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Yamaha MagicStomp manual

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  • Page 1

    1 • Copying of the commercially available music sequence data and/or digital audio files is strictly prohibited except for your personal use. • The software and this owner’ s manual are exclusive copyrights of Y amaha Corporation. • Copying of the software or r eproduction of this manual in whole or in part by any means is expressly forbid[...]

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    2 Contents What is the Sound Editor? ........................................................ 3 Using the Sound Editor ............................................................. 4 Using the Library Files (Patches) f ound in the CD-R OM ..................... 4 Cop ying P atches Y ou Like F rom the Librar y File ................................. 6[...]

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    3 What is the Sound Editor? The Sound Editor for MAGISTOMP lets you edit the MAGICSTOMP’ s effect patches to cr eate your own original effect patches. The Sound Editor’ s easy to understand graphical inter face lets you edit all of the effect parameters right from your computer . Using the mouse, it lets you intuitively adjust the virtual knobs[...]

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    4 Using the Sound Editor The Sound Editor for MAGICSTOMP lets you do the following: • In the accompanying CD-ROM → (Macintosh only:“International” folder → )“Sample” folder → “Library Files” are some additional patches that can be used in the MA GICS- T OMP . These patches differ from the Preset Patc hes (P01-P99) found in the M[...]

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    5 The contents of the library file appear on the computer display n Double-clicking on a patch name in the library window opens the edit window wher e the patch name, effect type, knob assignments, and parameters can be set. ( page 21 ) 5 Click on the “Bulk T ransmit” button in the tool bar to display the “Bulk T ransmit” dialog box ( page[...]

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    6 Copying Patches Y ou Like Fr om the Library File Steps 1 to 3 are identical to those found in the “Using the Library Files (Patches) found in the CD- ROM” on page 4 . 4 Click on the “Import” button in the toolbar to display the “Impor t” dialog box. 5 Click “OpenFile” and select and open the library file you want to work with. Th[...]

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    7 8 After selecting the destination to which the patch data will be stored, pr ess and hold the [STORE] button until “NOW STORING...” appears on the display . Now the patch is stored to the selected patch number in the MAGICSTOMP . If y ou want to store multiple library files or patches to the MA GICST OMP , rather than storing them directly t[...]

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    8 Backup the MAGICSTOMP’ s User Patch Data 1 Using the supplied USB cable, connect the computer to the MAGICSTOMP , then tur n on the computer and the MAGICSTOMP . 2 Start the Sound Editor for MAGICSTOMP . 3 Click on the “Bulk Receive” button on the tool bar , and then click the “Star t” button ( page 18 ). 4 The contents of the MAGICSTOM[...]

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    9 Menu Bar The Menu Bar contains various editing and setup functions/commands. Click the desired menu name to open the appropriate pull-down menu, and choose the function/command you wish to apply . Those functions/commands which are unavailable are grayed out. n The most commonly-used menus in the Menu Bar ar e available as buttons in Sound Editor[...]

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    10 Edit Copy Copies the selected patch to the clipboard. If nothing is selected, this item is grayed out. Paste Copies the patch from the clipboar d to the Sound Editor . Initialize Resets the selected patch parameters to the default values. If nothing is selected, this item is grayed out. Edit This is the same as the “Edit Window” button in th[...]

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    11 Setup (Windows) / MIDI (Macintosh) Setup... (Editor Setup...) This is the same as the “Editor Setup” button in the toolbar ( page 16 ). T ransmit Bulk... (T ransmit...) This is the same as the “T ransmit Bulk” button in the toolbar ( page 17 ). Receive Bulk... (Receive...) This is the same as the “Receive Bulk” button in the toolbar [...]

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    12 Librar y Window The library window shown below appears after the Sound Editor star ts. Patches are displayed in the library window . Double click on the memory tab to switch between the patch lists (User Patches/Preset Patches) in the window . To edit a patch you can either double click on the patch name, or click once on a patch name to select [...]

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    13 3 P atch list In the Windows ver sion , each patch (patch name, patch number , effect type) has its own row in the list. Use the scroll bar to scr oll through the patch list, and view patches further down the list. T o edit the patch name, click on the patch name once then use the keyboard to edit the patch name. Y ou can also drag-and-drop patc[...]

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    14 Librar y Window T oolbar 1 “Open” button Click this to open the “Open” dialog and select a Library file to open. “Open” Dialog Select the desired Library file (extension: .UB9) and click [Open]. The contents of the selected file is indicated on the Library Window . n If you are using a Macintosh, the typical Macintosh “Open” d[...]

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    15 2 “Save” button Click this to save the existing Library file with your new settings. If you are working on a new file, this button will open the “Save As” dialog, where you can name and save your settings as a new Library file (*.UB9). n If you save a file to a Macintosh computer , the extension “.UB9” is not added automatically [...]

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    16 3 “Editor Setup” button Click this to open the “Setup” dialog and specify the MIDI port settings. “Setup” Dialog These settings let you transmit and receive patch data between the MAGICSTOMP and the computer . Click the [OK] button to apply the settings and quit the dialog. Click the [Cancel] button to quit without applying the setti[...]

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    17 4 “T ransmit” button Click this to open the “T ransmit” dialog to transmit all settings to MAGICSTOMP . “T ransmit” Dialog T ransmits the entire contents in the User Patch library window (001-099) to the MAGICSTOMP .Click the [Star t] button to begin transmitting the data. The progr ess bar shows how much of the data has been transmi[...]

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    18 5 “Receive” button Click this to open the “Receive” dialog to receive all settings fr om MAGICSTOMP . “Receive” Dialog Patch data can be received in bulk fr om your MAGICSTOMP . Select the bulk patch data you wish to receive, then click the [Start] button. The progr ess bar shows how much of the data has been received. Finally , clic[...]

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    19 6 “Edit Window” b utton Click this to open the Edit Window for the selected patch in the list. 7 “Monitor” button With this button switched ON, the patch’ s bulk data is sent for monitoring to the MAGICSTOMP each time you select (click on) a patch. This lets you try out the patch with your guitar connected to the MAGICSTOMP . n Monitor[...]

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    20 4 P atch list ................ This area shows all the patches in the selected Memory as a scrollable list, in or der of patch number . Y ou can select a patch here and import it directly to the patch list in the Library Window by drag- and-drop. (Multiple patches can also be imported this way .) In Windows, you can alternatively copy the patch [...]

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    21 Edit Window This is the Sound Editor’ s graphic inter face where each of the ef fect’ s parameters in the MAGICSTOMP are displayed on the computer’ s display . It provides you with an easy way to edit effect types and parameters, lets you assign which parameters will contr olled with the MAGICSTOMP’ s three contr ol knobs, and give the p[...]

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    22 2 NAME (P atch Name) This shows the name of the patch currently being edited. Click on the “NAME” text box and use the computer keyboard to edit the name. n Patch names can consist of up to 12 characters. 3 TYPE (Effect T ype) This shows the effect type of the patch curr ently being edited. Click on the “TYPE” text box to select an effec[...]

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    23 The T oolbar 1 “Editor Setup” button Click this to open the “Setup” dialog. See page 16 for details. 2 “Library Window” button Click this to bring the Library Window back into view . See page 12 for details. 3 “Store” button Click this to open the “Store” dialog. See below for details. “Store” Dialog Y ou can store the ed[...]

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    24 4 In the Patch Name list, click the patch in which your edited patch will be stored. n After storing to a Library file, the data for the original patch will be overwritten when you save the Library file. It is recommended that you back up important data. 5 Click the [Store] button to stor e your edited patch in the location specified in step [...]

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    25 Tr oubleshooting If you encounter problems such as no sound output or abnormal behavior , verify the connections before checking the following. <Windows / Macintosh> The MA GICST OMP does not receive data from the Sound Editor For MA GICST OMP . The sound does not change. • Is the effect switched "OFF"? Is the MAGICSTOMP in the[...]