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sounds by clicking on the relevant light buttons (single
click MUTE, double click SOLO)
MIX ON – OFF
to enable and disable the Mixer.
When the MIXER page is full screen, it is possible to see
how many and what instruments are playing for each
MIDI sound family.
Use the MUTE light buttons to MUTE (single click) or set
to SOLO (double click) the relevant tracks.
RECORDING – REC BUTTON
Merish5 is also a digital recorder.
There are various possible uses:
1.record a live performance and create an Mp3 to be
handed to the artist
2.record a performance to learn a song
3.create an Mp3 file from a track in Midi File Format
(From Midi to Mp3)
4.record instrumental or vocal parts on a Midi or Mp3
track
Use of the recorder is extremely simple, and it is sum-
marised as follows:
1. Load the Midi or Mp3 track on which you wish to sing
or play to record
2. Press REC
3. Select or uncheck the peripherals to be recorded in
the box
4. Set optional functions
5. Press the touch or physical “REC” button to start re-
cording. The physical REC button starts blinking.
9. STOP:
Stops the song: press once = PAUSE; pressed twice:
STOP and empties the memory.
10. UP – DOWN:
goes up or down a list of scale of values by one item.
11. SPEED:
It lets you increase or decrease the BPM of a track.
12. KEY:
It lets you increase or decrease the key of a track.
13. MIXER:
opens the midi MIXER screen from which it is possible
to edit the volume of the instruments of a MIDI FILE
backing track. See following description.
14. DJ:
area to select the type of mixing you wish to use to
switch between tracks or between points in the track.
See chapter 1.
15. M.KEYB:
Merish5 expander interface screen with external instru-
ments.
16. REC:
controls recording.
17. WEB:
accesses the Internet part.
18. HARMONIZER:
Activates the Harmonizer function.
MIXER
The mixer button opens a screen that has two positions:
half screen or full screen.
The 6 potentiometers manage the 6 “families” of midi
sounds in real time. These adjustments are only possi-
ble on Midi File tracks.
It is possible to raise and lower the volume of a group
of instruments, or set to solo or mute the “families” of
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