameters. • Part If the To parameter is set to “Part,” specifies the part in which the new patch will be loaded.[...]

M-65 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 2 Importing data Importing the WAV or AIFF files You can import a WAV file or AIFF file and use it as sample data for the MV-8800. 1. Press [IMPORT]. The IMPORT screen (Screen Guide; p. 219) will appear. 2. Press [F1](Select Drive). The SELECT DRIVE popup will appear. 3. Use CURSOR [ ] [ ] to select the disk containing[...]

Importing the WAV or AIFF files M-66 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual • Truncate Deletes the portions of the sample before the Start Point and after the End Point. Range: Off, On • Normalize Raises the overall level of the sample without allowing the maximum level to be exceeded. Range: Off, On • Original Key Specifies the basic pitch. When you play [...]

Importing the WAV or AIFF files M-67 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Importing data 2 If you press [MENU] then select “Importing the WAV or AIFF files” (p. 65) in step 4, the IMPORT OPTIONS popup will appear. • Auto Divide The Auto Divide function detects regions of silence during sampling, and divides the sample into several samples at these points[...]

Importing the WAV or AIFF files M-68 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual ● Check multiple samples you have captured The RESULT (MULTIPLE) popup appears when multiple samples are captured as a result of sampling or import process. On the RESULT (MULTIPLE) popup, following operations can be done. • Edit sample name • Preview samples • Assign multiple sa[...]

Importing the WAV or AIFF files M-69 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Importing data 2 ● Viewing only specific types of file Press [F2](View) in IMPORT screen, the VIEW FILE TYPE popup (Screen Guide; p. 221) will appear. You can select the kind of files that will be shown in the list. • Type Select the kind of files that will be shown in the list. ● [...]

M-70 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Importing from an audio CD You can import audio from an audio CD and use it as a patch or audio phrase. 1. In the CD drive, insert the audio CD that you want to import. 2. Press [IMPORT]. The IMPORT screen (Screen Guide; p. 219) will appear. 3. Press [F1](Select Drive). The SELECT DRIVE popup (Screen Guide; p. 6) will [...]

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Importing from an audio CD M-72 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual By setting various options in the Import screen you can change the behavior of import. ● Applying emphasize while you import (Pre Emphasis) 1. Make preparations for import as described in step 1–5 of “Importing from an audio CD” (p. 70) and then press [MENU]. The MENU popup will appea[...]

M-73 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 2 Importing data Loading sound libraries of other model You can load sound library data that was created for a model other than the MV-8800. When you load a Roland S-700 series patch file, or an AKAI MPC series or S-series program file, its structure will be re-created on the MV-8800. This lets you create a patch witho[...]

Loading sound libraries of other model M-74 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual You can audition a Patch before actually loading and using it. Let’s try auditioning a pre-installed Patch before actually loading it for use. 1. Press [IMPORT]. The IMPORT screen will appear. 2. Press [F1](Select Drive). The SELECT DRIVE popup will appear. 3. Use CURSOR [ ] [ ][...]

M-75 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 2 Importing data Playing the imported data immediately (Quick Assign) In order to play a sample that you imported or sampled, you must assign the sample to a patch or an audio phrase. You can assign the sampled data to specified a partial of a patch. 1. Press [F3](Quick Assign) in “Importing the WAV or AIFF files” [...]

Playing the imported data immediately (Quick Assign) M-76 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual You can divide a sample at the desired points and assign them to partials. 1. Press [F3](Quick Assign) in “Importing the WAV or AIFF files” (p. 65) step 6 or “Importing from an audio CD” (p. 70) step 7. The Select Quick Assign message (Screen Guide; p. 213) w[...]

Playing the imported data immediately (Quick Assign) M-77 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Importing data 2 Assign multiple samples you have captured on sampling or import process to the pads as partials. 1. Press [F5](AsgnToPatch) when the Select Quick Assign message (Screen Guide; p. 213) is displayed. The PATCH QUICK ASSIGN (MULTIPLE) popup (Screen Guid[...]

Playing the imported data immediately (Quick Assign) M-78 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Assign multiple samples you have captured on sampling or import process to the pads as audio phrases. 1. Press [F3](AsgnToAPhrs) when the Select Quick Assign message (Screen Guide; p. 213) is displayed. The AUDIO PHRASE QUICK ASSIGN (MULTIPLE) popup (Screen Guide; p.[...]

M-79 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 2 Importing data Importing SMF (Standard MIDI File) data You can import SMF data into a pattern or song. 1. Press [IMPORT]. The IMPORT screen (Screen Guide; p. 219) will appear. 2. Use CURSOR [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] to select the SMF that you want to import, and press [F5](Import). “Select import to SONG or PATTERN” messag[...]

M-80 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Loading audio phrases from the hard disk Here’s how to load audio phrases that have been saved using the procedure explained in “Saving audio phrases to the hard disk” (p. 118) into the specified pad bank. 1. Press [IMPORT]. The IMPORT screen (Screen Guide; p. 219) will appear. 2. Use CURSOR [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] to se[...]

M-81 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 2 Importing data Loading effect settings from the hard disk Here’s how to assign effect settings that have been saved using the procedure explained in “Saving a current effect setting to the hard disk” (p. 213) to the effects library. 1. Press [IMPORT]. The IMPORT screen (Screen Guide; p. 219) will appear. 2. Use[...]

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M-83 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 3 Sampling Chapter 3 Sampling Here’s how to record (sample) from a connected external mic or synthesizer, and use the sample as an audio source for the MV-8800’s sampler. Making initial settings for sampling ● To adjust the sensitivity and level of the analog input 1. Press [MIXER]. The MIXER screen will appear. [...]

M-84 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Sampling 1. Press [SAMPLING]. The SAMPLING screen (Screen Guide; p. 209) will appear. 2. Set the parameters for sampling. • Sample Type Specifies the number of channels that will be sampled. • Input Select Selects the input source for sampling or recording. • Start Trigger Specifies how sampling will begin. • L[...]

Sampling M-85 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 3 Sampling • Stop Trigger Specifies how sampling will stop. If you set the Stop Trigger parameter to “Beat” or “Time,” sampling will stop automatically after the specified time has elapsed. • Beat / Time Specifies the time after which sampling will stop when Stop Trigger parameter is Beat or Time. [...]

Sampling M-86 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 4. Press [F5](Stop). Stops sampling. The RESULT popup (Screen Guide; p. 211) will appear. Audition the sampled result. Each sampled data item will be assigned to a sample number. 5. Set the parameters for adjusting. • Start Point / End Point Specify the points at which the sample will start playing and stop [...]

Sampling M-87 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 3 Sampling • F-buttons You can use PREVIEW [FROM ( )] and [TO () ] to audition the region (the side at which the cursor is located) near the Start Point or End Point. 6. Press [F5](OK). The RESULT popup (Screen Guide; p. 211) will close. The sampled data will be added to the list in the SAMPLE MANAGER screen[...]

Sampling M-88 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual ● Sampling the sound played by the MV-8800’s sampler (Re-sampling) You can sample the sound that is being sent from the MV-8800’s mix bus. This is called “resampling.” 1. Press [SAMPLING] and then press [F2](Re-Sampling). The RE-SAMPLING screen (Screen Guide; p. 209) will appear. 2. Proceed with samp[...]

M-89 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 4 Making Instrument settings Chapter 4 Making Instrument settings An instrument has sixteen parts, and you can assign a patch to each part. Assigning the patch to a part 1. Press [INSTRUMENTS]. The INSTRUMENTS screen (Screen Guide; p. 114) will appear. 2. Use CURSOR [ ] [ ] to select the part to which you want to assig[...]

M-90 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Making instrument settings 1. Press [INSTRUMENTS]. The INSTRUMENTS screen (Screen Guide; p. 114) will appear. 2. Use CURSOR [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] to move the cursor to the parameter you want to adjust. 3. Turn the VALUE dial or use [DEC] [INC] or the numeric keys to edit the value. Mute Switch Temporarily mutes (M) or un-mut[...]

Making instrument settings M-91 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 4 Making Instrument settings The MV-8800 can play 64 voices simultaneously, but there are certain limitations on polyphony due to the design of the sound generator. Audio tracks are given priority so that they will be able to play 32 voices at any time. This means that if audio tracks are pla[...]

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M-93 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 4 Making Instrument settings Copying the settings of a part to a different part Here’s how you can copy the settings of the current part to a different part. This is convenient when you want to create a different patch based on the settings of a certain part. 1. Press [INSTRUMENTS]. The INSTRUMENTS screen (Screen Gui[...]

M-94 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Initializing the settings of a part Here’s how you can initialize all parameters of the current part. 1. Press [INSTRUMENTS]. The INSTRUMENTS screen (Screen Guide; p. 114) will appear. 2. Use CURSOR [ ] [ ] to select the part number you want to initialize. The part number (the current part) will be highlighted. 3. Pr[...]

M-95 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 5 Creating a patch Chapter 5 Creating a patch Making a patch settings 1. Press [INSTRUMENTS]. The INSTRUMENTS screen (Screen Guide; p. 114) will appear. 2. Use CURSOR [ ] [ ] to select the part that uses the patch you want to edit. The selected part number (the current part) will be highlighted. 3. Press [F5](Patch Edi[...]

Making a patch settings M-96 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Pitch Bend Range Up Specifies the amount by which the pitch of the patch will change (in semitones) when you operate the pitch bender upward. Cutoff Offset Applies a relative adjustment to the cutoff frequency of the entire patch. Resonance Offset Applies a relative adjustment to the resonance o[...]

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Making a patch settings M-98 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Here’s how to load a patch from the library and use it for the current part. 1. Press [INSTRUMENTS]. The INSTRUMENTS screen (Screen Guide; p. 114) will appear. 2. Use CURSOR [ ] [ ] to select the part for which you want to change patches. The selected part number (the current part) is highligh[...]

Making a patch settings M-99 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 5 Creating a patch Here’s how to save the current patch to disk. A patch saved in this way can be used by a different project. For details, refer to “Loading a patch from the hard disk” (p. 100). 1. Press [INSTRUMENTS]. The INSTRUMENTS screen (Screen Guide; p. 114) will appear. 2. Use CURS[...]

Making a patch settings M-100 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Here’s how to load a patch from the hard disk and use it for the current part and the patch library. 1. Press [INSTRUMENTS]. The INSTRUMENTS screen (Screen Guide; p. 114) will appear. 2. Press [MENU]. The MENU popup will appear. 3. Select “Load Patch” and press [F5](Select). The LOAD PATC[...]

Making a patch settings M-101 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 5 Creating a patch Here’s how you can delete a patch that’s assigned to a part. The samples used by that patch will also be deleted. 1. Press [INSTRUMENTS]. The INSTRUMENTS screen (Screen Guide; p. 114) will appear. 2. Use the CURSOR to select the part of the patch that you want to delete. [...]

M-102 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Making a partial settings Here’s how you can modify the settings of each sound (partial) for each velocity pad (note number). 1. Access the PATCH EDIT screen as described in “Making a patch settings” (p. 95). 2. Press the VELOCITY PADS for the partial you want to edit. 3. Press [F5](Partial Edit). The PARTIAL ED[...]

Making a partial settings M-103 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 5 Creating a patch Exclusive Group If this is set to anything other than Off, partials with the same Exclusive Group setting will not play at the same time. Partial Coarse Tune Adjusts the pitch of the partial in steps of a semitone. Partial Fine Tune Adjusts the pitch of the partial in steps[...]

Making a partial settings M-104 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Adjust the Partial Coarse Tune and Partial Fine Tune. Adjust the Filter Type that selects the type of filter to be used, and adjust the Cutoff Frequency which specifies the frequency which the filter will be applied. If you want to make more detailed edits, press [F3](Filter). The PARTIAL EDI[...]

Making a partial settings M-105 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 5 Creating a patch 1. Access the PARTIAL EDIT screen as describe“Making a partial settings” (p. 102). 2. Press [F1](Sample Edit). The SAMPLE EDIT screen (Screen Guide; p. 128) will appear. SMT number, sample name Specifies the SMT number and sample name that you are actually editing. Star[...]

Making a partial settings M-106 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual This function automatically sets the Start Point, Loop Point, and End Points of the sample to a point at which the waveform is at an amplitude of 0 (zero); i.e., a “zero-cross point.” This will minimize the noise that occurs when the amplitude “jumps” discontinuously when the sample i[...]

Making a partial settings M-107 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 5 Creating a patch You can assign a name to each partial for easier data management. 1. Access the PARTIAL EDIT screen as described in “Making a partial settings” (p. 102). 2. Press [MENU]. The MENU popup will appear. 3. Select “Partial Name” and press [F5](Select). The EDIT PARTIAL N[...]

Making a partial settings M-108 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual You can delete a sample at the same time that you delete a partial. 1. Hold down [DELETE], and strike the VELOCITY PADS the for the partial you want to delete. A confirmation message of “Delete partial on Pad ##-##. Are You Sure?” will appear. (##-## are the pad bank number and pad number[...]

Making a partial settings M-109 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 5 Creating a patch Here’s how to change the partials that are assigned to the velocity pads. Also, a scale pattern can be set up while assigning partials to pads. This makes it convenient if you want to use a MIDI keyboard to play partials. 1. Press [INSTRUMENTS]. The INSTRUMENTS screen (Sc[...]

Making a partial settings M-110 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual If the same partial is assigned to more than one pad (note number), any partial editing operation will affect all pads to which the partial is assigned. The PATCH EDIT (SPLIT) screen (Screen Guide; p. 124) shows you how the partials are assigned to the pads. If the same partial is assigned to[...]

M-111 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 6 Making audio phrase settings Chapter 6 Making audio phrase settings Editing the settings of an audio phrase While a patch is used mainly to play individual notes, an Audio Phrase is best suited for handling audio data of an appreciable length. For example, you might use various audio phrases containing drum patterns[...]

Editing the settings of an audio phrase M-112 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Pad Play Mode Specifies how the audio phrase will play by pressing the VELOCITY PADS. Audio Phrase Loop Mode Specifies how the audio phrase will play. BPM Base Note Specifies the length of the currently-edited audio phrase as a number of beats at the specified note value. Audio [...]

Editing the settings of an audio phrase M-113 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 6 Making audio phrase settings By assigning a tempo setting to an audio phrase you can make it play in synchronization with the sequencer even if the sequencer tempo changes. Raising the sequencer tempo will “shrink” the phrase in realtime, and lowering the tempo will “str[...]

M-114 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Replacing an assigned sample 1. Access the AUDIO PHRASE EDIT screen as described in “Editing the settings of an audio phrase” (p. 111). 2. Press [F1](Sample List). The SAMPLE LIST popup (Screen Guide; p. 130) will appear. 3. Select sample that you want to use as an audio phrase. 4. Press [F5](Select). The specifie[...]

M-115 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 6 Making audio phrase settings Making the waveform of an audio phrase zoom-in 1. Access the AUDIO PHRASE EDIT screen as described in “Editing the settings of an audio phrase” (p. 111). 2. Press [F2](Sample Edit). The AUDIO PHARASE SAMPLE EDIT screen (Screen Guide; p. 157) will appear. 3. Use the following buttons [...]

M-116 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual To create a patch by dividing an audio phrase ( Chop) 1. Access the AUDIO PHRASE EDIT screen as described in “Editing the settings of an audio phrase” (p. 111). The AUDIO PHRASE EDIT screen (Screen Guide; p. 155) will appear. 2. Press [F4](Chop). The CHOP popup (Screen Guide; p. 159) will appear. 3. Specify the Cu[...]

M-117 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 6 Making audio phrase settings To copy an audio phrase Here’s how to copy the current audio phrase to another pad. 1. Press [AUDIO PHRASES]. The AUDIO PHRASES (PAD) screen (Screen Guide; p. 152) will appear. 2. Hold down the VELOCITY PADS for the audio phrase you want to copy, and press [CLIP BOARD]. The CLIPBOARD i[...]

M-118 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Saving audio phrases to the hard disk Here’s how to save the audio phrases in the current bank to disk. Audio phrase files saved in this way can be used by other projects. 1. Press [AUDIO PHARASE]. The AUDIO PHRASES (PAD) screen (Screen Guide; p. 152) will appear. 2. Select the pad bank that you want to save, as des[...]

M-119 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 6 Making audio phrase settings Deleting the audio phrase and the sample 1. Press [AUDIO PHRASES]. The AUDIO PHRASES screen will appear. 2. Hold down [DELETE], and strike the VELOCITY PADS for the audio phrase you want to delete. A confirmation message of “Delete Audio Phrase on Pad ##-##. Are You Sure?” will appea[...]

M-120 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Saving an audio phrase as a WAV-format or AIFF-format file Here you can save an audio phrase to the hard disk as a WAV-format or AIFF-format file. 1. Access the AUDIO PHRASE EDIT screen as described in “Editing the settings of an audio phrase” (p. 111). 2. Press [MENU]. The MENU popup will appear. 3. Select “Sav[...]

M-121 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 7 Editing a sample Chapter 7 Editing a sample Viewing a list of samples Here’s how to view a list of all the samples in your project. You can also delete or edit samples from this screen. 1. Press [PROJECT]. The PROJECT MENU screen (Screen Guide; p. 162) will appear. 2. With the cursor located in the lower row of ic[...]

M-122 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual To emphasize or reduce the high-frequencies of the sample (Emphasis) In some cases, boosting the high-frequency range of an imported sample will improve the audio quality. Alternatively, a sample may have an excessively strong high-frequency range when it is played by a sampler made by another company, and in such cas[...]

M-123 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 7 Editing a sample To maximize the level of a sample (Normalize) This operation raises the level of a sample as high as possible without allowing it to exceed the maximum possible level. 1. Access the SAMPLE MANAGER screen as described in “Viewing a list of samples” (p. 121). 2. Press [F5](Command). The SELECT SAM[...]

M-124 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual To Change the length of a sample (Time Stretch) You can extend or shorten the playback time of a sample. The Time Stretch command lets you transform a sample without affecting its pitch. 1. Access the SAMPLE MANAGER screen as described in “Viewing a list of samples” (p. 121). 2. Press [F5](Command). The SELECT SAM[...]

M-125 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 7 Editing a sample Deleting unnecessary portions of a sample ( Truncate) By deleting unnecessary portions (e.g., regions of silence at the beginning and end) of the sample data used by a partial or audio phrase, you can reduce the amount of space occupied by the data, and use memory more efficiently. 1. Access the SAM[...]

Deleting unnecessary portions of a sample (Truncate) M-126 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual ● This message is displayed when all of the following conditions apply. • The Replace parameter has a check mark when you execute Truncate. • The portion to be deleted by the Truncate function is being used by other data (i.e., other partials, audio phrases, o[...]

M-127 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 7 Editing a sample Converting a stereo sample to monaural (Set mono) You can now convert a stereo sample to monaural. 1. Access the SAMPLE MANAGER screen as described in “Viewing a list of samples” (p. 121). 2. Press [F5](Command). The SELECT SAMPLE EDIT COMMAND popup (Screen Guide; p. 132) will appear. 3. Select [...]

M-128 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Applying a fade-in to the sample (Fade-in) This operation modifies the data so that the volume will gradually increase between the Start Point and the point you specify. 1. Access the SAMPLE MANAGER screen as described in “Viewing a list of samples” (p. 121) 2. Press [F5](Command). The SELECT SAMPLE EDIT COMMAND p[...]

M-129 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 7 Editing a sample Applying a fade-out to the sample (Fade-out) This operation modifies the data so that the volume will gradually decrease between the point you specify and the End Point. 1. Access the SAMPLE MANAGER screen as described in “Viewing a list of samples” (p. 121). 2. Press [F5](Command). The SELECT S[...]

M-130 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Assigning a sample to a partial or audio phrase 1. Access the SAMPLE MANAGER screen as described in “Viewing a list of samples” (p. 121). 2. Select sample that you want to use as an audio phrase or partial. 3. Press [F3](Quick Assign). The Select Quick Assign message (Screen Guide; p. 213) will appear. The rest of[...]

Using the sequencer M-131 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 8 Chapter 8 Using the sequencer Overview The MV-8800 has two types of sequencers: Song and Pattern. You can create patterns containing phrases that will be repeated, and then create a song by placing these patterns in the pattern track of the song. Since you can also play patterns by pressing the v[...]

M-132 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual The Song Mode and The Pattern Mode Switch the MV-8800 to Song mode when you want to play, record, or edit songs. Switch the MV-8800 to Pattern mode when you want to play, record, or edit patterns. ● Switching to Pattern mode 1. Press [PATTERN]. The PATTERN screen (Screen Guide; p. 91) will appear. (Pattern Mode) ●[...]

M-133 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using the sequencer 8 Silencing a specific track during playback ( Mute) If you want to silence the performance of a specific instrument while the song plays, you can Mute the track that contains that performance. 1. Access the SONG screen (Screen Guide; p. 8) or the PATTERN screen (Screen Guide; p. 91). 2. Use CURSOR[...]

M-134 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Playing only a specific track (Solo) If you want to hear only the performance of a specific instrument while the song plays, you can Solo the track that contains that performance. 1. Access the SONG screen (Screen Guide; p. 8) or the PATTERN screen (Screen Guide; p. 91). 2. Use CURSOR [ ] [ ] to select the track you w[...]

M-135 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using the sequencer 8 Using the velocity pads to switch Track Mute and Solo Here’s how to use the velocity pads to switch Mute (silenced) and Solo settings on/off for a track. 1. Hold down [SHIFT], and press [PAD BANKS]. The TRACK MUTE screen (Screen Guide; p. 75) will appear. fig.trackmute-screen.eps 2. Press [F1]([...]

M-136 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Applying quantization during playback (Play Quantize) You can apply quantization during playback to a recorded data without modifying. 1. Access the SONG screen (Screen Guide; p. 8) or the PATTERN screen (Screen Guide; p. 91). 2. Use CURSOR [ ] [ ] to select the MIDI track you want to add play quantize. The selected t[...]

M-137 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using the sequencer 8 Transmitting MIDI Program Changes at the beginning of a Pattern or Song You can transmit MIDI Program Change at the time you start playback Song or Pattern from the beginning (0001-01-000). You can select the correct Patches (sounds) of external MIDI sound module at the beginning of playback when[...]

M-138 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Changing the playback tempo Here’s how to change the playback tempo of the entire song / pattern. 1. Press [BMP/TAP]. The BPM/TAP popup (Screen Guide; p. 70) will appear. If the Tempo Track parameter (Screen Guide; p. 79) is On, the song will play back according to the tempo track. This means that if you want to use[...]

Changing the playback tempo M-139 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using the sequencer 8 3. Set the Tempo Track parameter On. When this is On, the song will play back according to the tempo track. 4. Press [SONG]. The SONG screen (Screen Guide; p. 8) will appear. 5. Press [MENU]. The MENU popup will appear. 6. Select “Tempo Track” and press [F5](Select[...]

M-140 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using the locator You can assign up to ten locate points in each song. 1. Press [SONG]. The SONG screen (Screen Guide; p. 8) will appear. 2. Move to the time location where you want to assign a locate point. 3. Press [LOCATOR]. The LOCATOR popup (Screen Guide; p. 59) will appear. 4. Move the cursor to the locate numbe[...]

Using the locator M-141 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using the sequencer 8 You can edit the location of a locate point you stored. 1. Press [SONG]. The SONG screen (Screen Guide; p. 8) will appear. 2. Press [LOCATOR]. The LOCATOR popup (Screen Guide; p. 59) will appear. 3. Move the cursor to the locate number (0–9) that you want to edit. 4. Press [F3[...]

M-142 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using markers 1. Move to the time location where you want to assign a marker point. 2. Hold down [SHIFT] and press [BMP/TAP]. The new marker is placed at the current time. 1. Press [SONG]. The SONG screen (Screen Guide; p. 8) will appear. 2. Press [MENU]. The MENU popup will appear. 3. Select “Marker” and press [F[...]

M-143 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using the sequencer 8 Using the velocity pads to play patterns You can use the velocity pads to play patterns in succession. This is a useful way to check the transitions between patterns. 1. Press [PATTERN]. The PATTERN screen (Screen Guide; p. 91) will appear. 2. Press [F1](Pattern List). The PATTERN LIST screen (Sc[...]

Using the velocity pads to play patterns M-144 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Here’s how you can assign frequently used patterns to the velocity pads so that they can be played immediately. 1. Access the PATTERN LIST screen as described in “Using the velocity pads to play patterns” (p. 143) The PATTERN LIST screen (Screen Guide; p. 96) will appear.[...]

Recording a song / pattern M-145 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 9 Chapter 9 Recording a song / pattern This chapter takes you through the various steps of recording a song / pattern. The work flow of recording The process of making a new recording involves the steps listed below. 1. Create a new song / pattern • “Creating a new song” (p. 146) • ?[...]

M-146 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Creating a new song 1. Press [SONG]. The SONG screen (Screen Guide; p. 8) will appear. 2. Press [F1](Song Menu). The SONG MENU screen (Screen Guide; p. 78) will appear. 3. With the cursor located in the upper row of icons, press [F3](Create New). Alternatively, move the cursor to CREATE NEW SONG and press [ENTER]. The[...]

Creating a new song M-147 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Recording a song / pattern 9 Your favorite settings such as the track structure or loop settings of a song can be stored on the hard disk as a “template” for recall any time you want to start creating a song with that structure. ● Saving a User Track Template 1. For the current song, create t[...]

M-148 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Creating a new pattern If you want to create a new pattern, start by initializing a pattern. 1. Press [PATTERN]. The PATTERN screen will appear (Pattern Mode). 2. Press [F1](Pattern List). The PATTERN LIST screen (Screen Guide; p. 96) will appear. fig.pattern-list.eps 3. Use CURSOR [ ] [ ] to select the pattern you wa[...]

Creating a new pattern M-149 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Recording a song / pattern 9 1. Access the PATTERN LIST screen as described in “Creating a new song” (p. 146). 2. Use CURSOR [ ] [ ] to select the pattern you want to edit. 3. Press [F2](Pattern Prm). The PATTERN PARAMETER popup (Screen Guide; p. 99) will appear. fig.pattern-list.eps 4. Spec[...]

M-150 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Recording MIDI tracks (instrument or external MIDI sound module) ● Note These MIDI messages represent the notes. The parameters are Note Number, which expresses the note name, On Velocity, which expresses the force used in pressing the velocity pads, Duration, which determines the length of the note, and Off Velocit[...]

Recording MIDI tracks (instrument or external MIDI sound module) M-151 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Recording a song / pattern 9 1. Access the SONG screen (Screen Guide; p. 8) or the PATTERN screen (Screen Guide; p. 91). 2. Press [MENU]. The MENU popup will appear. 3. Select “Add MIDI Tracks...” and press [F5](Select). The ADD MIDI TRACKS popup (Sc[...]

Recording MIDI tracks (instrument or external MIDI sound module) M-152 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Realtime Recording is the recording method in which your playing on the pads and your controller operations are recording exactly as you perform. This method is best when you want to capture the expressive feel of your performance. Basic procedure for re[...]

Recording MIDI tracks (instrument or external MIDI sound module) M-153 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Recording a song / pattern 9 4. Press [PLAY ( )]. The REC indicator and PLAY indicator will light, and recording will begin. The Now Time and Play List will begin changing. Start performing. 5. When you’ve finished recording, press [STOP ( )]. The REC [...]

Recording MIDI tracks (instrument or external MIDI sound module) M-154 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Selecting the performance data that will be recorded (Recording Filter) Normally when you perform realtime recording, all the data you perform will be recorded. If you don’t want certain types of performance data to be recorded, you can use the Recordi[...]

Recording MIDI tracks (instrument or external MIDI sound module) M-155 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Recording a song / pattern 9 Recording while looping (Loop Recording) 1. Access the SONG screen (Screen Guide; p. 8). 2. Press [MENU]. The MENU popup will appear. 3. Select “Loop” and press [F5](Select). The LOOP popup (Screen Guide; p. 48) will appe[...]

Recording MIDI tracks (instrument or external MIDI sound module) M-156 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Auditioning sounds or phrases while recording Here’s how you can temporarily stop recording while you continue playing back or performing. This is useful when you want to try out sounds or phrases without actually recording them. 1. Make sure that [AUT[...]

Recording MIDI tracks (instrument or external MIDI sound module) M-157 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Recording a song / pattern 9 6. Strike the VELOCITY PADS. When you strike a pad, data will be input and length specified by the Step Time will forward. The input data are shown as a bar (length specified by the duration) and as a bar graph (velocity). ?[...]

Recording MIDI tracks (instrument or external MIDI sound module) M-158 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual This is an editing screen that shows note numbers (rows) and time locations (columns). You can record note events at each intersection. 1. Access the SONG screen (Screen Guide; p. 8) or the PATTERN screen (Screen Guide; p. 91). 2. Use CURSOR [ ] [ ] to s[...]

Recording MIDI tracks (instrument or external MIDI sound module) M-159 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Recording a song / pattern 9 6. Use [F1](16Notes) or [F2](16Grid) to select the desired method for inputting events. You will use the pads to input events. You can select one of two ways in which pad numbers correspond to note numbers and time locations.[...]

M-160 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Recording audio tracks or audio phrases Sound that is received via the analog inputs (or by other means) can be recorded on audio tracks as if you were using a multitrack recorder. You can also use the velocity pads to play audio phrases and record them on an audio track either in real time or using step recording. 1.[...]

Recording audio tracks or audio phrases M-161 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Recording a song / pattern 9 Direct Recording is a function that directly records an audio source from the analog inputs. This lets you record in the same way as on a multi-track recorder. 1. Press [SYSTEM]. The SYSTEM MENU screen (Screen Guide; p. 172) will appear. 2. Select th[...]

Recording audio tracks or audio phrases M-162 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 9. When you’ve finished recording, press [STOP ( )]. The REC and PLAY indicators will go dark, and recording will stop. If you want to record an additional track, repeat the procedure from step 3. If you run out of tracks for recording, add a track as described in “Adding au[...]

Recording audio tracks or audio phrases M-163 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Recording a song / pattern 9 Realtime recording 1. Access the SONG screen (Screen Guide; p. 8) or the PATTERN screen (Screen Guide; p. 91). 2. Use CURSOR [ ] [ ] to select the audio track you want to record. 3. press [REC ( )]. The RECORDING PARAMETER (AUDIO) popup (Screen Guide[...]

M-164 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Placing patterns in the pattern track The patterns you’ve created in Pattern mode can be placed in a song in the desired order for playback. Here’s how to create the pattern track in the song. 1. Access the SONG screen (Screen Guide; p. 8). 2. Use CURSOR [ ] [ ] to move the cursor to the track that is located imme[...]

Placing patterns in the pattern track M-165 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Recording a song / pattern 9 Realtime recording 1. Access the SONG screen (Screen Guide; p. 8). 2. Use CURSOR [ ] [ ] to select the pattern track. 3. Press [REC ( )]. The RECORDING PARAMETER (PATTERN) popup (Screen Guide; p. 20) will appear. 4. Press [PLAY ( )]. Step recording 1. [...]

M-166 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Undoing a recording or editing operation ( Undo/Redo) If you’re not satisfied with the results of the realtime-recording or editing operation you just performed, you can press [UNDO/REDO] to return to the previous state (Undo). If you press [UNDO/REDO] to return to the previous state and [UNDO/REDO] will blink. ● [...]

Editing a song / pattern M-167 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 10 Chapter 10 Editing a song / pattern In order to edit a song or pattern, you must first select the song or pattern that you want to edit. As appropriate for your ne eds, you can choose from the following types of editing. • Editing entire tracks (Delete tracks, Merge tracks) • Editing a [...]

M-168 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Selecting a pattern 1. Press [PATTERN]. The PATTERN screen will appear (Pattern Mode). 2. Press [F1](Pattern List). The PATTERN LIST screen (Screen Guide; p. 96) will appear. fig.pattern-list.eps 3. Use CURSOR [ ] [ ] to select the pattern you want to edit. 4. Press [F5](Select). The pattern will switch to the one you[...]

M-169 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Editing a song / pattern 10 Editing entire tracks This operation deletes unwanted tracks. 1. Access the SONG screen (Screen Guide; p. 8) or the PATTERN screen (Screen Guide; p. 91). 2. Press [MENU]. The MENU popup will appear. 3. Select “Delete Tracks” and press [F5](Select). The DELETE TRACKS popup (Screen Guide;[...]

Editing entire tracks M-170 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual This command combines the performance data from multiple adjoining MIDI tracks into one track. This is convenient when you have run out of MIDI tracks, or if you recorded several drum tracks separately and want to combine them into a single track. 1. Access the SONG screen (Screen Guide; p. 8) or[...]

M-171 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Editing a song / pattern 10 Editing a region you specify ( Sequence Editing) In the SEQUENCE EDIT screen, you can edit the performance data (MIDI events, audio events, pattern events) in the specified track number or region. 1. Access the SONG screen (Screen Guide; p. 8) or the PATTERN screen (Screen Guide; p. 91). 2.[...]

Editing a region you specify (Sequence Editing) M-172 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 7. Use the cursor to select a command, and press [F5](Select). A popup that lets you specify the editing parameters for each command will appear. 8. Set the parameters for the selected command. (If you’re executing the Erase or Cut command, there are no parameters to s[...]

Editing a region you specify (Sequence Editing) M-173 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Editing a song / pattern 10 The Quick Region function lets you quickly select an editing region for the current track. 1. Access the SONG screen (Screen Guide; p. 8) or the PATTERN screen (Screen Guide; p. 91). 2. Press [F5](Seq Edit). 3. Move the cursor to a track that [...]

Editing a region you specify (Sequence Editing) M-174 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Here’s how to insert blank measures at the specified measure location. 1. Access the SONG screen (Screen Guide; p. 8) or the PATTERN screen (Screen Guide; p. 91). 2. Press [F5](Seq Edit). The SEQUENCE EDIT screen (Screen Guide; p. 31) will appear. 3. Use MEAS [ ] [ ] t[...]

Editing a region you specify (Sequence Editing) M-175 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Editing a song / pattern 10 1. Access the SONG screen (Screen Guide; p. 8) or the PATTERN screen (Screen Guide; p. 91). 2. Press [F5](Seq Edit). The SEQUENCE EDIT screen (Screen Guide; p. 31) will appear. 3. Press [MENU]. The MENU popup will appear. 4. Select “Delete M[...]

Editing a region you specify (Sequence Editing) M-176 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Here’s how the contents of the performance data you registered as a pattern can be pasted into a current song. 1. Press [SONG]. The SONG screen (Screen Guide; p. 8) will appear. 2. Press [F5](Seq Edit). The SEQUENCE EDIT screen (Screen Guide; p. 31) will appear. 3. Use[...]

M-177 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Editing a song / pattern 10 Editing note events in a MIDI track (Piano Roll Editin g) In the PIANO ROLL EDIT screen you can edit the note events of the current track in a variety of ways. 1. Access the SONG screen (Screen Guide; p. 8) or the PATTERN screen (Screen Guide; p. 91). 2. Move the cursor to the MIDI track th[...]

Editing note events in a MIDI track (Piano Roll Editing) M-178 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 8. Use the cursor to select a command, and press [F5](Select). A popup will appear, allowing you to specify the editing parameters for the command you selected. 9. Set the parameters for the selected command. (If you’re executing the Erase command, there are n[...]

Editing note events in a MIDI track (Piano Roll Editing) M-179 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Editing a song / pattern 10 Now you can edit note events in the PIANO ROLL EDIT screen. If you use the shortcut for jumping to the beginning of the note events ([JUMP] + MEAS [ ] [ ]), the note event at that time location will be selected automatically, so you c[...]

Editing note events in a MIDI track (Piano Roll Editing) M-180 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual The Quick Region function lets you quickly select an editing region for current note (PIANO ROLL EDIT screen). 1. Access the SONG screen (Screen Guide; p. 8) or the PATTERN screen (Screen Guide; p. 91). 2. Press [F4](PianoRoll). 3. Move the cursor to a note that[...]

M-181 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Editing a song / pattern 10 Editing events individually The method used in editing individual events differs depending on the type of track. • MIDI track Event list editing • Audio track Audio event parameter • Pattern track Pattern event parameter The EVENT LIST screen lets you edit the individual MIDI messages[...]

Editing events individually M-182 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Here’s how to insert new performance data into the desired location within a MIDI track. 1. Access the EVENT LIST screen as described in “Event list editing” (p. 181). 2. Use CURSOR [ ] [ ] or the VALUE dial to move to the time location where you want to insert a data event. 3. Press [...]

Editing events individually M-183 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Editing a song / pattern 10 Here’s how to erase the selected performance data. 1. Access the EVENT LIST screen as described in “Event list editing” (p. 181). 2. Use CURSOR [ ] [ ] or the VALUE dial to move to the data you want to erase. 3. Press [F2](Erase). The selected event will be[...]

Editing events individually M-184 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 1. Access the EVENT LIST screen as described in “Event list editing” (p. 181). 2. Use CURSOR [ ] [ ] or the VALUE dial to move to the system exclusive message you want to edit. 3. Press CURSOR [ ]. The SYS-EX popup (Screen Guide; p. 27) will appear. 4. Use CURSOR [ ] [ ] to move the cur[...]

Editing events individually M-185 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Editing a song / pattern 10 Here you can adjust the parameter of an audio event in an audio track. 1. Access the SONG screen (Screen Guide; p. 8) or the PATTERN screen (Screen Guide; p. 91). 2. Press [F5](Seq Edit). The SEQUENCE EDIT screen (Screen Guide; p. 31) will appear. 3. Use CURSOR [[...]

Editing events individually M-186 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Here you can make detailed settings for the pattern event in a pattern track. 1. Press [SONG]. The SONG screen (Screen Guide; p. 8) will appear. 2. Press [F5](Seq Edit). The SEQUENCE EDIT screen (Screen Guide; p. 31) will appear. 3. Use CURSOR [ ] [ ] to select the pattern track containing [...]

M-187 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Editing a song / pattern 10 List of available editing commands A check mark ✔ indicates a command that is available in the corresponding editing screen. ● The commands that can be executed will depend on the type of track you’re editing. In this section, the following icons are used to show which commands can be[...]

List of available editing commands M-188 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Here’s how you can move the specified region of performance data. The data recorded in the move-source region will be replaced by rests. This editing command is useful in situations like the following. • When you want to move or transpose a phrase (when using Piano Roll editing) [...]

List of available editing commands M-189 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Editing a song / pattern 10 Here’s how you can copy the specified region of performance data. This is a convenient way to repeat a phrase several times. You can choose from two copy methods; Copy & Paste or Copy & Insert. ● Copying data and pasting it at another location [...]

List of available editing commands M-190 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual ● Copying data and inserting it at another location (Copy & Insert) The Copy & Insert command inserts the copied performance data into another track or note number, and moves the existing sequence data backward to make room. ❍ Parameters to specify • To Specify the new [...]

List of available editing commands M-191 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Editing a song / pattern 10 This command corrects (quantizes) the timing of the recorded performance data. ❍ Parameters to specify • Quantize Type • Resolution Specifies the note value interval to which the timing will be quantized. Choose the shortest note value that occurs in[...]

List of available editing commands M-192 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual • Strength Specifies the degree to which the note timing will be moved toward intervals of the note value specified in Resolution. With a Strength of 100%, notes will be moved all the way to intervals of the specified note value. Lower settings of Strength will apply less correctio[...]

List of available editing commands M-193 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Editing a song / pattern 10 This command lets you modify the duration of notes (the length between note-on and note-off). By changing the duration you can make your recorded performance more staccato or tenuto. ❍ Parameters to specify • Magnify Use this parameter to decrease or i[...]

List of available editing commands M-194 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual This command lets you moving the timing of performance data backward or forward in units of one tick. By shifting the performance data slightly, you can make the performance “rush” or “drag” the beat. ❍ Parameters to specify • Bias This parameter specifies the amount by w[...]

List of available editing commands M-195 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Editing a song / pattern 10 Since values for data types such as aftertouch, pitch bend, and expression are recorded continuously, these can produce a large quantity of data. By using the Data Thin command to reduce the amount of data in a way that will not be perceptible, you can con[...]

List of available editing commands M-196 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual You can transpose note messages in a range of 127 semitones. Use this command when you want to transpose notes in a specific region of the song. ❍ Parameters to specify • Transpose This parameter specifies the amount by which the note data will be transposed (in units of one semi[...]

List of available editing commands M-197 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Editing a song / pattern 10 This lets you extract only specific note events from a track, and move them to a specified other track. For example, if you have an entire drum performance recorded in a single track, you can use this command to extract just the sname drum notes and place [...]

List of available editing commands M-198 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual You can enter automation data (p. 3) containing values that change continuously over time, such as Volume data or Pan data. ❍ Parameters to specify • Event Specify the type of data that you want to enter. • Number Specify the Control Change number that you want to enter, if you[...]

List of available editing commands M-199 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Editing a song / pattern 10 You can modify data such as volume and pan changes for automation in a selected region. ❍ Parameters to specify • Event Specify the type of data that you want to edit. • Number Specify the control change number that you want to edit, if you specified[...]

List of available editing commands M-200 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Here’s how you can “clip” the performance data of the specified region and save it in the library as MIDI clip data. ❍ Parameters to specify • Name By default, the clip will have a name consisting of the track name and a two-digit number. You can change this name as desired[...]

M-201 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Editing a song / pattern 10 Restricting the type of events that will be edited (View Filter) If there is a large amount of performance data, numerous events will be displayed, possibly making it difficult to edit. In such cases, you can use the View Filter to restrict the types of events that will be displayed, lettin[...]

M-202 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Note length (Step time) and the number of ticks The MV-8800’s sequencer divides each quarter note into 480 “ticks.” The following table shows the number of ticks in each note value. ● The length that a recorded note will actually continue sounding will be the number of ticks in the note value multiplied by the[...]

M-203 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Editing a song / pattern 10 Copying a pattern 1. Access the PATTERN LIST screen as described in “Selecting a pattern” (p. 168). 2. Use CURSOR [ ] [ ] to select the pattern you want to copy. 3. Press [MENU]. The MENU popup will appear. 4. Select “Copy Pattern...” and press [F5](Select). The COPY PATTERN popup ([...]

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Saving a song (or pattern) in SMF format (Save As SMF) M-205 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Editing a song / pattern 10 Here’s how to save the current pattern as SMF(Standard MIDI file) format 1. 1. Access the PATTERN LIST screen as described in “Selecting a pattern” (p. 168). 2. Use CURSOR [ ] [ ] to select the pattern to save as SMF. 3. Press [ME[...]

M-206 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Loading a song from another project You can load a song from another project into the current project. At this time, all data (e.g., patterns and samples) needed for the song to play will be loaded together. 1. Press [SONG]. The SONG screen (Screen Guide; p. 8) will appear. 2. Press [F1](Song Menu). The SONG MENU scre[...]

Using the Mixer M-207 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 11 Chapter 11 Using the Mixer Adjusting the volume balance of each part Here’s how to adjust the volume of each audio track and instrument part. You can boost the volume for tracks that you want to stand out, and reduce the volume of tracks that need to stay in the background. 1. Press [MIXER]. The M[...]

M-208 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Adjusting the tone of an instruments or audio track Each part of instruments and the mixer section of each audio track has a 3-band EQ (equalizer). You can use the equalizer to adjust the tone. 1. Press [MIXER]. The MIXER screen will appear. 2. Press the function buttons to switch the mixer you want to adjust tones by[...]

Using effects M-209 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 12 Chapter 12 Using effects The MV-8800 contains three effects processors: MFX (multi-effects), delay/chorus, and reverb. Switching the effects on/off Each of the MV-8800’s internal effects can be switched on or off. You can switch the effects off if you’re editing a sound and want to hear it without[...]

M-210 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Selecting an effect Each of the MV-8800’s three internal effect processors has its own effect library. You can switch effect settings by selecting various effects from the effect library. 1. Press [EFFECTS]. The EFFECT screen will appear. 2. Move the cursor to the effect whose settings you want to change. 3. Press [[...]

M-211 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using effects 12 Setting the effect parameters You can edit the current effect settings to create your own effect settings. 1. Press [EFFECTS]. The EFFECT screen will appear. 2. Move the cursor to the effect whose settings you want to change. 3. Press [F5](Edit). The screen that appears will depend on the current effe[...]

M-212 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Storing the current effect settings in the library After you’ve edited the effect parameters to create your own effect settings, you can store them in the library and recall them later when needed. 1. Press [EFFECTS]. The EFFECT screen will appear. 2. Move the cursor to the effect that you want to store in the libra[...]

M-213 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using effects 12 Saving a current effect setting to the hard disk Here’s how to save the current effect setting file to disk. An effect setting file saved in this way can be used by a different project. 1. Press [EFFECTS]. The EFFECTS screen (Screen Guide; p. 229) will appear. 2. Use CURSOR [ ] [ ] to select the eff[...]

M-214 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using the C (Control) knobs to operate parameters You can assign the C1–C3 knobs to the desired effect parameters, and use the knobs to control the parameter values. 1. Press [EFFECTS]. The EFFECTS screen (Screen Guide; p. 229) will appear. 2. Use CURSOR [ ] [ ] to select the effect you want to control. 3. Press [F5[...]

M-215 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using effects 12 Changing the MFX routing You can route the MFX to various buses (signal routes) within the MV-8800. Different routing will produce different results. 1. Press [EFFECTS]. The EFFECTS screen (Screen Guide; p. 229) will appear. 2. Use CURSOR [ ] [ ] to move the cursor to MFX, making it the current effect[...]

Changing the MFX routing M-216 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual fig.11-10.j 1. Press [EFFECTS]. The EFFECTS screen will appear. 2. Use CURSOR [ ] [ ] to move the cursor to MFX. 3. Set the Routing parameter to “AUX1.” 4. Press [MIXER]. The MIXER screen will appear. 5. Access the MIXER screen for the instrument or audio track to which you want to apply t[...]

M-217 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using effects 12 Analog Modeling Bass Analog Modeling Bass is an algorithm that replicates the operation of an analog synthesizer. If you control the parameters with the Velocity Pads or externally with MIDI messages, you can get analog synthesizer sounds with the virtual VCO (Voltage Controlled Oscillator). Furthermo[...]

Analog Modeling Bass M-218 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 1. Press [EFFECTS]. 2. Use CURSOR [ ] [ ] to select MFX. 3. Press [F3](Library). The MFX LIBRARY popup (Screen Guide; p. 230) will appear. 4. Select “P025 (Analog Modeling Bass)” and press [F5](Use This). 5. Press [F5](Edit). The MFX EDIT screen (Screen Guide; p. 231) will appear. fig.mfx-1com[...]

Automating mixing operations (Automation) M-219 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 13 Chapter 13 Automating mixing operations (Automation) Automating operations of Mixer Channel The operations of the mixer parameter on the MIXER screens can be recorded on the MIDI track. Mixer operation data is recorded on a MIDI track as MIDI Control Change data. The follow[...]

Automating operations of Mixer Channel M-220 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 6. Press [MIXER] and select the MIXER screen for which you want to record the Mixer Channel. The MIXER (AUDIO TRACK) screen (Screen Guide; p. 235) will appear. 7. Press [REC ( )]. The REC indicator will blink, and the RECORDING PARAMETER (MIDI) popup will appear. Make recording s[...]

M-221 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Automating mixing operations (Automation) 13 Automating mute operations for each track Mute settings for each track can be recorded on the Mute Control Track and played-back. 1. Hold down [SHIFT], and press [PAD BANKS]. The TRACK MUTE screen (Screen Guide; p. 75) will appear. 2. Move the current time to the location a[...]

Automating mute operations for each track M-222 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 4. Press [PLAY ( )]. The REC and PLAY indicators will light, and the RECORDING PARAMETER (MUTE CONTROL) popup will close. Strike the velocity pads to perform track mute operations. Mute operations will be recorded on the Mute Control Track. 5. Press [STOP ( )] to stop recordin[...]

Automating mute operations for each track M-223 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Automating mixing operations (Automation) 13 9. Set the Mute Control Track parameter to On. 10. Press [EXIT]. The TRACK MUTE SETUP popup will close. 11. Move the current time to the location at which the mute operations were recorded. 12. Press [PLAY ( )]. The PLAY indicator w[...]

Automating mute operations for each track M-224 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 5. Use CURSOR [ ] [ ] to select the parameter which you want to change. 6. Use VALUE dial or [DEC] [INC] to change the value. You can limit the mute data shown on the MUTE CONTROL TRACK screen so that you see only the single track you’re interested in. 1. Hold down [SHIFT], [...]

M-225 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Automating mixing operations (Automation) 13 Automating operations for each C (Control) knob The operations of the C1–C3 knobs assigned to MFX (multi-effects) parameters can be recorded on a MIDI track. 1. Assign the C (Control) knobs to the effect parameters you want to control, as described in “KNOB ASSIGN popup[...]

Automating operations for each C (Control) knob M-226 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 1. Move the current time to the location at which the C knob operations were recorded. 2. Press [PLAY ( )]. The PLAY indicator will light. The C1–C3 knob operation data recorded on the MIDI track will control the effect parameters. 3. Press [STOP ( )] to stop playback.[...]

Creating an audio CD M-227 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 14 Chapter 14 Creating an audio CD The work flow of creating an audio CD This chapter takes you through the process of creating an audio CD from a song. First, you will adjust the volume balance and panning of each instrument part and audio track, and record the result as stereo data. This process[...]

M-228 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Combining a song / pattern into two tracks ( Mixdown) To perform a mixdown, you’ll switch to Mixdown mode and record the mixdown on the hard disk. 1. Press [MASTERING]. The MIXDOWN / MASTERING MENU screen (Screen Guide; p. 196) will appear. 2. Press [F1](Mixdown) or use CURSOR [ ] [ ] to select the MIXDOWN MODE icon[...]

Combining a song / pattern into two tracks (Mixdown) M-229 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Creating an audio CD 14 9. To stop the mixdown, press [STOP ( )]. Mixdown will end, and the mixdown file will be saved in the MIXDOWNTR folder (REC and PLAY indicator will be dark). “Mixdown finished. Go to Mastering?” message will appear. F-button[...]

M-230 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Achieving the ideal volume and loudness for an audio CD ( Mastering) Here’s how you can apply a final mastering effect (the Mastering Tool Kit) to your mixdown, in order to produce a finished song. The Mastering Tool Kit is an effect that separately processes the high, mid, and low-frequency regions to make the volu[...]

Achieving the ideal volume and loudness for an audio CD (Mastering) M-231 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Creating an audio CD 14 5. Press [REC ( )] . The EDIT MASTERING FILE NAME popup (Screen Guide; p. 3) will appear. 6. Specify a filename. A default filename is assigned automatically. You can change this if desired. 7. Press [F5](OK). The REC indicator[...]

M-232 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Writing the mastered data to CD Here’s how to create an audio CD from the WAV file(s) created by mixdown and mastering. 1. Insert a blank CD-R/RW disc as described in Inserting a disc (p. 31). 2. Press [MASTERING]. The MIXDOWN / MASTERING MENU screen (Screen Guide; p. 196) will appear. 3. Press [F3](Create CD). Alte[...]

Writing the mastered data to CD M-233 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Creating an audio CD 14 7. Adjust the length of the silence between songs. Press [MENU], select “Gap Time,” and press [F5](Select). The GAP TIME popup (Screen Guide; p. 207) will appear. Set the GAP TIME parameter to the length of the silence you want to insert. (The initial value i[...]

M-234 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Playing an audio CD Now let’s use the MV-8800’s CD Player function to hear the audio CD you just created. 1. Insert the audio CD into the CD-R/RW drive as described in Inserting a disc (p. 31). 2. Press [DISK/USB]. The DISK/USB MENU screen (Screen Guide; p. 188) will appear. 3. Press [F4](CD Player). Alternatively[...]

Project and disk management M-235 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 15 Chapter 15 Project and disk management Managing projects On the MV-8800, all the data needed to create a song—songs, patterns, library data, samples, etc.—is saved as a “project.” For more about projects, refer to “An overview of the MV-8800” (p. 51) Here’s how to load a pr[...]

Managing projects M-236 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Here’s how you can assign a name to your project for easier management. 1. Press [PROJECT]. The PROJECT MENU screen (Screen Guide; p. 162) will appear. 2. With the cursor located in the upper row of icons, press [F1](Name). Alternatively, select the RENAME PROJ icon and press [ENTER]. The EDIT PROJ[...]

Managing projects M-237 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Project and disk management 15 Here’s how a project that is no longer necessary can be deleted from the hard disk. 1. Press [PROJECT]. The PROJECT MENU screen (Screen Guide; p. 162) will appear. 2. With the cursor located in the lower row of icons, press [F2](Delete). Alternatively, select the DELE[...]

Managing projects M-238 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Here’s how to save the current project to the hard disk. 1. Press [PROJECT]. The PROJECT MENU screen (Screen Guide; p. 162) will appear. 2. With the cursor located in the upper row of icons, press [F4](Save). Alternatively, select the SAVE PROJ icon and press [ENTER]. A message of “Save current p[...]

Managing projects M-239 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Project and disk management 15 1. Press [PROJECT]. The PROJECT MENU screen (Screen Guide; p. 162) will appear. 2. With the cursor located in the lower row of icons, press [F1](Create). Alternatively, you can directly select the CREATE NEW PROJ icon and press [ENTER]. The CREATE NEW PROJECT screen (Sc[...]

Managing projects M-240 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual When you execute this operation, samples that are completely unused in the current project will be deleted. This will increase the free space available in memory. 1. Press [PROJECT]. The PROJECT MENU screen (Screen Guide; p. 162) will appear. 2. With the cursor located in the lower row of icons, pres[...]

Managing projects M-241 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Project and disk management 15 Here’s how to save your project to a CD-R/RW disc.This lets you preserve important data, or use a project on a different MV-8800. 1. Insert a blank CD-R/RW disc as described in “Inserting a disc” (p. 31). 2. Press [PROJECT]. The PROJECT MENU screen (Screen Guide; [...]

M-242 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Folder structure Data is saved on the MV-8800’s internal hard disk in the following folder structure. The various types of data are stored as follows. ● / (root folder) This is the “root” of the drive. ● PROJECTS Project data is saved in this folder. This folder contains one project for each folder you save.[...]

M-243 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Project and disk management 15 Managing files (File Utility) The File Utility commands let you manage the files stored on the MV-8800’s hard disk and CD-RW drive. 1. Press [DISK/USB]. The DISK/USB MENU screen (Screen Guide; p. 188) will appear. 2. Press [F1](File Utility), or use the cursor to select the FILE UTILIT[...]

Managing files (File Utility) M-244 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 1. Move the cursor to the folder whose contents you want to view. 2. Press CURSOR [ ]. The selected folder will become the current folder, and the file list will show the contents of the folder. To return to the “parent folder” in which you were previously, press CURSOR [ ]. Changing [...]

Managing files (File Utility) M-245 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Project and disk management 15 Here’s how to create another folder (a “child folder”) within the current folder. 1. Press [F4](Make Folder). The EDIT FOLDER NAME (Screen Guide; p. 3) will appear. Input a name for the folder. 2. When you have finished inputting the name, press [F5](O[...]

Managing files (File Utility) M-246 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Here’s how to copy a file or a folder from disk to another folder or drive. 1. Move the cursor to the file or a folder that you want to copy. 2. Press [F5](Command). The SELECT FILE COMMAND popup (Screen Guide; p. 191) will appear. 3. Select “Copy” and press [F5](Select). The SELECT[...]

Managing files (File Utility) M-247 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Project and disk management 15 Here’s how to move a folder or file on disk to another folder or drive. 1. Use the cursor to select the file that you want to move. 2. Press [F5](Command). The SELECT FILE COMMAND popup (Screen Guide; p. 191) will appear. 3. Select “Move” and press [F5[...]

Managing files (File Utility) M-248 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Here’s how to delete an unwanted file or folder. 1. Use the cursor to select the folder or file that you want to delete. 2. Press [F5](Command). The SELECT FILE COMMAND popup (Screen Guide; p. 191) will appear. 3. Select “Delete” and press [F5](Select). A message of “Delete file/f[...]

M-249 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Project and disk management 15 Disk management This section describes various settings and operations you can perform for the MV-8800’s drives. 1. Press [DISK/USB]. The DISK/USB MENU screen (Screen Guide; p. 188) will appear. 2. Press [F2](Disk Utility), or use the cursor to select the DISK UTILITY icon and press [E[...]

Disk management M-250 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual You can assign a name (volume label) to each disk. 1. Move the cursor to the drive to which you want to assign a volume label. 2. Press [F5](Volume Label). The EDIT VOLUME LABEL popup (Screen Guide; p. 3) will appear. Enter the desired name. 3. When you have finished inputting the name, press [F5](OK).[...]

Using an external display and mouse to operate the MV-8800 M-251 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 16 Chapter 16 Using an external display and mouse to operate the MV-8800 You can connect an external display (VGA) and the included mouse, and perform operations from the external display. Even when you are using an external display to operate the MV-8800, you[...]

M-252 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using a mouse You can use the included mouse to operate the on-screen knobs and buttons, or the sequence data in the play list. When you move the mouse, the mouse pointer (the arrow symbol) will move in the screen. By placing the mouse pointer on a button or knob and pressing (clicking) the mouse button you can perfor[...]

Using a mouse M-253 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using an external display and mouse to operate the MV-8800 16 ● Operating the wheel Turn the wheel toward or away from yourself. After clicking on a numerical parameter, you can turn the wheel to raise or lower the value. The wheel can be used only for numerical parameters; it cannot be used to operate[...]

Using a mouse M-254 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual ● Sliders Sliders are used to continuously vary a value. Point to the knob of a slider, and drag it up or down. ● Knobs Knobs are used to continuously vary a value. Point to a knob, and drag it horizontally. ● Numerical boxes Numerical boxes are used to make detailed changes in the value of a param[...]

M-255 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using an external display and mouse to operate the MV-8800 16 Explanation of screens shown in the external display ● Transport Block fig.transport-block2 fig.transport-block1 Explanation Mixdown Mode button This switches the mixdown mode. If you record while this is on, the current song will be mixed down. Sync Mode[...]

Explanation of screens shown in the external display M-256 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual fig.transport-block3 ● Launcher Block fig.launcher-block1 Meas button (Rewind/Forward) These buttons move the current time location forward or backward in one-measure steps. Stop button To stop the sequencer. Play button To play the sequencer. REC button The RECOR[...]

Explanation of screens shown in the external display M-257 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using an external display and mouse to operate the MV-8800 16 fig.launcher-block2 ● Inspector Area (When the current track is MIDI track) Explanation Effects button The EFFECTS popup will appear. Here you can make settings for the built-in MFX, Delay/Chorus and Re[...]

Explanation of screens shown in the external display M-258 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual ● Inspector Area (When the current track is Audio Track) ● Tools Area Explanation Current Track Number/Name Display the current track number and current track name. Output Assign Specifies the output connector from which the audio recorded on the track will be o[...]

Explanation of screens shown in the external display M-259 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using an external display and mouse to operate the MV-8800 16 ● Ruler Area fig.ruler- ❍ Right-click on the Ruler Area 1 Locator The LOCATOR popup will appear. You can specify a locator number and register a time location for it. 2 Tempo Track The TEMPO TRACK pop[...]

Explanation of screens shown in the external display M-260 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual ● Tracklist Area Explanation Track Number Display the Track number. You can click here to make that number the current track. Track Type Icon This indicates the type of track. You can click here to select or de-select that track. Track Name Display the name of the[...]

Explanation of screens shown in the external display M-261 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using an external display and mouse to operate the MV-8800 16 ❍ Right-click on the Tracklist Area 1 Add MIDI Tracks... The ADD MIDI TRACKS popup will appear. Add one or more MIDI tracks for recording data in your current song. 2 Add Audio Tracks... The ADD AUDIO T[...]

Explanation of screens shown in the external display M-262 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual ● Playlist Area ❍ Right-click on the Playlist Area 1 Move... The MOVE popup will appear. Moves the data of the selected region to the specified location. 2 Copy&Paste... The COPY&PASTE popup will appear. Copies the data of the selected region to the spec[...]

Explanation of screens shown in the external display M-263 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using an external display and mouse to operate the MV-8800 16 11 Transpose... The TRANSPOSE popup will appear. Transposes the pitch of note events in the selected region, in units of a semitone. 12 Split Notes... The SPLIT NOTES popup will appear. This lets you extr[...]

Explanation of screens shown in the external display M-264 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual ● Function button Block ● Menu Bar ❍ PROJECT Manage the project and make project setting. 1 Rename Project... The EDIT PROJECT NAME popup will appear. Assign a name to the project. 2 Set Project Protection... The SET PROJECT PROTECTION popup will appear. Prote[...]

Explanation of screens shown in the external display M-265 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using an external display and mouse to operate the MV-8800 16 ❍ SONG Manage the song and make various settings for the current song. 1 Song Name... The EDIT SONG NAME popup will appear. You can change the name of the current song. 2 Song Parameter The SONG PARAMET[...]

Explanation of screens shown in the external display M-266 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual ❍ SEQUENCE Perform sequencer-related operations. 1 Tempo Track The TEMPO TRACK popup will appear. The tempo track lets you specify the tempo and time signature. 2 Mute Control Track The MUTE CONTROL TRACK popup will appear. Here you can edit the mute data recorded[...]

Explanation of screens shown in the external display M-267 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using an external display and mouse to operate the MV-8800 16 ❍ EDIT You can edit the track. 1 Move... The MOVE popup will appear. Moves the data of the selected region to the specified location. 2 Copy&Paste... The COPY&PASTE popup will appear. Copies the[...]

Explanation of screens shown in the external display M-268 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 20 Audio Event Parameter The AUDIO EVENT PARAMETER popup will appear. Adjust the parameters of the event of an selected audio track. 21 Pattern Event Parameter The PATTERN EVENT parameter will appear. Adjust the parameters of the event of a selected pattern track. 2[...]

Explanation of screens shown in the external display M-269 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using an external display and mouse to operate the MV-8800 16 ❍ SYSTEM Here you can make system setting for the MV-8800. 1 Global The GLOBAL popup will appear. Here you can make settings for the overall system of the MV-8800. 2 Pad/Panel The PAD popup will appear.[...]

Explanation of screens shown in the external display M-270 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual ❍ MASTERING Here you can mixdown your completed song/pattern to a two-track master, and create an audio CD. 1 Mixdown Mode A confirmation message will appear. Turns mixdown mode on/off. 2 Mastering The SELECT AUDIO FILE/SELECT MASTERING SOURCE popup will appear. H[...]

M-271 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using an external display and mouse to operate the MV-8800 16 Operations using the external display The following pages explain the most important operations in VGA mode. Please take this quick tour in order to get a feel for using VGA mode to operate the MV-8800. ❍ Preparations Load a project that contains data. ?[...]

Operations using the external display M-272 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual ● Click the display of the Quantize Type. The list will appear. The result will depend on the Quantize Type. The parameters at right let you specify the effect in greater detail. ● Solo Play 1. Click the Solo button. The Solo button will turn light blue. Only the light blue tr[...]

Operations using the external display M-273 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using an external display and mouse to operate the MV-8800 16 ● Selecting and adding tracks 1. Click the Track Name of the MIDI Track. The color of the track will change, and it will become the current track. When you strike a pad, the patch will sound according to the Output As[...]

Operations using the external display M-274 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual ● Editing an event 1. Click the Stop button. Recording/playback will stop. 2. Drag and drop an event. The event will move. 3. Click the Snap button. Snap mode will be switched on/off. In Snap mode, the mouse pointer will always be located at fixed intervals. When dragging and dr[...]

Operations using the external display M-275 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using an external display and mouse to operate the MV-8800 16 ● Edit the sound 1. Click “Sampler” on the menu bar. A list will appear. 2. Move the mouse cursor (i.e., point) to “Quick Edit.” Another list will appear. 3. Click the partial name (or audio phrase name) you w[...]

Operations using the external display M-276 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual ● Selecting a region that you want to edit, and executing Move Here’s how to select a region of data recorded in a track, and move it to another time location or another track. 1. Click the Arrow button Now you can use Arrow mode to make a selection. 2. Drag over the region yo[...]

Operations using the external display M-277 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using an external display and mouse to operate the MV-8800 16 ● Using the Eraser Tool to delete a data When you click the Eraser button, the mouse pointer will change to . You can delete data by clicking it with the Eraser tool. ● Select the region you want to edit, and execut[...]

Operations using the external display M-278 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual ● Using drag & drop to execute the Move operation 1. Click the Arrow button or Range button. 2. Drag the region you want to edit. 3. Point the selected region. 4. Drag and drop the region at the desired destination. While dragging, the mouse pointer will change to . When you[...]

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Operations using the external display M-280 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual ● Step recording a MIDI track Step Recording Explanation Step Time Specifies the note value of the notes you will input. Dot button Adds a dot to the specified note value. Step Time button Click this button you specify the note value of the notes you will input. Duration Specifi[...]

Operations using the external display M-281 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using an external display and mouse to operate the MV-8800 16 ● Step recording an Audio track ● Step recording a Pattern track Explanation Step Time Specifies the length of the audio events you will input. Dot button Adds a dot to the specified note value. Step Time button Cli[...]

M-282 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Changing the color theme of the SONG screen and PATTERN screen You can use the Color Theme function to specify the color of the SONG screen and PATTERN screen shown in the built-in LCD and the VGA display. These two screens are quite similar in the contents that they show, but you can change their color theme to make [...]

M-283 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using an external display and mouse to operate the MV-8800 16 Switching between SONG screen and PATTERN screen Here’s how to switch between the SONG screen and PATTERN screen shown in the VGA display. Press [SONG] to display the SONG screen. Press [PATTERN] to display the PATTERN screen. 1. Click “PATTERN” on th[...]

Switching between SONG screen and PATTERN screen M-284 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual MV-8800_e.book 284 ページ ２００６年１１月１０日　金曜日　午後１時４８分[...]

Using the velocity pads to display images (Pix Jam) M-285 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 17 Chapter 17 Using the velocity pads to display images (Pix Jam) You can import up to sixteen still images (photos) into each project, and display these images along with your music. You can also make the images switch in synchronization with the sequencer playback.[...]

Importing images M-286 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 4. Press [F5](Pix Assign). The PIX ASSIGN screen (Screen Guide; p. 186) will appear. fig.pix-assign.eps Assigns the image file selected by the cursor to the pad you specify. 5. Select an image you want to import. 6. Press [F5](Assign). Here’s how you can play the pads to switch the image that’s be[...]

Importing images M-287 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using the velocity pads to display images (Pix Jam) 17 You can record image-switching events on the sequencer, so that images will switch in synchronization with the sequencer playback. ● Recording the changes 1. Press [SONG] to access the SONG screen, or press [PATTERN] to access the PATTERN screen[...]

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Connecting to your computer via USB M-289 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 18 Chapter 18 Connecting to your computer via USB If your USB-equipped computer is connected to the USB connector on the MV-8800’s rear panel, you will be able to transfer data between the two devices. WAV files or AIFF files saved on your computer can be loaded into the MV-8800 a[...]

M-290 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Copying files from your computer to the MV-8800 ● Windows Me/2000 1. On your desktop, double-click the “My Computer” icon. The My Computer window will appear. 2. Double-click the “Removable Disk” icon. The contents of the MV-8800’s hard disk will appear. 3. Drag and drop the files that you want to copy to [...]

Copying files from your computer to the MV-8800 M-291 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Connecting to your computer via USB 18 ● Mac OS 9.0.4 or later, Mac OS X (10.2 or later) 1. On your desktop, double-click the “MV-8800HD” icon. The contents of the MV-8800’s hard disk will appear. 2. Drag and drop the files that you want to copy to the MV-8800 in[...]

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M-293 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Connecting to your computer via USB 18 Using your computer to delete unwanted files 1. Connect the MV-8800 and your computer as described in “To start communication with your computer” (p. 289). Communication between the MV-8800 and your computer will begin. 2. View the contents of the MV-8800’s hard disk as des[...]

M-294 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual To stop communication with your computer 1. Perform the following steps on your computer. • Windows Me/2000/XP Use the “Safely Remove Hardware” icon shown in the taskbar at the lower right of the screen to terminate the connection with the MV-8800. • Mac OS 9.0.4 or later Drag the MV-8800HD icon from your desk[...]

Using MIDI devices M-295 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 19 Chapter 19 Using MIDI devices The MV-8800 has one MIDI IN connector and two MIDI OUT connectors. You can connect a MIDI controller (MIDI keyboard, MIDI guitar, MIDI percussion pads, etc.) to MIDI IN and record your performance on the MV-8800. You can connect sound modules to the two MIDI OUT conn[...]

Playing a connected external MIDI sound module M-296 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual You can use the MV-8800’s sliders to send control change messages to a connected external device. 1. Press [ASSIGNABLE SLIDER]. [ASSIGNABLE SLIDER] will light orange, indicating that sliders 1–8 are in Assignable Slider mode. 2. Move sliders 1–8 to transmit control [...]

M-297 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using MIDI devices 19 Playing the MV-8800 from an external MIDI device Here’s how your playing on a MIDI keyboard connected to the MIDI IN connector can be input to the MV-8800 and recorded on the sequencer. 1. Connect your MIDI keyboard to the MV-8800’s MIDI IN connector as described in “Preparing your equipmen[...]

Playing the MV-8800 from an external MIDI device M-298 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual You can use the MV-8800 as a multi-timbral sound module. To do so, put the MV-8800 in “Multi Timbre Sampler mode.” In Multi Timbre Sampler mode, multiple channels of MIDI performance data can be received from a connected external MIDI sequencer and used to play the [...]

Playing the MV-8800 from an external MIDI device M-299 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using MIDI devices 19 As shown below, the performance data flow differs depending on the Multi Timbre Sampler Mode setting in the MIDI screen. ● When Off (normal) fig.multitimbre-off Performance data received at MIDI IN or from the velocity pads is sent to MIDI OUT an[...]

Playing the MV-8800 from an external MIDI device M-300 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual In Multi timbre Sampler mode, the MV-8800 can receive note messages from an external MIDI device to play audio phrases. 1. Press [SYSTEM]. The SYSTEM MENU screen (Screen Guide; p. 172) will appear. 2. With the cursor located in the upper row of icons, press [F3](MIDI). [...]

Playing the MV-8800 from an external MIDI device M-301 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using MIDI devices 19 In Multi Timbre Sampler Mode, control change or other messages from an external MIDI device can be used to control MFX. 1. Press [SYSTEM]. The SYSTEM MENU screen (Screen Guide; p. 172) will appear. 2. When the cursor located in the upper row of ico[...]

M-302 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Synchronizing the MV-8800 with a connected external sequencer The MV-8800 can be operated in synchronization with an external MIDI sequencer or hard disk recorder. Please read the owner’s manual for your device in conjunction with the explanation that follows. The MV-8800 can be synchronized with an external MIDI de[...]

Synchronizing the MV-8800 with a connected external sequencer M-303 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using MIDI devices 19 6. Make synchronization settings on the external sequencer or hard disk recorder (slave device) that is connected to the MV-8800. For the procedure, refer to the owner’s manual of the slave device. 7. Set the receiving sequencer or h[...]

Synchronizing the MV-8800 with a connected external sequencer M-304 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual ● Receive and synchronize to MIDI Clock MIDI Clock messages from an externally connected sequencer or recorder (“master device”) can be received by the MV-8800, causing the MV-8800 to operate in synchronization as a slave device. The example given bel[...]

Synchronizing the MV-8800 with a connected external sequencer M-305 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using MIDI devices 19 4. Set the synchronization parameters. Here you will set parameters to specify how MIDI Clock synchronization will occur. Refer to the table below, and make the appropriate settings on the MV-8800 and on the externally connected master[...]

Synchronizing the MV-8800 with a connected external sequencer M-306 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual ● Receive and synchronize to MTC MTC messages from an externally connected sequencer or recorder (“master device”) can be received by the MV-8800, causing the MV-8800 to operate in synchronization as a slave device. The example given below is a setup [...]

Synchronizing the MV-8800 with a connected external sequencer M-307 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using MIDI devices 19 4. Set the synchronization parameters. Here you will set parameters to specify how MTC synchronization will occur. Refer to the table below, and make the appropriate settings on the MV-8800 and on the externally connected master device[...]

Synchronizing the MV-8800 with a connected external sequencer M-308 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Since MMC commands are exclusive messages, the MV-8800 will not follow them unless its Device ID matches. Use the following procedure to set the Device ID. 1. Press [SYSTEM]. The SYSTEM MENU screen (Screen Guide; p. 172) will appear. 2. With the cursor loca[...]

M-309 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using MIDI devices 19 Monitoring the MIDI connection status The MV-8800 can transmit “Active Sensing messages” at regular intervals. If the MIDI cable is broken or disconnected, these messages will no longer be received by the receiving device. By continually checking for these messages, the receiving device can d[...]

Monitoring the MIDI connection status M-310 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual MV-8800_e.book 310 ページ ２００６年１１月１０日　金曜日　午後１時４８分[...]

About V-LINK M-311 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 20 Chapter 20 About V-LINK What is V-LINK? V-LINK ( ) is a function that allows music and images to be performed together. By using MIDI to connect two or more V-LINK compatible devices, you can easily enjoy performing a wide range of visual effects that are linked to the expressive elements of a music pe[...]

M-312 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using the MV-8800 to operate an external V-LINK device ( V-LINK Master) ● Connections with the Edirol PR-50 Connect the MV-8800’s MIDI OUT connector via an Edirol UM-1EX etc. to the Edirol PR-50’s REMOTE connector. ● Connections with the Edirol MD-P1 Use a MIDI cable to connect the MV-8800’s MIDI OUT connect[...]

Using the MV-8800 to operate an external V-LINK device (V-LINK Master) M-313 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual About V-LINK 20 3. Specify the MIDI transmit channel and other parameters as desired. For details on the function of these parameters, refer to “V-LINK screen” (Screen Guide; p. 179). When V-LINK function is on, you can use the following functi[...]

M-314 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Using V-LINK from an external device ( V-LINK Slave) You can turn the V-LINK Slave function on from another V-LINK device connected to the MV-8800. In this case, the MV-8800 will receive control messages from the external device, and will switch the images that it is outputting. When the MV-8800 receives a MIDI exclus[...]

Using V-LINK from an external device (V-LINK Slave) M-315 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual About V-LINK 20 5. Press the V-LINK button of your external device. The Rx Sw will automatically be turned On. Now control messages from the external device can be received by the MV-8800 to switch the images that are being output. • V-LINK (Model ID= 00H 51H) MV-8[...]

Using V-LINK from an external device (V-LINK Slave) M-316 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual MV-8800_e.book 316 ページ ２００６年１１月１０日　金曜日　午後１時４８分[...]

Other functions M-317 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 21 Chapter 21 Other functions Settings for the entire MV-8800 Here’s how to make settings that affect the overall operation of the MV-8800. 1. Press [SYSTEM]. The SYSTEM MENU screen (Screen Guide; p. 172) will appear. 2. With the cursor located in the upper row of icons, press [F1](Global). Alternati[...]

M-318 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Settings for the MV-8800’s velocity pads 1. Press [SYSTEM]. The SYSTEM MENU screen (Screen Guide; p. 172) will appear. 2. With the cursor located in the upper row of icons, press [F2](Pad/Panel). Alternatively, select the PAD/PANEL icon and press [ENTER]. The PAD screen (Screen Guide; p. 174) will appear. • Pad Se[...]

M-319 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Other functions 21 Setting for the MV-8800’s sliders and buttons 1. Press [SYSTEM]. The SYSTEM MENU screen (Screen Guide; p. 172) will appear. 2. With the cursor located in the upper row of icons, press [F2](Pad/Panel). Alternatively, select the PAD/PANEL icon and press [ENTER]. The PAD screen (Screen Guide; p. 174)[...]

Setting for the MV-8800’s sliders and buttons M-320 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual ● Using a foot switch You can connect a Roland DP-2 (sold separately) or Boss FS-5U (sold separately) to the rear panel FOOT SWITCH jack and use it to operate the MV-8800. This selects the polarity of the foot switch. Select “Standard” if you’re using a Roland DP[...]

M-321 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Other functions 21 Checking the system status Here’s how to check the MV-8800’s internal software version, the amount of currently-installed memory, and the options that are installed. 1. Press [SYSTEM]. The SYSTEM MENU screen (p. 172) will appear. 2. With the cursor located in the upper row of icons, press [F5](S[...]

Checking the system status M-322 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual While the test is being performed the display will indicate “Now Processing...” When checking is completed, the result will be displayed. 3. After noting the result of the test, press [F5](Close). Here’s how to initialize all system parameters of the MV-8800 to their factory settings. [...]

M-323 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Adding options 22 Chapter 22 Adding options Expanding the memory When shipped from the factory, the MV-8800 contains 128 MB of memory used to load sound samples. This amount of memory may not be sufficient if you want to load large amounts of sample data. If so, you can expand the memory by replacing the factory-insta[...]

Expanding the memory M-324 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 1. Turn off the power of the MV-8800 and the connected devices, and disconnect all cables from the MV-8800. 2. Turn the MV-8800 upside down, and lay it on its face supported by objects at each corner so that the panel buttons and knobs are not damaged. 3. Remove sixteen screws from the bottom pane[...]

M-325 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Ajout d’options 23 Chapter 23 Ajout d’options Expansion de la mémoire A l’origine le MV-8800 a une mémoire de 128 Mo pour le chargement d’échantillons de son. Si vous voulez chargez de grosses quantités de données, la mémoire peut être insuffisante. Vous avez la possibilité d’accroître la mémoire e[...]

Expansion de la mémoire M-326 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual 1. Eteignez le MV-8800 et tous les appareils raccordés et débranchez tous les câbles du MV-8800. 2. Retournez le MV-8800 et placez quatre objets aux angles pour le soutenir de sorte que les touches et boutons du panneau ne risquent pas d’être endommagés. 3. Retirez quinze vis du panneau[...]

M-327 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Master Index Master Index Symbols .A1P .............................................................................. M:73 .A1S .............................................................................. M:73 .A3P .............................................................................. M:73 .A3S .............[...]

Master Index M-328 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual M = Owner’s Manual; S = Screen Guide BPM audio event ............................................................. S:28 audio phrase ......................................................... S:155 pattern ................................................... S:70, S:98, S:99 song .........................[...]

Master Index M-329 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Master Index measure ................................................................ M:175 partial .................................................................... M:108 patch ..................................................................... M:101 project .........................................[...]

Master Index M-330 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual M = Owner’s Manual; S = Screen Guide Filter .............................................................................. M:53 LFO ............................................................ S:127, S:148 Filter Envelope .............................................................. M:53 Finding zero c[...]

Master Index M-331 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Master Index Loading audio phrases ......................................................... M:80 effect ....................................................................... M:81 patch ..................................................................... M:100 project ..................................[...]

Master Index M-332 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual M = Owner’s Manual; S = Screen Guide solo ....................................................................... M:134 split notes .............................................................. M:197 step recording ........................................... M:156, M:280 transpose .....................[...]

Master Index M-333 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Master Index Pan audio phrase ......................................................... S:237 audio track ................................................... S:14, S:235 input ...................................................................... S:237 instruments part ....................................[...]

Master Index M-334 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual M = Owner’s Manual; S = Screen Guide Protecting project ................................................................... M:236 Punch In ....................................................................... S:49 Punch Out ..................................................................... S:49 Q Q[...]

Master Index M-335 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Master Index SAMPLING button ........................................................ M:18 Save As User Template ................................................ S:10 Saving AIFF ...................................................................... M:120 audio phrases ....................................[...]

Master Index M-336 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual M = Owner’s Manual; S = Screen Guide System exclusive ............................................ M:150, M:184 System information ..................................................... M:321 T T1 (A) ............................................................... S:144, S:146 T2 ........................[...]

Master Index M-337 MV-8800 Owner’s Manual Master Index waveform display zoom-in ................................................................... M:34 Windows ..................................................................... M:290 With Delete ................................................................. S:224 Word Clock ................[...]

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