Owner`s manual

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8.7 Creating a slideshow
Other than audio and MIDI files the Multistation is able to play picture files as well. This implies that those files have
to be in JPEG format which is a worldwide accepted format, drastically reducing the required memory for a digital pic-
ture by patented data compression. Among others all digital cameras support this format as well. Therefore you can
reproduce those pictures with the Multistation without any problems. Simply transfer the pictures to the harddisk of
the Multistation, either with a smart media card or a CD burned by yourself. Then open the file manager from the main
screen with the symbol Drives, and select the harddisk afterwards by clicking on hdd. Look for the folder containing
the picture files, mark a picture (by clicking on the file´s name) and press the [Enter] key. If you ´ve connected a TV or
a video monitor to the video output of the Multistation, the picture will appear there.
Out of a multitude of picture files saved to the harddisk you can create automatically playing slideshows:
1 Press the [Perf] key and select a free patch. Then press the [Enter/Yes] key.
2 Click on the button drives on the bottom line of the display. Pressing and holding the key
with the dot [.] on the numeric pad will take you to the top level of the file manager.
3 Now look for the folder containing the picture files, mark it (by clicking on it once) and
press the [Enter/Yes] key to open this folder.
4 Select all picture files you want to use in the slideshow by putting a mark in the Sel:
column. If you want to use all the picture files in a folder press the [Func] key and then
select the entry file(s) and afterwards Select All which will select all files of the folder.
5 Click on the [Assign] button in the low area of the screen.
6 The message: „ There is no trigger track defined yet. Do you want to create trigger track?“
will appear. Confirm this message with [Yes]. Now the Multistation creates a separate
trigger track where the cues for every single picture will be saved to.
7 Now a window appears in which you can adjust the period of time to pass after starting
the song until the first picture is to appear. To enter the value desired you may use the data
wheel of the remote control or the numeric pad. Confirm your selection by pressing the
[Enter/Yes] key.
8 In the following window you can adjust the amount of time passing between to subse-
quent pictures. Again use the data wheel or the numeric pad to enter the desired value and
confirm it by pressing [Enter/Yes].
9 Now the message “Current media file is not MIDI. Do you want to create new MIDI file
to use trigger points?“ Please answer this question with [Yes] because the Multistation
needs a MIDI file to save the trigger track in. Use the screen keypad appearing afterwards
to name the file and confirm your entry with [OK].
10 Answer the now appearing question „Do you want to save current MIDI file?“ with [OK]
as well, because you probably don´t want to recreate the MIDI file with the trigger track
again and again. The MIDI file will be saved now to the currently selected medium.