MZX500/300-E-2A
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USER’S GUIDE (Tutorial)
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Before using this Digital Keyboard for the first time, be sure
to read the separate USER’S GUIDE (Basics) to familiarize yourself with basic operations.
MZ-X500
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Page 1: ...500 300 E 2A EN USER S GUIDE Tutorial Before using this Digital Keyboard for the first time be sure to read the separate USER S GUIDE Basics to familiarize yourself with basic operations MZ X500 MZ X3...
Page 2: ...Data EN 51 Saving Pad Data EN 51 Deleting Pad Data EN 51 Renaming Pad Data EN 52 Saving a User Bank EN 52 Deleting a User Bank EN 52 Copying Pad Data EN 52 Renaming a User Bank EN 53 MIDI Recorder Tu...
Page 3: ...EN 2 General Guide br bs bt ck cl cm br bs bt ck cl cm er es ek el em en eq 2 bp 8 bk fk eo ep dr dt ds co cp cq cr dk dl dn do dp dq cs dm cn cn bm et bn bo MZ X500 MZ X300 ct 1 5 6 bl 3 7 4 9 bq...
Page 4: ...emMIDI a button enAUDIO a button eoTRANSPOSE w q buttons epOCTAVE w q buttons eqSUSTAIN button erPITCH BEND wheel esMODULATION wheel etUSB flash drive port fkPHONES jack 5METRONOME button 6TAP TEMPO b...
Page 5: ...ide Back AUDIO VOLUME controller LINE OUT R L MONO jacks MIDI OUT THRU IN terminals USB port PEDAL1 jack AUDIO IN jack DC 24V terminal LINE IN R L MONO jacks MIC IN jack MIC VOLUME controller PEDAL2 E...
Page 6: ...w NO q YES buttons to change setting values 6 After editing everything you want touch Write on the TONE EDIT MENU screen 7 Touch Rename 8 Touch the keys of the on screen soft keyboard to input the to...
Page 7: ...eration touch No Shaded cells in the table on pages EN 7 through EN 25 indicate a group made up of multiple setting items Touching Enter displays the setting items of a group There are three melody to...
Page 8: ...elow are relative changes relative to the presets of the tone in the case of melody tones and drum tones When editing a hex layer tone they are absolute changes that have no relation to the presets of...
Page 9: ...e sound is sustained as long as a key or pedal is depressed 64 to 0 to 63 Amp Amp This is a group of editable parameters associated with the amp volume Volume Volume Specifies the amp volume 0 to 127...
Page 10: ...to On Off Select On for a smooth glide from one tone to the next or Off when a smooth glide is not required Off On Portamento Time Time Specify the length of time for the tone change 0 to 127 Pan Pan...
Page 11: ...pecifies the pull out amount of the 8 foot drawbar 0 to 8 4 4 feet 4 Specifies the pull out amount of the 4 foot drawbar 0 to 8 2 2 3 2 and 2 3 feet 2 2 3 Specifies the pull out amount of the 2 2 3 fo...
Page 12: ...rum tone assigned to each key See the Instrument List in the separate Appendix Note Off Mode Note off mode Turning on this setting causes note off to be performed when a key is released Off On Assign...
Page 13: ...e 64 to 63 Effect Effect This is a group of editable effect function parameters Reverb Send Reverb send Specifies how reverb page EN 81 is applied to a tone 0 to 127 Chorus Send Chorus send Specifies...
Page 14: ...Key off velocity mode Select KeyOff to use the key off velocity as the key off velocity or KeyOn to select the key on velocity Select Both to reflect both key on and key off velocities KeyOff KeyOn B...
Page 15: ...Key Follow Key follow Adjusts the amount of pitch change between neighboring keyboard keys A higher value represents greater change 128 to 0 to 127 Key Follow Base Key follow base Keyboard key that is...
Page 16: ...it takes to reach Release Level 1 after a key is released 0 to 127 Release 1 Level Release 1 level Target level reached immediately after a key is released 0 to 127 Release 2 Time Release 2 time Time...
Page 17: ...key specified by this setting C 1 G9 Low Key High Key High Key Follow High key follow Adjusts the amount of volume change between neighboring keyboard keys A greater value represents greater change A...
Page 18: ...one LFO page EN 8 The setting range of each Depth is 128 to 0 to 127 Pitch Wave FilterAmpWave Pitch Depth Filter Depth Amp Depth Portamento Portamento This is a group of editable portamento parameters...
Page 19: ...depend on the selected DSP type See Editable DSP Parameters below X Param Y Param Show parameters assigned to the X axis and Y axis For information about parameters that can be assigned see Editable...
Page 20: ...2 to 0 to 12 Input Level Adjusts the input level 0 to 127 Wet Level Adjusts the level of the effect sound 0 to 127 Dry Level Adjusts the level of the direct sound 0 to 127 Compressor Compresses the in...
Page 21: ...gain 0 to 127 Input Level Adjusts the input level 0 to 127 Wet Level Adjusts the level of the effect sound 0 to 127 Dry Level Adjusts the level of the direct sound 0 to 127 Early Reflection An effecto...
Page 22: ...3 Wet Level Adjusts the level of the effect sound 0 to 127 Input Level Adjusts the input level 0 to 127 Dry Level Adjusts the level of the direct sound 0 to 127 Tremolo Shifts the volume of the input...
Page 23: ...sts acceleration when the speed mode is switched from fast to slow 0 to 127 Rise Accel Adjusts acceleration when the speed mode is switched from slow to fast 0 to 127 Slow Rate Adjusts the speaker rot...
Page 24: ...3 Wet Level Adjusts the level of the effect sound 0 to 127 Dry Level Adjusts the level of the direct sound 0 to 127 Distortion Distortion Wah Amp Simulator Dist Gain Y Adjusts the distortion input sig...
Page 25: ...pth Y Adjusts the LFO depth 0 to 127 Tone Adjusts the timbre of the ring modulator input sound 0 to 127 Wet Level Adjusts the level of the effect sound 0 to 127 Dry Level Adjusts the level of the dire...
Page 26: ...e with the opening state of a piano lid Closed Semi Opened Full Opened Reflection Level X Adjusts the level of the initial reflection 0 to 127 Input Level Adjusts the input level 0 to 127 Wet Level Ad...
Page 27: ...You can check the status of a selected instrument part on the PATTERN RECORDER screen 1 On the MENU screen touch RHYTHM 2 Select the rhythm to be edited 3 On the RHYTHM screen touch Edit 4 Touch Patte...
Page 28: ...ata into Digital Keyboard memory from a USB flash drive 1 On the PATTERN SEQUENCER screen touch Recorder This displays the PATTERN RECORDER screen 2 Touch Element or Part 3 Select the element on the E...
Page 29: ...art only Off On Octave Changes the pitch of the keyboard in octave units during recording 3 to 3 Tempo Changes the tempo 20 to 255 Display Item name Description Setting Chord Playback chord Starting r...
Page 30: ...Y screen In the Source column specify the element of the rhythm you want to copy In the Destination column specify the destination element of the copy operation After configuring copy source and copy...
Page 31: ...destination element must be the same type Parts that can be copied depend on the type of the copy destination part Parameter Edit The settings of the part parameters below can be configured Parameter...
Page 32: ...that you select C for the Break Point setting Drum and percussion parts cannot be edited Chord is a PATTERN RECORDER screen setting item For details see To record a rhythm to each part page EN 27 Off...
Page 33: ...used for a chord part Chord Var2 Chord Used for a chord part that has a tension chord Chord Var3 Chord When a 7th chord is specified while playing the 5th note is converted to a 7th note In the case...
Page 34: ...ata you want to import and then touch Select This displays the SMF IMPORT SETTING screen To adjust the balance between parts Item Description Part Switches a part on or off Tone Specifies the tone of...
Page 35: ...MENU screen 5 Touch the destination user rhythm number If the rhythm number already has data assigned there will be an asterisk next to it 6 Touch Execute 7 Touch Yes This saves the user rhythm To can...
Page 36: ...35 1 On the MENU screen touch RHYTHM 2 Touch Edit 3 Touch Clear 4 Touch the user rhythm you want to delete 5 Touch Execute 6 Touch Yes This deletes the selected user rhythm To cancel the operation to...
Page 37: ...ready has data assigned to it there will be an asterisk next to it 11 Touch Execute If the selected preset number does not have any data assigned to it the message Sure will appear If it does have dat...
Page 38: ...o be exceeded the message Measure Limit will appear on the screen and further editing will become impossible To edit preset chord information 1 On the CHORD EDIT screen touch the e and r icons to disp...
Page 39: ...inputs a step of the note length you specified in step 4 above and then advances to input of the next step Touching Tie without inputting a chord will specify a tie Touching Rest without inputting a c...
Page 40: ...hord Selects from among major 12 keys and minor 12 keys for the intro chords C to B Major C to B Cm to Bm Minor Cm to Bm Ending Chord Ending chord Selects from among major 12 keys and minor 12 keys fo...
Page 41: ...d to the user preset Half Playback when a 2 4 time rhythm is assigned to the user preset Double Plays chords measure by measure at a timing that is double that of the recording Playing back a chord pr...
Page 42: ...ayback when a 4 4 time rhythm is assigned to the user preset 3 2 Playback when a 6 4 time rhythm is assigned to the user preset When Double or 3 2 is selected chord timing is shifted to a later timing...
Page 43: ...its parameters A step type arpeggio can contain up to 16 steps See the table in step 7 of the procedure below for information about settings that can be configured Variation Type Arpeggio With a vari...
Page 44: ...of the keyboard keys that are pressed High 1 as the basis specifies which note 1 through 8 should sound If the specified value is greater than the number of keyboard keys pressed the corresponding no...
Page 45: ...the step size 100 specifies the same size as the step size while 50 specifies half the step size 1 to 100 Groove Groove Specifies the on note timing of the off beat step 50 specifies even while a larg...
Page 46: ...Yes To cancel the operation touch No 1 On the MENU screen touch ARPEGGIATOR 2 On the ARPEGGIATOR screen touch Edit This displays the ARPEGGIATOR EDIT screen 3 Touch Rename This displays an input scree...
Page 47: ...for the other steps of the sequence Select End to specify the final step of the sequence 7 Touch the Sequence End Type name 8 On the SEQUENCE END SELECT screen that appears select the operation to be...
Page 48: ...the pedal to change the Digital Keyboard setup in accordance with the sequence you configured You can move a particular step to the center of the screen by touching its step number The Reset Position...
Page 49: ...tem Part Selects the part to play back the phrase Multiple parts can be selected for this setting Part 1 to Part 16 Key Shift Changes the key during playback A lower setting value lowers the playback...
Page 50: ...d whose settings you want to configure 3 Touch 0 This displays the PAD RECORD SELECT screen 4 Select the type of the pad you want to record This displays the PAD RECORD WAIT screen 5 Touch Rec Setting...
Page 51: ...e phrase length and beat setting of an overdub recording operation are those of the original phrase If the original phrase is less than one beat long recording will cause it to be extended to a length...
Page 52: ...art point of a preset or a saved sample cannot be changed Setting a playback start point value of 44100 causes playback to start after one second 44 100Hz sampling frequency Use the procedure below to...
Page 53: ...has data stored there will be an asterisk next to it 7 Touch Execute If the selected bank does not have any data stored to it the message Sure will appear If it does have data stored to it the messag...
Page 54: ...to select a bank see the Digital Keyboard s USER S GUIDE Basics 3 Touch Bank Edit 4 Touch Rename This switches to an input screen 5 Input the name for the new bank 6 After inputting what you want tou...
Page 55: ...wheel operation mixer settings except for part on off part manipulation by a controller DSP operation 2 System Track only Rhythm balance setting effect setting reverb chorus delay bypass tempo Auto Ac...
Page 56: ...Recording to a Specific Song Performance Part Track Recording page EN 54 2 Touch Rec Type 3 Touch Punch In Sync If you want to delete all of the data in the track following the section you recorded w...
Page 57: ...Set B 4 Touch Y to return to the beginning of the song or use s and d to adjust the position to start playback 5 Touch Rec Type 6 Touch Punch In A B 7 Touch Punch in recording automatically starts wh...
Page 58: ...Touch Punch in recording automatically starts when playback reaches the start point and ends when it reaches the end point you specified in step 3 Use the procedure below to record a new performance...
Page 59: ...No 1 On the MENU screen touch MIDI RECORDER 2 Touch the data name 3 Touch User Data Edit 4 Touch Delete 5 Touch the data you want to delete 6 Touch Execute 7 Touch Yes This deletes the MIDI data you s...
Page 60: ...e track you want to clear 7 Touch Execute 8 Touch Yes To cancel the delete operation touch No 1 On the MENU screen touch MIDI RECORDER 2 Touch Monitor 3 Touch Edit 4 Touch Track Edit 5 Touch Insert Me...
Page 61: ...y Quantize is an operation that automatically adjusts the timing of the note on operation of each step to match a reference note 1 On the MENU screen touch MIDI RECORDER 2 Touch Monitor 3 Touch Edit 4...
Page 62: ...s the number of measures to be key shifted Shift Specifies how many semitones to shift the key You can specify a value in the range of 24 to 24 8 After you are finished configuring settings touch Exec...
Page 63: ...or Empty Pattern sequencer event editing is not possible when the instrument status is Fixed Though you cannot perform event editing directly on an instrument part whose status is Fixed you can copy s...
Page 64: ...etc indicates that an event can be edited using that function Parameters that are displayed for a note event of a part event can be hidden if desired For details see To change the parameters displaye...
Page 65: ...d Pitch Form List in the separate Appendix O O O Sampled Pitch Depth The depth of pitch change of the instrument being reproduced 000 to 127 O O O HL Detune MZ X500 only Hex Layer Detune 00 to 31 O O...
Page 66: ...Eq2 Gain DSP Equalizer EQ2 Gain 12 to 12 O O O D EQ Eq3 Frequency DSP Equalizer EQ3 Frequency 100Hz 160Hz 200Hz 250Hz 315Hz 400Hz 500Hz 630Hz 800Hz 1 0kHz 1 3kHz 1 6kHz 2 0kHz 2 5kHz 3 2kHz 4 0kHz 5...
Page 67: ...us LFO Depth 000 to 127 O O O D Cho LFO Wave Form DSP Chorus Wave Form Sin Tri O O O D Cho Feedback DSP Chorus Feedback 64 to 63 O O O D Cho Wet LEVEL DSP Chorus Wet Level 000 to 127 O O O D Cho Polar...
Page 68: ...vel DSP Drive Rotary Dry Level 000 to 127 O O O D LWh Input Level DSP LFO Wah Input Level 000 to 127 O O O D LWh Resonance DSP LFO Wah Resonance 000 to 127 O O O D LWh Manual DSP LFO Wah Manual 000 to...
Page 69: ...127 O O O D PSh Fine DSP Pitch Shifter Fine 50 to 50 O O O D MCh LFO Rate DSP Multi Chorus LFO Rate 000 to 127 O O O D MCh LFO Depth DSP Multi Chorus LFO Depth 000 to 127 O O O D MCh Wet Level DSP Mul...
Page 70: ...4 3 3 2 2 O O O D Dly Input Level DSP Delay Input Level 000 to 127 O O O D Dly Dry Level DSP Delay Dry Level 000 to 127 O O O D Dly Wet Level DSP Delay Wet Level 000 to 127 O O O D PFx Lid Type DSP Pi...
Page 71: ...x O Rhythm Ctrl Intro1 2 Variation1 2 3 4 Fill1 2 3 4 Ending1 2 Break Stop O Accomp Part P Percussion D Drum B Bass C Chord 12345 Shows the on part O Accomp Fade Volume 000 to 127 O Master Fx Bypass O...
Page 72: ...to 127 O S Dly Ratio R System Delay Ratio R 000 to 127 O S Dly Level L System Delay Level L 000 to 127 O S Dly Level C System Delay Level C 000 to 127 O S Dly Level R System Delay Level R 000 to 127...
Page 73: ...hose setting you changed to On in step 5 Use the procedure below to change gate time value of a note event displayed on the pad and MIDI recorder EVENT EDIT screen to an off velocity value 1 On the EV...
Page 74: ...s you want to select 5 Touch Select This selects the events Touch Select again to deselect After selecting events you can copy them change their parameter settings etc To select an event for editing O...
Page 75: ...ion where you want to insert an event For information about how to select an event see To select an event for editing page EN 73 2 Touch Insert Touching Insert while editing an event of a pad that is...
Page 76: ...rforms quantization on the selected event You can adjust the key of the events below Note Portamento Control 1 On the EVENT EDIT screen touch Setting 2 Touch Note Modify Setting 3 Touch the Key Shift...
Page 77: ...events page EN 73 6 Touch Detail 7 Touch Velocity Modify This adjusts the velocity value of the note event you selected in step 5 To adjust the velocity value of a note event Item Description Setting...
Page 78: ...Touch Gate Time Modify This adjusts the gate time value of the note event you selected in step 5 To adjust the gate time value of a note event Item Description Setting Gate Time Modify Fix Fixed value...
Page 79: ...recorder system track In the case of the MZ X500 you can also input chord event steps into a pad that is assigned a chord progression Performing step input into a track that already contains recorded...
Page 80: ...items below and then use the 9 w NO q YES buttons to change the setting To change a setting value in increments of 10 hold down the 9 w NO or q YES button as you rotate the bp VALUE dial 3 Touch bo E...
Page 81: ...pplied to Lower 2 when the eq SUSTAIN button is pressed 0 to 127 N Gate Thresh Specifies the noise gate threshold value Cuts low volume input sounds which decreases noise Allows a signal input from th...
Page 82: ...evel of the initial reflection 0 to 127 High Damp Adjusts the high range damp A smaller number increases damping 0 to 127 Tone Adjusts the tone 0 to 127 Return Adjusts the return level 0 to 127 Chorus...
Page 83: ...to the total delay time 0 to 127 Ratio C Adjusts the ratio of the center channel relative to the total delay time 0 to 127 Ratio R Adjusts the ratio of the right channel relative to the total delay t...
Page 84: ...r RPN Setting range 000 to 127 LSB CC98 for NRPN CC100 for RPN Setting range 000 to 127 Data Entry MSB LSB Specifies which Data Entry MSB CC06 or LSB CC38 is controlled by a controller operation Setti...
Page 85: ...15 Accomp Chord 4 15 16 16 Accomp Chord 5 16 Port B 1 1 MIDI Recorder playback System track MIDI Recorder System Track Upper1 2 2 MIDI Recorder System Track Upper2 3 3 MIDI Recorder System Track Lower...
Page 86: ...e Comp position Pre EQ Post EQ Chorus sent to Reverb Delay sent to Reverb Reverb Return Chorus sent to Delay Delay Return Delay Send Reverb Send Master Volume MIC Volume External In Volume Note1 If an...
Page 87: ...sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permi...
Page 88: ...1 127 O 8nH v 0 127 9nH v 0 Note ON Note OFF Mode Mode 3 X Mode 3 X Default Messages Altered 0 1 5 6 38 7 10 11 16 48 17 64 65 66 67 71 Bank select Modulation Portamento Time Data entry LSB MSB Volum...
Page 89: ...o Control High resolution velocity prefix Reverb send level Chorus send level Delay send level NRPN LSB MSB RPN LSB MSB Mode 1 OMNI ON POLY Mode 3 OMNI OFF POLY Mode 2 OMNI ON MONO Mode 4 OMNI OFF MON...
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