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Conne cti ng The AN 1 x To
A M I DI Da ta Stora g e
De v i ce
Yo u can co nnect the AN 1 x to a MIDI data sto rag e
device, such as the Yamaha MDF2 MIDI Data Filer, in
o rder to “ bulk dump” , o r save AN 1 x vo ice, Step
Sequencer and o ther data to flo ppy disks. This lets yo u
build up co mplete libraries o f yo ur favo rite so unds,
sequences and setting s, which yo u can easily lo ad
back into the AN 1 x whenever yo u wish.
For information about how to perform Bulk Dump operations, see page 9 4 .
Sw itching O n The Pow e r
O nce all co nnectio ns have been pro perly made, yo u’ re
ready to switch o n the po wer and start making music with
yo ur AN 1 x.
1 . Set the AN 1 x ’s [V O LUM E] k nob to m inim um
position.
2 . Press the [PO W ER] sw itch, loca ted on the rea r
pa nel.
After a brief g reeting messag e which appears in the LCD,
the AN 1 x will po wer up and be ready to g o .
3 . Gra dua lly turn the [V O LUM E] k nob to the
right w hile pla y ing the k ey boa rd until y ou
a chieve a com forta ble listening level.
VOLUME
MDR
SEO
JOB
UTIL
MIDI
MIDI DATA FILTER
CURSOR
- FILE DATA +
REC
PAUSE
START/STOP
TEMPO
MDF2, etc.
AN1x
MIDI IN
MIDI OUT
MIDI IN
MIDI OUT
Pla yi ng The De m o
Song s
The AN 1 x com es preprogra m m ed w ith
dem onstra tion songs w hich provide dy na m ic
ex a m ples of just how pow erful the AN 1 x rea lly
is. To select a nd pla y a Dem o, perform the
follow ing opera tion:
1 . Press the [PO RTAM EN TO ] a nd [LAYER]
sw itches sim ulta neously. The w ord “ DEM O ”
w ill a ppea r in the LCD.
2 . Press a PRO GRAM CHAN GE sw itch (0 - 9 ) to
select one of the 1 0 Dem o songs. After a
brief m om ent the Dem o song w ill begin, a nd
continue pla y ing until the end.
3 . W hen the Dem o is finished, sim ply press
[-/ N O ] to return to norm a l opera ting sta tus.
The Demo song will continue playing repeatedly until you stop it. You can stop the
Demo song in the middle of play by pressing [ -/ NO] .
PROGRAM CHANGE
VWX
MNO
7
YZ
8
PQR
5
GHI
2
–
4
DEF
1
ABC
0
OTHERS
STU
9
6
JKL
3
YES/ ENTER
NO
DEMO
PORTAMENTO
LAYER