Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product NanoPiano Alesis
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–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––– NanoPiano Reference Manual 3 WELCOME! Back in 1979 my band’s keyboard player and I went on a quest to find the Perfect Stage Piano.
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–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––– NanoPiano Reference Manual 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS WELCOME! TABLE OF CONTENTS 0. WE INTERRUPT THE MANUAL IN PROGRESS.
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–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––– 10 NanoPiano Reference Manual 1: CONNECTIONS Power Audio MIDI Ra ckmounting In this section, I’ll show you how to put it all together.
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–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––– 14 NanoPiano Reference Manual MIDI Ten years ago MIDI was still a strange new thing to most musicians and computer users.
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––– NanoPiano Reference Manual 15 To play your NanoPiano directly from any MIDI source — keyboard, drum pads, woodwind controller, guitar controller, computer, etc.
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––– 16 NanoPiano Reference Manual A daisy-chain is where the OUT/THRU jack on the NanoPiano comes into use.
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––– NanoPiano Reference Manual 17 LIMITED COMPUTER EDITING (The OUT Jack, Pt. 2) The NanoPiano’s 256 programs are stored on the circuitboard as EPROM data, and can’t be changed.
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––– 18 NanoPiano Reference Manual Rackmounting Your NanoPiano will sit happily on any flat surface, and thanks to its four rubber feet it won’t slide around too much.
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–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––– 20 NanoPiano Reference Manual Demo Sequence Built into your NanoPiano is a musical demo — Chopin’s C- Sharp Minor Waltz.
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––– NanoPiano Reference Manual 21 Of course, some programs — especially the ones in the EFFECT category — will sound pretty strange playing a Chopin waltz.
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–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––– 24 NanoPiano Reference Manual What They Mean When They Say “64 Voices” Once upon a time it was simple.
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––– NanoPiano Reference Manual 25 In a well-programmed instrument, dynamic allocation is so transparent a process you’ll never notice it happening.
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––– 26 NanoPiano Reference Manual The Front The front of the NanoPiano has two indicator LEDs and five knobs.
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––– NanoPiano Reference Manual 27 The Back The back of the NanoPiano has five connectors: one for power, two for MIDI, and two for audio.
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–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––– NanoPiano Reference Manual 91 Sound ROM This is a list of the sample families that are built in to the NanoPiano’s 8 megabytes of sound ROM.
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–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––– 94 NanoPiano Reference Manual The Basics The NanoPiano receives on one MIDI channel at a time, which is set by the CHANNEL knob on the front panel.
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–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––– 98 NanoPiano Reference Manual Notes: * The setting of the effect knob responds to Controller #12 by default on Power-Up.
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An important point after buying a device Alesis NanoPiano (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
If you have not bought Alesis NanoPiano yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data Alesis NanoPiano - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, Alesis NanoPiano you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get Alesis NanoPiano will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of Alesis NanoPiano, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime Alesis NanoPiano.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with Alesis NanoPiano. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device Alesis NanoPiano along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center