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Phone: 941-597-5888 
Fax: 941-597-3936 
Email: [email protected] 

QRS Music Technologies, Inc. 
2011 Seward Ave 
Naples, FL 34109 
www.qrsmusic.com 

For Technical Support Call 1-941-597-5888 

Features 

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Quick Practice, Record, Playback and 
Performance 

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Eight sources from which to play 

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Built  in General MIDI Sound Set 

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"Whole house" audio outputs 

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Piano only outputs 

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Practice the way you want 

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Plays Standard MIDI File formats type 1 & 0 
and many other player system’s software 

Revision :# 7.0 
Manual Catalog #: 77020 

QRS Music Introduces  

Chili is a Dual Drive MIDI File Player unit that 

includes a built -in CD Rom Drive & Floppy Disk 

Drive . 

Chili Manual 

- Advanced Guide

 

The next generation of advanced MIDI file 

players and player piano controllers. 

Summary of Contents for Chili

Page 1: ...hich to play Built in General MIDI Sound Set Whole house audio outputs Piano only outputs Practice the way you want Plays Standard MIDI File formats type 1 0 and many other player system s software Revision 7 0 Manual Catalog 77020 QRS Music Introduces Chili is a Dual Drive MIDI File Player unit that includes a built in CD Rom Drive Floppy Disk Drive Chili Manual Advanced Guide The next generation...

Page 2: ... FCC rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 This device must not accept any interference received including that may cause undesired operation For Technical Support Call 1 941 597 5888 Page 67 ...

Page 3: ...Curves 26 Mixed Output Volumes 25 Understanding Your Mixed Outputs Volume Balance Levels 26 How Speaker volume Is Set To Match The Volume Of The Player Piano 27 Tweaking Your Piano s Volume With The Background Volume offsets 28 Setup The Headphone Output Volumes 29 Setting Up Chili To Use A Mike 30 What Version Of Code Do You Have 30 MIDI Settings Menu Description 31 Delays Between Piano and Backg...

Page 4: ...ATION CHART 16 Dulcimer 32 Guitar Harmonic 48 Timpani 64 Syn Brass 2 80 Ocarina 96 Sweep 112 Shanai 128 Gunshot 15 Tubuler Bells 31 Distortion Guitar 47 Harp 63 Syn Brass 1 79 Whistle 95 Halo 111 Fiddle 127 Applause 14 Xylo phone 30 Overdrive Guitar 46 Pizzicato Strings 62 Brass Section 78 Shaku hachi 94 Metallic 110 Bagpipe 126 Helicopter 13 Marimba 29 Elec Mute Guitar 45 Tremolo Strings 61 Frenc...

Page 5: ...in RCA Plugs to Twin RCA Plugs 70213 Y RCA Connector 60018 Stereo Mini to L R RCA Cable Stereo Mini to L R RCA Adapter 70158 MIDI Barrel Connector 70166 RCA Barrel Connector Cables Software Series 400xxx Piano Solos Nostalgic Series 800xxx Piano Solos Performance Series 860xxx Concert Series CDs 860xxxM Nickelodeon CDs 875xxx Original Artists 810996 CD Organizer Zipper Case with 24 CDs QRS Floppy ...

Page 6: ...ical Support Call 1 941 597 5888 Page 63 The Yamaha concert series floppy does not sound right Yamaha does not always adhere to the General MIDI specification when asking for specific instruments This may cause the sounds out of the Chili unit to play differently Some piano keys are playing louder than others or the sustain pedal does not have enough power to energize our system When this is notic...

Page 7: ...le on my Floppy does not load I receive an error The MIDI file may still be on the Floppy but the drive may not be able to retrieve the data in the location specified Try saving the MIDI file to your hard drive on your PC reformat your floppy disk and then transfer the file back This should work If you do not have another floppy and it is a QRS floppy call us The songs loaded on the disk are burie...

Page 8: ...led QRS and one called QRS Manu als Go online to http www qrsmusic com Click on QRS Software Update link under the picture of Chili Click on the upgrade file QRS610 bin version x xx Your computer will ask you where you want to put it send it to your QRS folder and push enter When it is done downloading copy the QRS610 bin just downloaded to a blank floppy Rename the file on the floppy QRSupdat bin...

Page 9: ...us Chili s mode The second spot tells us the unit is stopped Here the elapsed time is displayed If this were a MIDI file you would see the measures being counted See Example 2 Push enter at Select and you can select the track using the data dial The selection can only be made when the first letter of the selection is highlighted in the first or second spot of the LCD If there is an arrow in the fi...

Page 10: ...source button or F1 key on the remote will bring you directly to a screen that allows you to change the source 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 QRSMusicTechnologies GENERAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11121314 1516 C 1 D 1 S T O P T R K 0 0 S h u f f l e R e p e a t Source I O Top Row Position Top Row Position 2 Change the source for example means if you want to play a floppy instead of a CD or vic...

Page 11: ... D 1 S T O P 0 0 0 0 S E L E C T S H U F F L E The third position indicates that the left and right buttons can be used to mute or un mute a particular hand If the L R hand or channel has been enabled the screen will display an E if the left hand is muted the L will be displayed A MIDI file must be playing in order to mute a channel If the solo piano performance has only one piano channel and L R ...

Page 12: ...volumes to a known state based on current global volume and the curves in setup If held for 6 seconds it will reset the system The Left and Right Buttons can be used in place of the data dial to make selections advance the track rewind or mute the left or right hand If needs to be made you can use the data dial or the left and right buttons to select an option If the unit is playing or no options ...

Page 13: ...CK For Technical Support Call 1 941 597 5888 Page 13 FRONT PANEL FEATURES Power Turns the unit on and off Note It does not require Pianomation to be turned on however the piano will not play unless Pianomation is on When power is applied to Chili the unit will turn on If auto start is on the unit will also begin to play pg 33 Play Pause Press play and the first song in the sequence will begin to p...

Page 14: ...PPEND ASSIGN ADD A TRACK R 1 D 1 A S S I G N M 1 3 7 C H x x G R N D P I A N O 1 Append Adding on to the end of a track Press Record Play your first track Press Stop Select the A in Append by turning the data dial until the A in Append is underlined Press enter once the Metronome has ticked for two measures then begin to play the piano When recording is completed press stop The completed performan...

Page 15: ... playing Play the piano When you are done press stop Playback Press play to hear your performance Note If channel 1 is assigned one of the piano sounds 0 through 7 of the General MIDI sound set then the piano will play back Any other assignment will be heard from the speakers To record more than one sound at a time go to Setup Layering turn it on Go to voice and assign the channels to instruments ...

Page 16: ...U M T R K A P P E N D S A V E A F 1 D 1 R E C O R D R E C O R D N E W A D D N E W T R K A D D D R U M T R K A P P E N D S A V E Under Record Chili has the ability to 1 Record for extended periods of time 2 Assign channels and instruments to your tracks 3 Load an ensemble and record your accompaniment from the piano playing 4 Record left hand and right hand together or separately 5 Record a video p...

Page 17: ... Volume M 1 D 1 P L A Y 0 0 0 1 M v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v M 1 D 1 V O I C E C H O 1 G R N D P I A N O 1 Voice Enter Enter I O Enter F 1 D 1 S T O P 0 0 0 1 M v v v M 1 D 1 V O I C E C H O 1 G R N D P I A N O 1 Left Voice Enter Right Enter If Layering is on all notes all channels and instrument sounds play For Technical Support Call 1 941 597 5888 Page 17 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1112 13 14 15 ...

Page 18: ...he music Sets the External CD input as the source of the music Sets the Aux input on the back as the source of the music If there is a record strip present set in setup the MIDI input will gen erate the sound as signed to channel 1 and not play the piano If there is no record strip present it will play the MIDI file being re corded Note At start up Chili will determine the last source played If it...

Page 19: ...s from a piano sound to another instrument By doing this you can turn your piano into a church organ Create sound effects etc Press Source Select MIDI and Press Enter Press Voice Turn Knob to the desired Instrument you want and Press Enter Begin to Play LIVE PRACTICE AND PERFORMING For Technical Support Call 1 941 597 5888 Page 19 CHILI IS MOUNTED AT THE STEREO AND TRANSMITTING TO THE PIANO Unmixe...

Page 20: ...of Computer goes to input on Chili PC s MIDI Through on PC needs to be off during playback and record to PC If recording to Chili PC s MIDI Thru should be on If there is no control of PC s MIDI Through then under setup on Chili state Record Strip present if you do not want echo and removed if you want to play PC as your source For Technical Support Call 1 941 597 5888 Page 49 CHANGING THE METRONOM...

Page 21: ...the PGM button will allow navigation through menu items in place of the data dial Note that if there are no options to choose then the Track and Track will rewind the track or forward to the next track 1 Mutes audio and piano tracks 2 Turns complete system ON OFF 3 Presently not used 4 Return to beginning of track or to previous track Used to toggle through selections in the menu 5 Advance to the ...

Page 22: ...DI file is playing The two files will be merged If this is not desirable turn it off and any incoming MIDI file will be ignored This is good if there are many sources constantly inputting music AMI Out is set to on when the unit is not attached to the Pianomation MIDI system and or you are recording to an analog source where you will require the AMI out port on the back of the unit Right Left Ente...

Page 23: ...highlighted Turn the data dial until the selection you would like is underlined Press enter P R A C T I C E H E A D P H N M I X E D U N M I X E D Enter Enter F 1 D 1 P R A C T I C E E N A B L E L R S P L I T P O I N T M A R K H E A D P H O N E S S P E A K E R S For Technical Support Call 1 941 597 5888 Page 23 SETUP PRESETS Press The Setup Button The P in Presets will be underlined Press the enter...

Page 24: ...88 Page 45 F 1 D 1 P R A C T I C E E N A B L E L R S P L I T P O I N T M A R K H E A D P H O N E S S P E A K E R S The third position indicates that the left and right buttons can be used to mute or un mute the corresponding hand If L R has been enabled the screen will display an E If the left hand is muted the L will be displayed To mute a channel the MIDI file needs to be playing If the file is ...

Page 25: ... MIDI file and the complete performance can then be heard in areas away from the piano If the performance is just piano then your piano s performance will be heard If there is no mike attached to the piano the sound module will generate a piano sound For the Mixed outputs the audio processor raises and lowers volumes of the outputs you balanced using the Equalizer This is a curve that is reference...

Page 26: ... with your pianos while only needing one knob to turn For Technical Support Call 1 941 597 5888 Page 43 Press MIDI Turn the data dial until the O in Omni On is underlined Press Enter The omni mode screen will now be displayed Omni is on when you play a MIDI file that does not contain a piano track all notes will play on the piano and can be heard through the speakers If omni is off when you play a...

Page 27: ... Procedure to assign bank changes to an external sound module on the channel and instrument of your choice As shown above press MIDI and select the B in bank and press Enter Turn the data dial until the channel you would like to change is underlined press the right button Turn the data dial until the bank change you would like is selected Press the left button to set it and proceed to the next cha...

Page 28: ... The piano volume will change and the global volume will track it from its new position in relation to the curves you selected under setup The screens under the off set menu will tell you how far off from the original setting you have changed the volume If you want these changes to be permanent they should be adjusted under curves If you find yourself adjusting the background and piano quite a bit...

Page 29: ...then you should consider adjusting the volume curves under setup For Technical Support Call 1 941 597 5888 Page 29 Enter Select a CD Demo or Floppy File with back ground music and Press Play Push Setup to enter the menu below Turn the data dial bringing the D in default into the second position and press enter S E T U P E Q U A L I Z E R P I A N O V I O L I N M I D I C D C 1 D 1 S E T U P P R E S ...

Page 30: ...o and background controls in this area pertain to the audio processor that controls the outputs on the back of the unit called unmixed So if your speaker is using the outputs labeled mixed you will not hear a difference on your speaker when you change the background C 1 D 1 A U D I O G L O B A L P I A N O B A C K R O U N D M I X E D U N M I X E D H E A D P H O N E S Chili has three audio processor...

Page 31: ...me in order to play back video taped material and to choose from an array of velocity curves to alter the dynamic range of your piano MIDI setup also allows you to synchronize your piano with background speakers located away from the piano Enter Press Setup to enter the menu below Turn the data dial until the D in Default into the underlined cell and press enter Turn the data dial until the M in M...

Page 32: ...r Technical Support Call 1 941 597 5888 Page 37 R E C O R D A L I G N E X P R E S S I O N _ 9 6 R E C O R D A L I G N K N E E _ 4 8 R E C O R D A L I G N X X 0 1 0 4 8 1 2 7 Identifies the note number on an 88 note pi ano Note one is the first note on the bass end of the piano This value repre sents a velocity of zero being sent when this particu lar velocity value or lower is received from that n...

Page 33: ... that note meaning the velocity received is passed through SETUP RECORD STRIP ALIGN C 1 D 1 S E T U P P R E S E T S D E F A U L T R E C O R D S T R I P L A Y E R I N G I P I N S T A L L E D A L I G N R E C O R D S T R O N E T O U C H R E C O R D A L I G N S T A R T V I E W R E S E T K N E E E X P R E S S I O N For Technical Support Call 1 941 597 5888 Page 33 CHANGING THE DYNAMICS OF THE PIANOS PE...

Page 34: ...eat for restaurants and hotels For Technical Support Call 1 941 597 5888 Page 35 SETUP RECORD STRIP This area is where you tell Chili that a record strip is installed in your piano and connected to the MIDI input on the back of the unit This is done so that a feedback loop is not created where a played note is fed back to the input and continuously repeated This is where we tell Chili we want the ...

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