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WARRANTY

AKAI professional M.I. Corp. warrants its products, when purchased from an authorized “AKAI professional”
dealer, to be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of 12 (twelve) months from the date of
purchase.  Warranty service is effective and available to the original purchase only, and only on completion and
return of the AKAI professional Warranty Registration Card within 14 days of purchase.

Warranty coverage is valid for factory-authorized updates to AKAI professional instruments and their software,
when their installation is performed by an authorized AKAI professional Service Center, and a properly
completed Warranty Registration has been returned to your “AKAI professional” dealer.

To obtain service under this warranty, the product must, on discovery of the defect, be properly packed and
shipped to the nearest AKAI professional Service Center.  The party requesting warranty service must provide
proof of original ownership and date of purchase of the product.

If the warranty is valid, AKAI professional will, without charge for parts or labor, either repair or replace the
defective part(s). Without a valid warranty, the entire cost of the repair (parts and labor) is the responsibility of
the product's owner.

AKAI professional warrants that it will make all necessary adjustments, repairs and replacements at no cost to
the original owner within 12 (twelve) months of the purchase date if:

1) The product fails to perform its specified functions due to failure of one or more of its components.
2) The product fails to perform its specified functions due to defects in workmanship.
3) The product has been maintained and operated by the owner in strict accordance with the written instructions

for proper maintenance and use as specified in this Operator's Manual.

Before purchase and use, owners should determine the suitability of the product for their intended use, and owner
assumes all risk and liability whatsoever in connection therewith. AKAI professional shall not be liable for any
injury, loss or damage, direct or consequential, arising out of use, or inability to use the product.

The warranty provides only those benefits specified, and does not cover defects or repairs needed as a result of
acts beyond the control of AKAI professional, including but not limited to:

1) Damage caused by abuse, accident, negligence.
2) Damage caused by any tampering, alteration or modification of the product: operating software, mechanical

or electronic components.

3) Damage caused by failure to maintain and operate the product in strict accordance with the written instructions

for proper maintenance and use as specified in this Operator's Manual.

4) Damage caused by repairs or attempted repairs by unauthorized persons.
5) Damage caused by fire, smoke, falling objects, water or other liquids, or natural events such as rain, floods,

earthquakes, lightning, tornadoes, storms, etc.

6) Damage caused by operation on improper voltages.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This warranty becomes void if the product or its software is electronically modified,

altered or tampered with in any way.

AKAI professional shall not be liable for costs involved in packing or preparing the product for shipping, with
regard to time, labor, or materials, shipping or freight costs, or time or expense involved in transporting the product
to and from AKAI professional Authorized Service Center or Authorized Dealer.

AKAI professional will not cover under warranty an apparent malfunction that is determined to be user error, or
owner's inability to use the product.

THE DURATION OF ANY OTHER WARRANTIES, WHETHER IMPLIED OR EXPRESS, INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED CONDITION OF MERCHANTABILITY, IS LIMITED TO THE
DURATION OF THE EXPRESS WARRANTY HEREIN.

AKAI professional hereby excludes incidental or consequential damages, including but not limited to:

1) Loss of time.
2) Inconvenience
3) Delay in performance of the Warranty.
4) The loss of use of the product.
5) Commercial loss.
6) Breach of any express or implied warranty, including the Implied Warranty of Merchantability, applicable to

this product.

WARNING

Summary of Contents for HV 10

Page 1: ...HARMONY PROCESSING UNIT...

Page 2: ...triangle is intented to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance servicing instruc tions in the literature accompanying the appliance THE SYMBOLS ARE RULED BY UL STANDARDS...

Page 3: ...t the unit is well ventilated and away from direct sunlight Toavoiddamagetointernalcircuitry aswellastheexternalfinish keeptheHV10awayfromsourcesofdirect heat stoves radiators etc Avoid using aerosol...

Page 4: ...ter than 5 Amp PLEASE NOTE THE SEVERED PLUG MUST BE DESTROYED TO AVOID A POSSIBLE SHOCK HAZARD SHOULD IT BE INSERTED INTO A 13 AMP SOCKET ELSEWHERE The wires in this mains lead are coloured in accorda...

Page 5: ...r help 21B En AVIS POUR LES ACHETEURS CANADIENS DU HV10 Le pr sent appareil num rique n ment pas de bruits radio lectriques d passant les limites applicables aux appareils num riques de la Class B pre...

Page 6: ...and liability whatsoever in connection therewith AKAI professional shall not be liable for any injury loss or damage direct or consequential arising out of use or inability to use the product The war...

Page 7: ...le 9 Copying the Style 10 CHORD 11 CHORD mode parameters 11 Editing the CHORD Program 11 Copying the CHORD 13 Renaming the CHORD 13 Copying the STYLE to CHORD 13 MODAL 14 MODAL mode parameters 14 Edit...

Page 8: ...RECV Receive 23 MIDI SEND 23 COPY PROG Program 24 MANUAL DUMP 24 Footswitch Operation 24 Switching the Main Parameter and Sub Parameter 24 Switching the BANK 24 Operation Using MIDI 25 Program Change...

Page 9: ...MIDI Names and functions Front Panel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 1 POWER switch Switches the power on and off 2 EDIT button Switches between the PLAY mode and EDIT mode The LED above wil...

Page 10: ...out any coloration True Bypass In EDIT mode it is also used as SOLO function refer to VOICE parameter in EDIT mode 10 OUTPUT LEVEL control Sets the output signal level 11 INPUT LEVEL control Sets the...

Page 11: ...ed signal 6 MIC output Output of microphone signal level Connects to the microphone input terminal of the microphone amplifier and or other mixer The output signal provided changes by the combination...

Page 12: ...onnected it can control the BYPASS ON OFF and also switching between the PROGRAM A and PROGRAM B Refer to the Footswitch Operation described later 10 FOOTSWITCH PROGRAM A Connects the footswitch here...

Page 13: ...Adjust the signal level appropriately on the amplifier mixer 7 Select the BANK using the BANK DATA control and switch the PROGRAM with the PROGRAM A B buttons BANK and PROGRAM The DecaBuddy has 50 ban...

Page 14: ...put sound is generated automatically based on the MIDI note informa tion of 3 or more notes received from the external MIDI keyboard or Sequencer The appropriate harmo nies can easily be made by just...

Page 15: ...rom EDIT mode press the EDIT button while the cursor is at upper line of the screen Parameters The EDIT mode in DecaBuddy is separated in 3 categories i e Harmony parameters Voice parameters and Globa...

Page 16: ...nd or Programs customized for the song and switch them in the middle of the song Also using the Sub Parameter refer to Sub Parameters the Key and or Style could be switched temporarily The Programs ca...

Page 17: ...d 10 In STYLE EDIT screen pressing the EDIT button moves the cursor up to the upper line of the screen and pressing it again returns to the VOICING parameter screen To save the edited program refer to...

Page 18: ...ard instead of using the BANK DATA control Note 2 The indication of Style setting changes according to the KEY selected in KEY parameter Note 3 The Style editing is available only for the User Style W...

Page 19: ...ted refer to the List of Preset CHORD The CHORD can be edited to make the original CHORD Also the CHORD can be copied and or renamed VOICING Sets how harmonies are added to the original voice UN Uniso...

Page 20: ...l harmonies added are lower than the original voice The added harmony notes depend on the CHORD selected When UN L8 or H8 is selected in VOICING parameter the harmony notes of Unison UN 1 Octave Down...

Page 21: ...3 Press the EXECUTE STYLE EDIT button to switch it to the CHORD EDIT screen 4 Press the EDIT button to move the cursor up to the upper line of the screen 5 Select NAME using the BANK DATA control 6 Pr...

Page 22: ...notes of the chord 1 unison 2 2nd 3 3rd m M 4 4th 5 5th 6 6th 7 7th m M On m and M for 3rd and 7th settings m When set to 3 or 7 the harmony in either the major scale or minor scale which is selected...

Page 23: ...e the cursor up to the upper line of the screen 7 Select VOICING parameter using the BANK DATA control The lower line of the screen shows UN UN UN UN 8 Press the button to move the cursor down to the...

Page 24: ...to the original voice 1 In EDIT mode select VOICING parameter using the BANK DATA control 2 Press the button to move the cursor down to the lower line of the screen 3 Set the formation of the harmoni...

Page 25: ...ticated harmonies can be assigned in real time but it always requires the entry of designated number of MIDI note chords Note The MIDI channels of the DecaBuddy and the external MIDI device that trans...

Page 26: ...ormation is received from the external MIDI keyboard Not like in WAIT ALL mode it is easier to use as the harmony can be generated with only one MIDI note received but the harmony part changes dependi...

Page 27: ...it returns to the EDIT mode screen If the parameters have not been edited in EDIT mode the overwrite confirmation prompt will not appear Comparison of Sound before after Edit While the SAVE prompt mes...

Page 28: ...to the upper line of the screen 2 Select KEY using the BANK DATA control 3 Press the button to move the cursor down to the lower line of the screen and select C Am using the BANK DATA control Main Ke...

Page 29: ...is OFF The harmony is ON The unison voice is added to the harmony voice to enrich the harmony FX The unison voice only is ON available for ORIGIN only FORMANT 9 9 Changes the formant of the harmony Wh...

Page 30: ...that part to be sent to the output While in SOLO mode the BYPASS LED will flash The SOLO mode is released when the cursor is moved up to the upper line or the BYPASS button is pressed again GLOBAL Pa...

Page 31: ...Pedal Control information is received on the MIDI channel set at Base in MIDI SYSTEM OMNI The Pedal Control information is received regardless of the MIDI channel The Control Change Numbers assigned...

Page 32: ...FOOTSWITCH PROGRAM B Switch between the PROGRAM A and PROGRAM B It can also be used to switch between the Main Parameter and Sub Parameter Connect the footswitches of Normal Open type Switching the Ma...

Page 33: ...e following way Program Change 01 01A Program Change 50 50A Program Change 51 01B Program Change 100 50B The Program Change numbers higher than 101 are ignored Note The MIDI channels of the DecaBuddy...

Page 34: ...smitting the System Exclusive data refer to the MANUAL DUMP in GLOBAL parameter Reset to Factory Default The DecaBuddy can be reset to the factory default condition 1 Switch the unit on while holding...

Page 35: ...OFF COMBI DC IN 9 Volts Controls INPUT LEVEL control OUTPUT LEVEL control BANK DATA control BYPASS button PROGRAM A button PROGRAM B button EDIT button button button EXECUTE STYLE EDIT button POWER sw...

Page 36: ...MASTER Prog Name MODE BUDDIES VOICING UN UN 3F 3F UN UN 3F 3F 5F 5F UN UN 5F 5F UN UN UN 8v 3H 5A UN 8v 3H 5A 3D 5G UN 8v 3D 5G UN 8v Sub UN UN UN UN UN UN UN UN 5D 5D UN UN 5D 5D UN UN UN 8v 3E 3E UN...

Page 37: ...2 3 Name R DELAY R3 R5 R4 R6 R3 R5 R4 R6 R DELAY R3 R5 R4 R6 R3 R5 R4 R6 MODE MASTER MASTER BUDDIES Prog Prog VOICING 4 3 0 2 1 4 3 0 2 1 Name Name Sub 4 2 0 1 3 4 2 0 1 3 MODE MODE FORMANT 9 2 0 4 4...

Page 38: ...30 Appendix...

Page 39: ...31 Appendix 3A 3B 3C 3D 3E 3F 3G 3H 5A 5B 5C 5D 5E 5F 5G 5H...

Page 40: ...n major scale and in the order of H G F E and so on for the songs in minor scale For example when the song to play is in major scale try using the Preset Style in order from 3A 3B 3C and so on Also wi...

Page 41: ...9 0 99 System Exclusive o o Preset and Edit dump Song Position x x Song Select x x Tune x x Clock x x Commands x x Local ON OFF x x All Notes Off x x Active Sense x x Reset x x Note o YES x NO Note Nu...

Page 42: ...Printed in Japan...

Page 43: ...To select True Bypass mode press PROGRAM B switch and power on simultaneously The unit has been set with Normal Bypass mode at factory as its default setting True Bypass circuit minimizes degradation...

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