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The Singing Keyboard

POCKET MIKU USER’S MANUAL

Otona no Kagaku Magazine

Special Edition

Illustration by iXima

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Summary of Contents for Pocket Miku

Page 1: ...The Singing Keyboard POCKET MIKU USER S MANUAL Otona no Kagaku Magazine Special Edition Illustration by iXima ...

Page 2: ... there is a lot of dust Do not use the device if it has been damaged This device requires 3 AAA alkaline batteries Using the batteries incorrectly may result in the risk of heat generation rupture and leakage Please note the following Do not attempt to take apart a battery Do not attempt to short circuit the batteries Do not use chargeable NiCad batteries NiOx batteries or nickel batteries Short c...

Page 3: ...duced into the market such as Macintosh s MacinTalk function and Windows SAPI Various electronic devices such as vending machines were manufactured with built in speech synthesis LSI and the sound quality and functions of this technology made leaps and bounds Today music that utilizes Vocaloid the synthesized singing technology developed by Yamaha is sweeping the music charts Television programs a...

Page 4: ...ncompassing World War II Production costs were reduced as semiconductor technology advanced in the late 1960s and instruments and effect processors that gave the human singing voice a robot like effect grew popular Vocoder technology as a means of voice compression was later used to improve voice clarity in cellphones This technology is still being developed today Similarly a type of effects proce...

Page 5: ...amaha NSX 1 In addition to functioning as a sound chip NSX 1 is equipped with an eVocaloid sound generator This sound generator puts to use Vocaloid technology which was previously only used as sound generating software for personal computers and similar devices Pocket Miku brought one further modification to NSX 1 Whereas previous Vocaloid systems required programming on software called score edi...

Page 6: ...peakers and personal computers with line input When headphones are plugged into the audio out jack the speakers will not produce sound Audio out jack 3 5mm Stereo Mini USB port Micro B Type Power switch Speaker Control buttons Volume buttons Carbon keyboard Stylus LED While using the device pass your cord through the notch on the right hand side To put the stylus away restore it to the indented pa...

Page 7: ...sponse to the use of the button or the stylus may lag slightly Step by step basics Using batteries to power your device Open the back cover and place 3 AAA alkaline batteries in the correct and positions Put the power switch in the BATTERY position The LED will light up along with a voice announcing that your device is on Using a USB cable to power your device A USB cable is not included with this...

Page 8: ...er portions of the carbon keyboard and the positions for each note are roughly the same on either portion This allows for a smooth transition between the two portions during performance Returning to Do re mi mode To return to Do re mi mode after using another performance mode press the VIBRATO button the quadrant shaped button while holding the SHIFT button the thin button in the shape of an arc A...

Page 9: ...ssed again If you hold down both the SHIFT key and one of the A to O buttons simultaneously the preset lyrics of the selected key will be read to you The same preset lyrics from the command SHIFT A to O are also stored in VIBRATO A to O By linking your device with the application you will be able to freely replace the aforementioned preset lyrics See page 10 Applying vibrato By pressing the VIBRAT...

Page 10: ... application these button combinations will be used as empty banks to store the new lyrics Each bank allows you to input up to 64 character sounds What is MIDI Pocket Miku is able to send and receive data in MIDI format MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface is used to transmit performance data digitally between electronic instruments and computers Software standards are based on the requiremen...

Page 11: ...Miku s sound may become disordered In addition setting the MIDI input of any component other than Pocket Miku MIDI channel 1 to NSX 39 will cause pitch bend information to be applied to this component resulting in their pitches sounding abnormal Embedding Pocket Miku lyrics into MIDI data Using the Pocket Miku dedicated System Exclusive it is possible to use MIDI sequencers to embed Pocket Miku ly...

Page 12: ...intentionally overwritten by data from an external device Execute panic command to fix this condition Panic command reboots the sound generating chip on the interior of your device restores the MIDI settings to the conditions at startup and reenters Pocket Miku s interior character table data Panic command can be activated by holding down the volume up and volume down buttons simultaneously and th...

Page 13: ... once After touching every key the LED will stop flickering indicating that you have finished tuning Concerning NSX 1 application compatibility mode Although Pocket Miku is equipped with the sound chip NSX 1 by default it will not receive CC or SysEx for NSX 1 s character data If NSX 1 receives MIDI data or applications that use CC or SysEx character data it will not produce action or sound intend...

Page 14: ...our device in a number of ways including the functions assigned to the buttons the content of the preset lyrics the start up sound and the guiding voice and tone that is heard while operating the device For example you can assign internal effects to be operated by pressing a previously unassigned combination of buttons simultaneously You can also adjust the start up voice for a more natural sound ...

Page 15: ...anties or representations that the Licensed Programs are satisfactory to the user s expectations against interruptions or delays in the Licensed Programs for the safety accuracy or completeness of the Licensed Programs that the Licensed Programs are free of errors or for corrections to any faults or other shortcomings in the Licensed Programs 5 Limitation of Liability The Companies liability shall...

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