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MAIN SCREEN
By clicking the “Marker” icon, a drop-down menu is dis-
played with the list of the Markers in the song. If the Midi
File you are playing does not contain Markers it is possi-
ble to write them by using the “EDIT MARKER” function
found in “EDIT”.
To move between Markers, point the destination Mark-
er (with your finger or by rotating the Alpha Dial) in the
drop-down menu and press “ENTER” or “GO TO”.
You can move from the song being played to a Marker of
the booked NEXT SONG.
Switching to the marker takes place in the mixing mode
selected in the DJ page.
DJ AREA
The DJ button opens a half-screen window where you
can choose the type of mixing, enable the click and Au-
toplay.
In the section called ”CLICK & MIDI” you can enable the
by touching the “Count in” button. The click makes it
possible to have as precise rhythmic reference for the
Midi file being played. It is possible to choose whether to
have 1 or 2 click precount beats by selecting the “1” or
“2” box next to “Bars number”. In this section it is pos-
sible to edit the melody channel in the “Melody ch.” box.
PLEASE NOTE: “Melody ch” is the track where the singing
guide in the MIDI file is programmed. With Merish5 it is
possible to disable or decrease the intensity of this track
by clicking the physical button “MELODY” once or twice.
format.
There are two ways to mix a track that is playing and a
booked track:
1
Book the NEXT SONG
2
Set “GO TO”
to a selected Backing Track
in the archive
The next song can be booked by browsing through the
Backing Track archive (SONGS or SEARCH button).
When you select a title and press ENTER, that backing
track is placed in the Next Song box. The relevant Mark-
ers are then activated (if any) and it is possible to mix
the current backing track with the next song by pressing
GO TO.
If you select a specific Marker, the next song starts play-
ing from that marker, otherwise from the start.
If however you wish to go immediately to the Backing
Track you have found in the archive, you can press GO TO
without pressing Enter.
The mixing between songs is adjusted according to the
settings in the DJ page, details of which are provided
below.
TEMPO AND KEY
When performing a change in key and/or tempo by means
of the physical buttons SPEED + / - and KEY + / -, Mer-
ish5 changes the song being played and shows the chang-
es in the Bpm and Key boxes.
To change the tempo and/or key of the booked song
(NEXT SONG) you need to touch the “tempo and key”
icon (BPM / KEY) for the next song then use the phys-
ical buttons SPEED + / - and KEY + / - to make the
change.
MARKER
The Markers indicate the various parts of a song (Verse,
Chorus etc..) and are used to move through the song be-
ing played or from the song being played to the booked
one. Markers are messages written in the Midi Files;
the Midi Files produced by M-Live and distributed on the
website www.songservice.it contain Markers.
