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NOTES:
Lyrics and chords, if present in the midi file, are visualized slightly in
advance with respect to the part of the song being played, to give the
performer the time to change the sentence/chord. The time of advance
depends from the setup of the midi file.
It is possible to enter the TEXT mode even after having the song in
PLAY. It is also possible to enter and to exit the TEXT mode various
times during the song performance. Entering the TEXT mode while the
song is being played, it is sometimes necessary a short wait before being
able to visualize correctly the lyrics on the display, it may happen to
“lose” the lyric portion that should be visualized while activating the TEXT
mode. In fact, the lyric is memorized in the song and then read by the M-
blaster with a short advance on the point of playing (therefore the lyric
that should be visualized on the display could actually belong to a
previous section of the song, played shortly before activating the TEXT
mode)
To be visualized on the display, the chords and the lyrics have got to be
memorized in the MIDI file. The readable formats are:
•
Tune 1000 (files with extension “.mid”): in format “1” or “0”
•
Solton (files with extension “.mid”): in format “1” or “0”
•
Word Box/M-Live (files with extension “.mid”): in format “1” or “0”
•
Karaoke (files with extension “.kar”): in format “1”
PLAY/STOP/CONTINUE
In SONGS mode, to PLAY a song, it is necessary to select it with the
slider key (to underline it).
Pushing the PLAY button the underlined song is selected and played.
Pushing the button MENU/INFO during the song playback the display will
show:
•
The full title of the song in playback;
•
For the MIDI files, the time signature (4/4, 3/4 etc);
•
For the MIDI files the current position, indicated in measures and in
quarter of measures, for the Mp3 files it will be visualized the time
gone from the start of the playback;
•
For the MIDI files the metronomic time, for the MP3 files the bit rate
value (kbps).
