MOX6/MOX8 Owner’s Manual
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A message from the MOX6/MOX8 Development Te am ..... ... 6
Accessories .............. ..................... ..................... .................. .7
Using the M OX6/MOX8 Manual s .... ..................... ................. 7
MOX6/MOX8 Main Features ......... .................. ..................... .8
Control and Functions 10
Top Pane l ........... ..................... ..................... ................... ....1 0
Rear Pane l.................. ................... ..................... ................. 16
Setting Up 17
Power supply ................................ ................................. ...... 17
Connecting speake rs or headphones .......... .................. ...... 17
Powering up the system ................ ..................... ................. 17
Adjusting the volume and the brightness o f the display ...... 18
Starting u p ............. ..................... ..................... .................. ..1 8
Selecting pr ograms.......... ................... ..................... ............ 18
Playing the Dem o Songs ......................... ..................... ....... 18
Resetting User M emory to the initial factory settin gs ...... .... 19
Basic Operation 20
Moving the curso r ....... ................... ..................... ................. 20
Changing ( editing) paramete r values . .......... ..................... ..20
Functions and Sub-Functi ons ............. ..................... ............ 20
Inputting a number directly ...... ..................... ..................... ..20
Naming (inp utting characters) .............. ..................... .......... 21
Selecting a not e type ..... ..................... ..................... ............ 21
Note (Key) and Velocity settings ................ ....................... .. 21
Quick Guide 22
Modes ............ ..................... .................. ..................... .......... 22
Basic Instru ctions ..... ..................... ..................... ................. 23
Playing the ke yboard in the Voice mode ............. ................24
Selecting a Pres et Voice ............... ............................ ................ 24
Using the Category Sea rch function ............... .......................... 25
Grouping your most-used Voices togeth er—
Favorite Category ...................... ......................... ....................... 25
Using the Arpeggio func tion ....................... ............................ .. 26
Turning the Ar peggio On/Off ................ ............................ .. 26
Changing the Arpeggio type .................... .......................... 26
Keyboard Octave /Transpose setting .......... ............................ .. 2 6
Changing the to nal qualities of the Vo ice ........................ ......... 27
Editing a Voice ....................... ............................ ....................... 27
Enhancing the s ound with Effects ............... ............................ .. 28
Changing the Arpeggio Type assignment ...... .......................... 29
Creating a new Perfo rmance by using your favori te Voice
(Performan ce Creator)..... ..................... ..................... .......... 30
Layer—Playing diffe rent Voices together .... ......................... ..... 3 0
Split—Playing two diffe rent Voices with your left and
right hands ...................... ............................ ............................ .. 3 0
Drum Assign—Lay ering a drum Part with the cu rrent Voice.... . 31
Changing the dru m pattern (Arpeggio Type)......... ................... 32
Playing the keyb oard in the Performanc e Mode .... ............. 32
Selecting a Perfor mance ................. ............................ .............. 32
Changing the ti mbre of the Voice .................... ......................... 34
Recording i n the Performan ce mode ..................... ............. 34
Song and Pattern .............. ............................ ........................ .... 34
Recording the melody and Arpeggio playback to the Song .... 34
Recording Arpe ggio playback to a Pa ttern ..... ......................... 3 5
Connecting a microphone or audi o equipment ..... .............. 36
Playing the keyboar d along with the sound input from
the A/D INPUT [L]/[R] jacks ..... ............................ ..................... 3 6
Playing the keyboar d along with Vocoder ............................ .... 37
Creating an original Song ...... ................... ..................... ..... 38
Song playback ........... ............................ ............................ ....... 38
Creating a Drum part via Step Recording.......................... ....... 39
Creating a bass part via Realt ime Recording . ...................... .... 40
Creating a synthe sizer part by using Arpeggio ........................ 41
Correcting wrong notes............ ........................ ......................... 4 2
Completing the Son g by editing the Mixing ................ .............. 43
Storing the created So ng .......................... ............................ .... 43
Creating an original Patte rn . ..................... .................. ........ 44
Listening to th e Demo Patterns ............................... .................. 4 4
Creating a Pattern (Section A) by u sing Arpeggio.................... 4 5
Creating anot her Pattern (Section B) by
using already r ecorded data............................ ......................... 4 6
Creating a Pattern Chain for converti ng to a Song ................... 4 7
Connecting external MIDI inst ruments...... ..................... ..... 49
Using a Connected Computer ................ ................... ......... 50
Connecting to a computer ....... ........................ ......................... 5 0
Creating a Song with a compu ter ............. ......................... ....... 52
Remote-control ling the software from the MOX6/MOX8
(Remote mode) ............. ............................ ......................... ....... 53
Using the MOX6/MOX8 Edi tor ..... ............................ .................. 54
Using as a M aster Keyboard ................. ..................... ........ 55
Registering the Edited Voic e/Performance/Song/Pattern ......... 55
Making settings for use as a master keyboard .... ..................... 5 5
Making Glob al System Settin gs (Utility Mode )......... ........... 56
Setting the de fault mode when turning the power on ............... 5 6
Reversing the L CD status ...................... ........................ ........... 56
Click (metronome) settings ....................... ............................ .... 56
Effect settings a pplied to the signal input fr om
the A/D INPUT jack .............. ............................ ......................... 56
Master Effect/Mas ter EQ settings in the Voice mode ......... ....... 56
Saving/Load ing Data (File Mode) ..... ..................... ............. 57
Saving the se ttings to a USB flash memory device .................. 57
Loading the set tings from a USB flash memo ry device ............ 57
Precautions when u sing the USB [TO DEVICE] terminal ... ....... 58
Appendix 59
Shift Funct ion List ..... ..................... ..................... ................ 59
Display Message s................ ..................... ..................... ..... 60
Troubleshootin g ..... .................. .................... ................. ...... 62
About the a ccessory disk ..... ..................... ..................... ..... 67
Specificat ions.......... ..................... ..................... .................. 68
Index ............... ..................... ..................... .................. ........ 69
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