User's Manual
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The letters representing the notes are entered with keys from
to
. Simply pressing one of these keys produces the uppercase letter (note
of the lower octave). To obtain the corresponding note of the higher octave,
press the same key TWICE in succession
To obtain the semitones (notes with a sharp, e.g., C#) the # character should be
added straight after the letter representing the note by pressing key .
Immediately afterwards it is necessary to enter a character to define its length.
Notes can have 4 different lengths; pressing key from one to four times in
succession and obtaining the symbols
YFRI.
Note: the character for the length is fundamental
.
Between notes (therefore between the character for the length of one note and
the letter of the next one) it is possib
from one to four times and obtaining the characters
`H -
.
le to add a pause by pressing key
Movements within the composition are made with and . Any errors or
an excessively long string are signalled by a warning tone and the cursor will
automatically go onto the first wrong note. J plays back the composition
that has just been written.
EXAMPLES:
C#
of the 1st octave
Press
-
-
(from one to four times depending on the length)
f
of the 2nd octave plus pause
:
Press
twice to enter “f”, then
(from one to four times depending on
the length) followed by
(from one to four times to select the pause before
the following note.
The composition therefore has the following syntax:
NOTE – [SHARP] - NOTE LENGTH – [PAUSE]
The parameters in brackets are optional
After writing the tune, confirm with
If you are composing one of the personalized melodies that can be transmitted
via EMS ( “Empty” item in the list of tunes), you are asked for a name to give
the composition. This name will then replace “Empty” in the list.