Midi - musical instrument digital interface, Z600 – Tannoy Z600 User Manual

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Z600

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September 2003

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Game controls

Use the navigation key to move up, down, left or
right and to select an item, or use the keys as fol-
lows:

Other useful key functions:

Press

START

to start a new game.

Press

EXIT

to finish a game.

Press

MORE

to delete, view game info, or view

memory status.

Note: The above text and control panel does not
apply to Java games.

MIDI - Musical Instrument Digital Interface

The Z600 contains an advanced MIDI composer
that allows the user to compose melodies and ring
signals in polyphonic sound. A MIDI signal or file
does not contain any music. It contains binary data
(information) of how a melody is played and when
this data reaches a synthesizer, the synthesizer will
translate the binary data to music, when connected
to an amplifier with speakers so that the sound
becomes audible.

The development from the iMelody format to the
MIDI format means a revolution to the sound qual-
ity. The MIDI files are small, and perfect for mobile
devices, which have limited storage capacity.

MIDI is a specification for a communications proto-
col principally used to control electronic musical
instruments. MIDI is today a well known standard
used by musicians, composers and arrangers.

Composing

You can compose and edit melodies to use as ring
signals. A melody consists of four tracks - Drums,
Basses, Chords and Accents. A track contains a
number of music blocks. The blocks consist of pre-
arranged sounds with different characteristics. The
blocks are grouped into Intro, Verse, Chorus, and

Select the
options that
might appear in
the display
immediately
above these
keys.

Press once to
go back one
level in the
menus. Press
and hold to
return to stand-
by. Exit the
game.

Delete num-
bers, letters or
an item from a
list.


left and up


up


right and up


left


select or fire


right


left and down


down


right and down

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