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User Manual

January 2005

www.quintet.ie

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Electronic Instrument for Music Education and Performance

Features: -

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  Connect up to five switches

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  Resource packs available with ready-made exercises

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  Create your own exercises and record your own songs

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  Internal Sound Card with 128 different instruments

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  High quality sound output

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  Internal rechargeable batteries

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Easy to use

Important Notes:
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Read this manual carefully before installing or operating your Quintet.

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Due to continuos product improvement Unique Perspectives reserves the right to update this Manual.
This Manual supersedes all previous issues which must not continue to be used.

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Any attempt to gain access to or in any way abuse the electronic components of the Quintet renders the
manufacturer’s warranty void and the Manufacturer free from liability.

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Страница 1: ...lity sound output Internal rechargeable batteries Easy to use Important Notes 1 Read this manual carefully before installing or operating your Quintet 2 Due to continuos product improvement Unique Per...

Страница 2: ...lecting a Song 10 7 Changing an Instrument Instrument selection charts 11 12 8 Recording your own Songs Turning on in Record Mode Recording Notes Recording Chords Recording Phrases Recording Cycles 17...

Страница 3: ...ections Player switches DC Power input External keyboard input Switch expansion port Line out Headphone input Memory card socket 27 27 28 28 29 29 30 30 13 Maintenance 31 14 Safety and Misuse warnings...

Страница 4: ...nformation for the 10 songs of the pack By plugging the card into a slot at the back of the Quintet and following the instructions further on in this manual the music for the 10 songs can be transferr...

Страница 5: ...Min Max Units Operating ambient temperature range 25 50 C Storage temperature range 25 70 C Operating and storage humidity 0 90 RH The Quintet is not designed for outdoor use Intended Use The Quintet...

Страница 6: ...e control clockwise to the 12 o clock position 2 Confirm that the green Ready light flashes and after a moment comes on steady 3 Press any of the player switches 1 5 and confirm that music can be hear...

Страница 7: ...pplier immediately NOTE The Quintet is shipped with the internal batteries discharged A complete recharge takes about 3 hours It is recommended that you leave the power supply plugged in until the Cha...

Страница 8: ...ght stops flashing the song is ready to play Follow the instructions in resource pack A for the selected song or simply start pressing the switches 1 to 5 to hear what happens Player 1 5 Each player h...

Страница 9: ...ry again 6 Release Instrument 7 The music from the memory card will be transferred into the Quintet The transfer is complete when the Ready and Record lights stop flashing Depending on how much music...

Страница 10: ...ongs to play To chose a song 1 Turn the rotary switch to the required song 2 The Ready light will flash while the song is restored from memory 3 When the Ready light has stopped flashing the song is r...

Страница 11: ...board selects one of the 32 possible instruments in that group To hear what an instrument sounds like refer to the charts on the following pages and press the corresponding note on the keyboard 6 When...

Страница 12: ...2005 www quintet ie Page 12 NOTE A common mistake when using a 3 octave keyboard is to forget to reset the keyboard to the centre three octaves Notes outside the range of the instrument selection char...

Страница 13: ...Harpsichord Clavi MIDDLE C Celesta Glockenspiel Music Box Vibraphone Marimba Xylophone Tubular Bells Santur Drawbar Organ Percussive Organ Rock Organ Church Organ Reed Organ French Accordion Harmonic...

Страница 14: ...1 Slap Bass 2 Synth Bass 1 Synth Bass 2 MIDDLE C Violin Viola Cello ContraBass Tremolo Strings Pizzicato Strings Orchestral Harp Timpani String Ensemble 1 String Ensemble 2 Synth Strings 1 Synth Stri...

Страница 15: ...nglish Horn Bassoon Clarinet MIDDLE C Piccolo Flute Recorder Pan Flute Blown Bottle Shakuhachi Whistle Ocarina Lead 1 Square Lead 2 Sawtooth Lead 3 Calliope Lead 4 Chiff Lead 5 Charang Lead 6 Voice Le...

Страница 16: ...FX 4 Atmosphere FX 5 Brightness FX 6 Goblins FX 7 Echoes FX 8 Sci Fi MIDDLE C Sitar Banjo Shamisen Koto Kalimba Bag Pipe Fiddle Shanai Tinkle Bell Agogo Steel Drums Woodblock Taiko Drum Melodic Drum...

Страница 17: ...ecord turn on the Quintet The red Record light should illuminate 4 Release Record 5 The red Record light extinguishes and the green Ready light flashes 6 When the green Ready light stops flashing the...

Страница 18: ...18 Cycles In this case pressing the switch either starts or stops a cycle of music This could be the drum track of a song for example or a repeating sequence of chords How to record music in these fo...

Страница 19: ...notes for player 2 press the player 2 switch The red Record light goes steady 5 Play the notes on the keyboard 6 When you have finished press Record a second time The red light extinguishes 7 The Rea...

Страница 20: ...red Record light goes steady 5 Play the first chord on the keyboard 6 Press the players switch again The red Record light will extinguish whilst the switch is pressed If you only want 1 chord on this...

Страница 21: ...Play the second phrase of the song 6 When you have finished playing the second part press the players switch a third time This marks the end of the second phrase and the beginning of a third 7 Continu...

Страница 22: ...ve finished press the players switch once to mark the end of the phrase and a second time to indicate that the phrase should be played in a cycle 6 Now press the Record button The red Record light ext...

Страница 23: ...memory card properly or it may not be recordable Switch off and try again 6 Release Tempo 7 The music in the Quintet will be transferred onto the memory card The transfer is complete when the Ready an...

Страница 24: ...nguishes and the Ready light will flash When you now start the click track by pressing Tempo the new tempo and time signature will be heard In addition the music on switches 1 5 for the current song w...

Страница 25: ...ve made your choice you can transfer the music into the Quintet as described on page 9 To audition an external memory card 1 Make sure the Quintet is off 2 Press and HOLD Instrument AND Tempo 3 Turn o...

Страница 26: ...d the low battery warning light will come on steady and the speaker s audio output will eventually disappear At this stage you must plug the Quintet into the mains for a recharge Battery Charging To c...

Страница 27: ...asing their switch each player can step through the notes of a song tap out a tempo play the chords of a song or trigger sections of songs Connect the players switches into the front of the Quintet Th...

Страница 28: ...the external power supply For more information on batteries see page 26 External Keyboard Input If you want to record your own songs into the Quintet you will need to connect an external keyboard The...

Страница 29: ...9 You can connect a TASH pad directly to this port or you can use it to extend the length of switch cables so that they are not all connected to the front of the Quintet Line Out This is Stereo audio...

Страница 30: ...tion is a standard stereo inch jack NOTE The impedance of the headphones you use should be 32 Ohms or greater Memory Card Socket You can insert external memory cards into this socket These cards are p...

Страница 31: ...ff and that no possibility exists for the unit to be inadvertently turned on 5 The Quintet should be kept free of dust dirt and liquids If necessary wipe with a cloth dampened with warm water or alcoh...

Страница 32: ...unattended or overnight No connector pins should be touched as contamination or damage due to electrostatic discharge may result Whilst designed to resist water penetration under extreme conditions mo...

Страница 33: ...the company will repair the equipment or at its discretion replace the equipment without charge for materials and labor The warranty is subject to the conditions that the equipment Has been used sole...

Страница 34: ...Service advice or in case of any difficulty please contact Unique Perspectives Ltd Ballyclovan Callan Kilkenny Ireland Telephone Fax 353 56 7725913 353 56 7725936 Info quintet ie www quintet ie NOTE...

Страница 35: ...g might have a tempo of 200beats per minute Time Signature The time signature of a song the number of beats in a bar For example a waltz typically has a time signature of 3 beats per bar Counting out...

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