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Pocket Miku’s functions are not limited to those operated by the buttons on the device. It is also possible to issue 
MIDI commands from an external source to use the functions of the Yamaha NSX-1 sound chip that Pocket Miku 
comes equipped with. Furthermore, it is possible to customize the functions of the buttons on the device itself.

  Providing accompaniment for Pocket Miku using the GM sound generation 

functions of the NSX-1

Yamaha’s sound chip NSX-1, which Pocket Miku is equipped with, allows users to utilize not just MIDI channel 1, but 
also MIDI channels 2-16 (Pocket Miku uses MIDI channel 1) to produce GM sounds (128 tones and 1 drum kit). For 
example, you can run musical accompaniment data on channels 2-16 with a MIDI sequencer while playing a melody 
on your Pocket Miku, much like singing Karaoke.

 Applying Pocket Miku’s built in effects

Pocket Miku’s built in Yamaha sound chip NSX-1 is equipped with reverb (29 types), chorus (24 types), insertion (181 
types) and master EQ (5-band) effects. There are many ways to utilize these effects. For example, by using the pitch 
changer, a component of the insertion effect, you can add harmonies to your sound.
*  It is also possible to apply these effects to the GM sound generation.
*   In order to correct the sound quality produced by Pocket Miku’s internal speakers, reverb and master EQ effects are 

applied by default.

 Customizing the buttons using “System Exclusive”

By using the specialized “System Exclusive” made for Pocket Miku, you can customize your device in a number of 
ways, including the functions assigned to the buttons, the content of the preset lyrics, the start-up sound, and the 
guiding voice and tone that is heard while operating the device. For example, you can assign internal effects to be 
operated by pressing a previously unassigned combination of buttons simultaneously. You can also adjust the start-
up voice for a more natural sound.

For a more detailed user guide, please refer to http://otonanokagaku.net/nsx39/

Advanced users: GM sound generation, effects, 

and customizing the buttons on your device

Types of MIDI data that Pocket Miku can send and receive

Only the 5 following types of MIDI data can be transmitted by the Pocket Miku (MIDI Channel 1/ eVocaloid 
component) device itself. Additionally, there are some typical types of MIDI data that will not produce effects 
when received by the device (* the GM sound generator component is an exception). For details, please refer 
to the MIDI implementation chart on our website.

Types of MIDI data that can be transmitted by the main unit operation

: Key On (Note On/Note Off), Pitch 

Bend Change, RPN 00 00 Pitch Bend Sensitivity, NSX-39 Specialized System Exclusive Data, etc. (Pressing the 
Vibrato button on the main unit will not result in the transmission of CC 01 Modulation Data, but the device is 
still able to receive CC 01 MIDI data.)

Types of MIDI data that will not allow effects when received

: 00 Bank Select MSB, 05 Portamento Time, 0A 

Panpot, 20 Bank Select LSB, 41 Portamento, 42 Sostenuto, 43 Soft Pedal, 54 Portamento Control, 7C Omni Off, 
7D Omni On, 7E Mono, 7F Poly, Program Change, Channel After Touch, Polyphonic After Touch, RPN 00 02 
Coarse Tune, RPN 00 05 Modulation Sensitivity, etc.

These guidelines set out terms of use and cautions regarding your use of the 
software, related printed materials, and digital files (hereafter, “the Software”) 
provided by the Yamaha Corporation and Crypton Future Media, INC. (hereafter, 
“the Companies”) included in the product you have purchased (hereafter, “the 
Product”).
Please read through these guidelines before using the Product.

1. Copyright and Licensing

The Companies grant you a non-transferable license to use the programs and 
data files that constitute the Software, as well as any corresponding upgrade 
programs and data files that may be offered to you under certain conditions 
(collectively, “Licensed Programs”). You shall hold the rights to the data that 
can be produced through use of the Licensed Programs, but the Companies 
and Yamaha’s licensors shall hold all rights related to the Licensed Programs, 
including that of copyright.

2. Usage Restrictions

You are not permitted to perform the following actions through use of the 
Software.
i. Publication or distribution of content featuring lyrics or other content that is 
offensive to public order and morals
ii. Publication or distribution of content that defames, otherwise harms the 
reputation of, or in other ways violates the rights of a third party
iii. Publication of content including any of the following without permission of 
the Companies

1. Displays in products and services
If “VOCALOID(TM) (this includes descriptions of the same in the Japanese 
language)”, Hatsune Miku or any items related to these (hereafter, 
“Protected Displays”) are displayed in the following product or service-
related contexts:

a. Products and services with any kind of credit displayed, e.g. singer, 
artist, or instrument names, which also show the Protected Displays
b. Products and services that use the Protected Displays in the 
context of any kind of promotion or advertising such as packaging or 
promotional materials
c. Products and services that use the Protected Displays in any form 
recognizable by the consumer in contexts such as the opening or end 
credits of video works

2. Use in commercial karaoke
Use in commercial karaoke software, karaoke hardware, karaoke systems 
that use the Internet, and any other commercial karaoke product, in 
addition to karaoke services (whether online, offline, or in any other form)
3. Commercial use in contexts such as ringtones for telephones or mobile 
telephones
Commercial use in sounds such as call alerts or warning sounds for 
telephones (including mobile telephones) or telephony devices 
(hereafter, collectively “telephony devices”), not including the use of 
musical ringtones that are sold exclusively as music to be used for 
entertainment purposes
4. Embedding in devices or other such use as sound effects
In addition to the above, use as sound effects for commercial purposes in 
home electronics, robots, arcade machines such as pachinko machines, 
in-car devices such as car navigation devices, electronic instruments, 
computer software including music creation software, computer terminal 
applications such as smartphone or tablet apps, or in video game 
software
5. Use in commercial video works
Use in commercial video works (not limited to animations, commercial 
films, or video games) where people or characters appear to be singing 
or performing
6. Use in commercial CDs and other such products produced by a 
company
Use in CDs, records, cassette tapes, MiniDiscs, hard disks, flash memory, 
IC memory cards, or any other storage media that has been produced 
by companies for commercial purposes (hereafter, “commercial CDs and 
other such products”), regardless of whether the recorded materials have 
been produced by those companies or provided by a third party

3. Termination

The terms of use are in force from the day you obtained the Licensed Programs.   
The license granted by the terms of use shall automatically terminate without 
notification by the Companies should you violate copyright or any articles of 
the terms of use. In this event, you must immediately cease use of the Licensed 
Programs.

4. Disclaimer

You shall recognize and explicitly agree that you bear all liability for any risks 
related to use of the Licensed Programs. The Licensed Programs and bundled 
documentation are provided “as-is” without warranty. The Companies, whether 
expressly, implied, or by law, make no warranties or representations relating to 

the Software, including guarantees of quality, performance, non-infringement 
of rights, merchantability, or fitness for any particular purpose. In particular, the 
Companies make no warranties or representations that the Licensed Programs 
are satisfactory to the user’s expectations; against interruptions or delays in the 
Licensed Programs; for the safety, accuracy, or completeness of the Licensed 
Programs; that the Licensed Programs are free of errors; or for corrections to any 
faults or other shortcomings in the Licensed Programs.

5. Limitation of Liability

The Companies’ liability shall be limited to licensed items as specified in the 
terms of use. The Companies shall not be liable for any damage caused by use 
of or inability to use the Licensed Programs whether direct, consequential, 
incidental, or indirect (including damage arising from data loss, loss of business 
profits, business interruptions, or damage to business information), regardless 
of whether damages incurred are ordinary or extraordinary in manner, and 
regardless of whether the Companies have been informed in advance of the 
possibility of such damage occurring or of damages being claimed by a third 
party.

6. Use of Characters

When using the Software to create and publish representations that include 
characters for which Crypton Future Media INC. holds the copyright and other 
rights, please adhere to the Character Usage Guidelines (http://piapro.jp/license/
character_guideline) set out by Crypton Future Media INC.

7. Third-Party Software

In addition to the Licensed Programs, the Companies may provide third-party 
programs, data files, and related documentation (hereafter, “Third-Party 
Software”). Should Yamaha indicate that these are Third-Party Software, you 
shall be bound by the contractual terms attached to the Third-Party Software, 
and understand and agree that the provider of the Third-Party Software bears 
all guarantees and other responsibilities with regards to that software. The 
Companies do not bear any liability for Third-Party Software. The Companies 
make no guarantees at all regarding the merchantability or suitability for any 
particular purpose of the Third-Party Software, whether explicit or implied. You 
must bear the liability for any risk arising as a result of the use or functionality 
of Third-Party Software. The Companies will provide no customer support for 
the Third-Party Software regarding instructions for use, faults, or other such 
matters. The Companies shall not be liable for any damage caused by use of 
or inability to use the Third-Party Software whether direct, consequential, 
incidental, or indirect (including damage arising from data loss, loss of business 
profits, business interruptions, or damage to business information), regardless 
of whether damages incurred are ordinary or extraordinary in manner, and 
regardless of whether the Companies have been informed in advance regarding 
the occurrence of such damages.

8. General Terms

The laws of Japan (excluding principles related to conflict of laws) shall apply 
to these terms of use, and it shall be understood that these terms are based 
on Japanese law. In the event that any disagreements arise between you and 
the Companies, both parties shall begin consultation in good faith; should 
this fail, the Tokyo District Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of the first 
instance.  Should part or all of any provision of this agreement be found to 
be illegal, invalid, or not possible to execute by a court or administrative with 
jurisdiction, or in the event that the affected provision (or part of the provision) 
be determined not to conform with the fundamental characteristics of the 
overall agreement, the legality, validity, or force of the remaining provisions 
(including the remainder of the article including the affected provision) shall not 
be affected.  You shall represent and warrant that you are not resident in a state 
subject to a United States embargo or listed on the United States Department of 
Commerce list of Specially Designated Nations, and that you are not listed on a 
United States Department of Commerce Table of Denial Orders. All legal notices 
sent by you must be sent via mail in writing to the following address.
Semiconductor Division, Yamaha Corporation, 203 Matsunokijima, Iwata, 
Shizuoka, 438- 0125, Japan

9. Acknowledgment

The conditions of this agreement constitute an entire agreement between 
you and the Companies, and shall supersede all related prior agreements and 
understandings. Any corrections or changes to the usage agreement are not 
binding unless such corrections and changes are made in writing and signed by 
the Companies.

10. Changes to the Guideline

The Companies may change the contents of this guideline. Once changes have 
been made, the Companies shall inform the users of the changes and the items 
changed, or announce the changes and the items changed on their websites.

Guidelines for Use of this Product

Summary of Contents for Pocket Miku

Page 1: ...The Singing Keyboard POCKET MIKU USER S MANUAL Otona no Kagaku Magazine Special Edition Illustration by iXima ...

Page 2: ... there is a lot of dust Do not use the device if it has been damaged This device requires 3 AAA alkaline batteries Using the batteries incorrectly may result in the risk of heat generation rupture and leakage Please note the following Do not attempt to take apart a battery Do not attempt to short circuit the batteries Do not use chargeable NiCad batteries NiOx batteries or nickel batteries Short c...

Page 3: ...duced into the market such as Macintosh s MacinTalk function and Windows SAPI Various electronic devices such as vending machines were manufactured with built in speech synthesis LSI and the sound quality and functions of this technology made leaps and bounds Today music that utilizes Vocaloid the synthesized singing technology developed by Yamaha is sweeping the music charts Television programs a...

Page 4: ...ncompassing World War II Production costs were reduced as semiconductor technology advanced in the late 1960s and instruments and effect processors that gave the human singing voice a robot like effect grew popular Vocoder technology as a means of voice compression was later used to improve voice clarity in cellphones This technology is still being developed today Similarly a type of effects proce...

Page 5: ...amaha NSX 1 In addition to functioning as a sound chip NSX 1 is equipped with an eVocaloid sound generator This sound generator puts to use Vocaloid technology which was previously only used as sound generating software for personal computers and similar devices Pocket Miku brought one further modification to NSX 1 Whereas previous Vocaloid systems required programming on software called score edi...

Page 6: ...peakers and personal computers with line input When headphones are plugged into the audio out jack the speakers will not produce sound Audio out jack 3 5mm Stereo Mini USB port Micro B Type Power switch Speaker Control buttons Volume buttons Carbon keyboard Stylus LED While using the device pass your cord through the notch on the right hand side To put the stylus away restore it to the indented pa...

Page 7: ...sponse to the use of the button or the stylus may lag slightly Step by step basics Using batteries to power your device Open the back cover and place 3 AAA alkaline batteries in the correct and positions Put the power switch in the BATTERY position The LED will light up along with a voice announcing that your device is on Using a USB cable to power your device A USB cable is not included with this...

Page 8: ...er portions of the carbon keyboard and the positions for each note are roughly the same on either portion This allows for a smooth transition between the two portions during performance Returning to Do re mi mode To return to Do re mi mode after using another performance mode press the VIBRATO button the quadrant shaped button while holding the SHIFT button the thin button in the shape of an arc A...

Page 9: ...ssed again If you hold down both the SHIFT key and one of the A to O buttons simultaneously the preset lyrics of the selected key will be read to you The same preset lyrics from the command SHIFT A to O are also stored in VIBRATO A to O By linking your device with the application you will be able to freely replace the aforementioned preset lyrics See page 10 Applying vibrato By pressing the VIBRAT...

Page 10: ... application these button combinations will be used as empty banks to store the new lyrics Each bank allows you to input up to 64 character sounds What is MIDI Pocket Miku is able to send and receive data in MIDI format MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface is used to transmit performance data digitally between electronic instruments and computers Software standards are based on the requiremen...

Page 11: ...Miku s sound may become disordered In addition setting the MIDI input of any component other than Pocket Miku MIDI channel 1 to NSX 39 will cause pitch bend information to be applied to this component resulting in their pitches sounding abnormal Embedding Pocket Miku lyrics into MIDI data Using the Pocket Miku dedicated System Exclusive it is possible to use MIDI sequencers to embed Pocket Miku ly...

Page 12: ...intentionally overwritten by data from an external device Execute panic command to fix this condition Panic command reboots the sound generating chip on the interior of your device restores the MIDI settings to the conditions at startup and reenters Pocket Miku s interior character table data Panic command can be activated by holding down the volume up and volume down buttons simultaneously and th...

Page 13: ... once After touching every key the LED will stop flickering indicating that you have finished tuning Concerning NSX 1 application compatibility mode Although Pocket Miku is equipped with the sound chip NSX 1 by default it will not receive CC or SysEx for NSX 1 s character data If NSX 1 receives MIDI data or applications that use CC or SysEx character data it will not produce action or sound intend...

Page 14: ...our device in a number of ways including the functions assigned to the buttons the content of the preset lyrics the start up sound and the guiding voice and tone that is heard while operating the device For example you can assign internal effects to be operated by pressing a previously unassigned combination of buttons simultaneously You can also adjust the start up voice for a more natural sound ...

Page 15: ...anties or representations that the Licensed Programs are satisfactory to the user s expectations against interruptions or delays in the Licensed Programs for the safety accuracy or completeness of the Licensed Programs that the Licensed Programs are free of errors or for corrections to any faults or other shortcomings in the Licensed Programs 5 Limitation of Liability The Companies liability shall...

Page 16: ... 114 72 re 19 13 gyu 51 33 tyu 83 53 pu 115 73 ro 20 14 gyo 52 34 dyu 84 54 pe 116 74 rya 21 15 sa 53 35 cha 85 55 po 117 75 ryu 22 16 si 54 36 chi 86 56 hya 118 76 ryo 23 17 su 55 37 chu 87 57 hyu 119 77 wa 24 18 se 56 38 che 88 58 hyo 120 78 wi wi 25 19 so 57 39 cho 89 59 bya 121 79 we we 26 1A za dza 58 3A tsa 90 5A byu 122 7A wo wo 27 1B zi dzi 59 3B tsi 91 5B byo 123 7B n N 28 1C zu dzu 60 3C...

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