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the possibility of changing at once volumes, effects (reverberation and
chorus) transposition and performing time of a song;
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the possibility of storing the changes carried out on each song (with the
chance to recall the original song structure whenever you want);
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the “karaoke”: i.e. the visualization of lyrics and chords on the display (only
for those Midi-File already set for this function);
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an inside 3.5” - 720kb floppy disk (soon upgradable 1.44MB) for loading
the songs on the hard disk;
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the automatic or manual creation of groups of songs (to arrange them on
the hard disk and to create special “play-list” of songs);
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the possibility of recording external Midi Data Dump via Midi (to store
Exclusive System messages of external instruments on the hard disk) in order to set
all patches of the external instruments before performing a song or a group of
songs;
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the operative system stored on hard disk (which can be updated through a
floppy disk and restored on the hard disk), thus avoiding the replacement of any
hardware component).
Megabeat One offers also the possibility of installing an internal GM/GS
sound-generator (wave-table audio card), which makes it the most versatile and
compact integrated system ever existed for the reproduction of musical bases.
Could we forget Digitar, the famous controller created by Charlie Lab in order
to simulate the guitar performing techniques by means of your Midi instruments?
Certainly not; therefore Megabeat One is provided with an interface created
for the direct connection to Digitar, and therefore it automatically recognizes the
“Digitar pilot track” inside a song.
Besides, Megebeat One is provided with an IDE interface for the connection
with a CD-ROM reader (or with another external hard disk) or with other mass
memory supports.
In a short time, other options will be available in order to transform
Megabeat One in a real stand-alone musical workstation:
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