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Getting started
Initialise and Calibrate:
Listening to Demo-Songs:
Now that you have connected your Sirius properly you are probably itching to hear it. Before you
switch it on for the first time you should however initialise it and calibrate the performance aids for
safety reasons. The memory of the Sirius will be deleted and all parameters will revert to their origi-
nal settings.
(In future you will only have two reasons to initialise your Sirius: 1. When the Sirius Service Depart-
ment tells you to do so or, 2. If you want to reset the Sirius to its original factory settings.)
When you turn on the Sirius for the first time you should hold down the WRITE-Key and turn on the
POWER ON/OFF switch on the rear panel.
The following message will appear on the display:
Now press the left-hand Key under the display (F1-Key) to confirm, and your Sirius will be initialised.
This procedure is shown on the display by a status bar. Once the initialisation is complete the Sirius will
ask you to calibrate the pitch-bend and the modulation wheels. The display shows the following:
Now turn the modulation wheel down all the way and hold the pitch-bend wheel at its lowest position.
Press the left Key under the display (F1-Key). The following message appears:
Repeat this procedure by bringing the wheels to their highest position. Again confirm with the F1-Key.
This will bring you to a test menu. Here you can test if the calibration was successful.
When the pitch-bender is released it should show 64, its top setting 127, the lowest 0. The modulation
wheel should show 0 in its lowest position ( at the bottom) and 127 in its highest position ( at the top). Con-
firm once again by pressing the left-hand Key below the display (F1 Key). The Sirius is ready to go.
NB: Should the calibration not show the desired result you can repeat the procedure by pressing the
right-hand Key under the display (F3-Key)
In order to sweeten the reading of this manual we have given the Sirius 16 Demo-Songs. 40 minutes
of music of different musical styles await you to give you a small insight into the sound possibilities of
the Sirius. All demo songs were exclusively programmed with the internal functions of the Sirius.
Why not listen to the pieces while you are studying the manual?
To hear the songs the Sirius has to be switched to demo-mode. Press both keys named DEMO below
the VALUE/TEMPO-dial control.
Initialize All?
[ok] [cancel]
Set Wheels-> min
[OK]
[cancel]
Set Wheels-> MAX
[OK]
Wheels-Test:
64
[OK]
[retry]
TAP-
TEMPO
DEMO
SYNC.
EXTERN
