Casio MZ-X300, User Manual

Page 1: ...1 MZX500 300 160 E 1A EN MZ X500 MZ X300 Firmware Version 1 60 User s Guide ...

Page 2: ... tones Addition of functions for tempo syncing to sample pad setting item Addition of direct access shortcuts to the tone editing screen and accompaniment editing screen by holding down buttons Addition of storage of externally input mixer settings Addition of direct button operations for modification of tone and accompaniment selection screen settings Addition of a setting to specify the initial ...

Page 3: ...of pad playback items Addition of pad recording setting items Addition of pad phrase recording items Addition of the ability to playback pad phrases with dedicated parts Addition of the display of the recorded tone of a recorded pad phrase Change of behavior when pad hold is enabled Addition of synchronized playback of pads to which phrases and or chord progressions are assigned Addition of synchr...

Page 4: ...ng while firmware updating is in progress Perform the steps below to update 1 Copy the update bin firmware file to a USB flash drive Use a USB flash drive that has been formatted to FAT32 Place the update bin firmware file into the root not a folder of the USB flash drive 2 Insert the USB flash drive from step 1 of this procedure into the Digital Keyboard s USB flash drive port 3 On the MENU scree...

Page 5: ... Keyboard restarts normally go to the MENU screen and touch SYSTEM SETTING and then Information Check the Digital Keyboard s current firmware version If it is not planned firmware Version perform steps 5 6 and 7 of the update operation again If updating is stopped by display of an error message it could mean that there is something wrong with your update bin file and or USB flash drive Check for p...

Page 6: ...to be applied while Legato applies the legato effect Selecting Off disables the effects Off On Legato Pitch Bend Mode This setting controls which keyboard keys are affected by the pitch bend effect To have the pitch bend applied to the note of the pressed key only select Key Selecting All applies the effect to all sounding notes All Key Display Name Description Settings Filter Enter This is a grou...

Page 7: ... alternate multiple pads with the pad Setting Item Display Name Description Settings Volume Controls drawbar organ overall volume 0 to 127 Click Level Sets the click volume 0 to 15 Percussion Mode Specifies how percussion is sounded Select Mono for monophonic sound or Poly for polyphonic sound Mono Poly Noise Enter This is a group of editable noise parameters Running Noise Specifies the volume of ...

Page 8: ...ns for the data in the package If the package includes user tone data tone sub categories will also be displayed If the package includes user sampled data and Long is specified as the Length of the sample data samples will be displayed individually 8 Specify a load designation of each user data item 9 Touch Execute This displays a package load confirmation message Sure If there is already data in ...

Page 9: ...o the current pad bank changes automatically Addition of functions to load or save all data or all pad data Both MZ X500 and MZ X300 You can now load or save all data ZAL or all pad bank data ZPA Use the procedure below to load or save data 1 Insert the USB flash drive into the digital keyboard s USB flash drive port If you want to load data copy the user file that you want to load to the MUSICDAT...

Page 10: ... to be transitioned to after the accompaniment intro is complete can be pre specified The procedure below pre specifies the variation number 1 While accompaniment is stopped press the SYNCHRO START button 2 Press a VARIATION button 1 to 4 so the corresponding variation number is flashing 3 Press an INTRO button 1 or 2 so the corresponding intro number is flashing 4 Pressing the START STOP button p...

Page 11: ... storage of externally input mixer settings The externally input mixer settings can be saved by auto resume and in registration memory The parameters below are saved External Part Volume Reverb Send Chorus Send Delay Send Line Select Addition of direct button operations for modification of tone and accompaniment selection screen settings Both MZ X500 and MZ X300 On the tone or accompaniment select...

Page 12: ...ith the current mixer settings and then display Complete Addition of a wav file loader function Both MZ X500 and MZ X300 In addition to the ZWT native sample data file format general purpose WAV files can also be imported when using the Load command on the Media menu to load sample data from USB memory WAV files are listed in the MUSICDAT folder along with the ZWT files Linear PCM 16 bits Monaural...

Page 13: ...ime Bit Rate Sampling Rate A repeat function has been added An operation icon allows selection of OFF repeat one and repeat all Selected repeat all plays all of the songs in a folder in the alphabetical order of their titles Folder data read and write support for USB flash drive operations Both MZ X500 and MZ X300 When performing USB flash drive operations you can now browse folder contents naviga...

Page 14: ...econd note triplets are added for the pattern sequencer recorder New record repeat setting for the pattern sequencer recorder Both MZ X500 and MZ X300 A new Loop On Off function for the pattern sequencer recorder lets you control whether or not recording should be repeated when the end of a loop is reached New Tempo option for registration filter items Both MZ X500 and MZ X300 A new Tempo option i...

Page 15: ...will change to the RENAME TARGET SELECT screen where you can select either Tone or Wave for renaming Selecting Tone will display a tone renaming screen that is the same as that for the previous firmware version Selecting Wave will display a wave renaming screen for the currently selected layer Note that you cannot rename a wave if the wave being used by the layer is a preset Similarly pressing Ren...

Page 16: ...turned on You can change how preload tones are combined by changing the Preload Set setting on the PRELOAD SETTING screen Note that the preload tone selected unselected status is saved and loaded by All Data ZAL operations If Free Space is low there may be some delay before some non preload tones becomes available after they are switched to If this happens deselect some preload tones to increase t...

Page 17: ...or accompaniment tone Addition of the display of the recorded tone of a recorded pad phrase Both MZ X500 and MZ X300 When the data of the pad selected on the PAD screen is a phrase and the phrase has a tone recorded to it the tone number and tone name are displayed under the phrase name Nothing is displayed when the data is not a phrase If the data is a phrase but there is no tone recorded 0000 is...

Page 18: ...ot be synchronized Synchronization timing is in accordance with the beat of the rhythm selected when the pad is played If a previously played pad is looped play of a subsequent pad will be synchronized from the beginning of the next measure of the looped pad Addition of synchronization of all pads All pads can be synchronized with accompaniment 1 another pad s phrase 2 or a chord progression 3 1 2...

Page 19: ...res is greater than the number of source measures the copied pattern is repeated Data that exceeds the number of destination pattern measures is not copied Length 1 to 32 Specifies the number of measures to be copied This setting cannot be specified when All is selected for the Start Measure Destination Start Measure 1 to 32 Specifies the start measure of the copy destination This setting cannot b...

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