User manual YAMAHA B20CR

[. . . ] What’s more, if you connect a musical instrument that supports Core MIDI, Visual Performer can also create video that responds in real time as you play that instrument. (*: This manual contains screenshots from the iPad version. ) Main screen Mix screen Chain screen Settings screen Visual Performer Owner’s Manual 1 Instrument connection methods Connection via i-MX1 „„ iPad i-MX1 MIDI OUT MIDI IN MIDI IN MIDI OUT MIDI musical instrument Connection via „„ Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit NOTE The iPhone and iPod touch do not support connection via the Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit. iPad Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit USB TO HOST USB cable MIDI musical instrument Connection via „„ wireless LAN NOTE Please refer to the manual that came with your musical instrument in order to configure it for connection via wireless LAN. iPad Wireless LAN MIDI musical instrument Visual Performer Owner’s Manual 2 Main Screen Current visual effect Record visual effects Drag the REC slider to the right to record visual effects. Hide the task bar Tap this icon to hide the task bar and display only the visual effects. Tap again to restore the task bar. Play with sound and video By tapping and swiping the screen, you can effortlessly create sound and visual effects. In addition, you can choose your preferred playing method on the Settings screen. Set your preferences Select visual effects Tap this icon to display a list of available visual effects. [. . . ] Tap this icon to open the Settings screen. Combine two visual effects to create your own Tap this icon to open the Mix screen. Switch visual effects while playing a song or performing Tap this icon to open the Chain screen. 3 Visual Performer Owner’s Manual Visual Effect List Selecting a visual effect Flick the list left and right and tap the visual effect you wish to play. SINGLE: Tap to display the list of standard visual effects. MIXED: Tap to display the list of visual effects that you have mixed and saved. Visual effect Deleting mixed visual effects Touch and hold any visual effect in the Mixed list until X icons appear. If you then tap the X icon on the visual effect you wish to delete, a confirmation message will be displayed. Tap [DELETE] to permanently delete the selected visual effect or [CANCEL] to leave the list unchanged. Visual Performer Owner’s Manual Visual effect list Rearranging visual effects in the Mixed list Touch and hold any visual effect in the Mixed list until X icons appear. Touch and hold the visual effect you wish to rearrange until its icon gets bigger. You can now slide the visual effect to a new position in the list. 4 Purchasing additional visual effects Visual effects available for purchase are displayed with a locked icon in the visual effect list on the Main and Mix screens. If you would like to try out one of these effects, tap its icon to open the Preview screen. A purchase pane will be displayed after a certain amount of time has passed on the Preview screen or if you press the icon again while on this screen. Preview screen Visual effect list Purchase pane Name of visual effect Tap to open the Preview screen. Special price for all visual effects together. Tap to purchase all effects. Tap to close the pane. Rearranging the chain list You can touch here and drag chains to different locations in the list. Renaming a chain Tap here to display the keyboard and change the name of the chain. Visual Performer Owner’s Manual 9 Recording Screen display when recording To start recording Drag the REC slider to the right to record visual effects. During recording Visual Performer displays the recording time in the task bar at the top of the screen. Meanwhile, the REC slider changes to when recording is in progress. During recording, you can freely select a new visual effect, edit a mix, or open the Chain screen. NOTE Recording will be stopped automatically if you press the Home button or receive a notification. To end recording When you drag the REC slider to the right once again, recording will end and a message pane will be displayed. Tap [SAVE] to save your recording or [CANCEL] to discard it. NOTE Recorded data can be played back from your device’s Photos app. Visual Performer Owner’s Manual 10 Settings Screen The model name or port name of the connected instrument is shown here. Use the Channel screen to set the 16 MIDI channels to Melody or Backing. When Touch Response is turned on and Real has been selected for the Type parameter, the keyboard displayed on-screen will be touch sensitive. In other words, the sound and visual effects will also respond to the strength of your playing. These three parameters apply when XY-Pad has been selected for the Type parameter. Use them to set the musical key (such as C, C#, or D), the type of scale, and the number of keys covered by the screen. Real: With this setting, a piano-type keyboard is shown on the Main, Mix, and Chain screens. [. . . ] Use them to set the musical key (such as C, C#, or D), the type of scale, and the number of keys covered by the screen. Real: With this setting, a piano-type keyboard is shown on the Main, Mix, and Chain screens. You can tap this keyboard to play sounds in the same way as on a traditional instrument. XY-Pad: Louder Quieter Lower pitch Higher pitch With this setting, you can tap the right side of the screen to produce a higher pitched sound or the left side to produce a lower pitched one. In addition, the top of the screen will produce louder sounds; the bottom, quieter ones. [. . . ]