POCKET MIKU USER`S MANUAL
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1. press the O button while holding down volume up and volume down simultaneously A beeping sound will be heard confirming that the command has been executed After executing tuning command the carbon keyboard will switch to calibrate mode and the LED will flicker Touch each key from one end of the carbon keyboard to the other using your stylus at least once After touching every key the LED will stop flickering indicating that you have finished tuning Press simultaneously Concerning NSX 1 application compatibility mode Press simultaneously 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 intended by the data s author When you want to use MIDI data or the application for NSX 1 hold the Volume up and Volume down buttons simultaneously then press U in order to turn on NSX 1 application compatibility mode A beeping sound will be heard confirming that compatibility mode has been switched on Pressing the same combination of buttons again will produce another confirmation sound indicating that NSX 1 application compatibility mode has been switched off and the device will no longer receive commands for NSX 1 VIBRATO SH When NSX 1 application compatibility mode is turned on Pocket Miku s ch2. 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 OA 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 For a more detailed user guide please refer to http otonanokagaku net nsx39 Guidelines for Use of this Product 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
3. Playing Pocket Miku using a MIDI sequencer When playing Pocket Miku s eVocaloid component via MIDI sequencer software MIDI channel 1 is used to create performance data NSX 39 will be recognized without having to install a special driver for your MIDI sequencer software Setting both the MIDI input and output of the sequencer to NSX 39 at the same time will cause your MIDI data to loop and Pocket 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 Example MIDI channel settings on Steinburg Cubase s Inspector Panel What is a MIDI sequencer MIDI sequencers are application software or specialized hardware that creates MIDI data that can be played back with external MIDI sound generators or plug in software sound generators This data is created by inputting performance data pitch note timing note length playing method timbre etc using numbers musical scores grids or other such visual displays 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 lyrics into MIDI data For details please refer to the website or the character tables on the back of this guide See page 16 Playback of MIDI data
4. 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 syste
5. sensitivity on Pocket Miku is 16 Data to restore the pitch bend to zero is transmitted 0 2 seconds after releasing the note For a more detailed user guide please refer to http otonanokagaku net nsx39 11 Troubleshooting The power is on but the device won t make a sound or the sound won t stop V When experiencing trouble check the following first Is the power switch in the correct position BATTERY when using regular batteries and USB when using a USB power source If you are using regular batteries have the batteries been installed correctly Are the batteries worn out A total voltage of approximately 3 5V or less will result in instability If you are using a USB power source has the cable been plugged in properly Check to see that none of your cables are broken that the audio out is connected and that your volume is not muted IV Check if the surface of your carbon keyboard is clean Check if your stylus is not broken and that its tip is clean If the surface of your carbon keyboard is dirty wipe off any dirt or grease in a manner that doesn t damage the keyboard There is a possibility that objects other than the metal portion of your stylus such as your fingers touching the carbon keyboard may interfere with the function of your device Press simultaneously If you ve tried all of the above and the device still won t produce a sound or the sound still won t stop execute panic command Once
6. staining Do not use or store the device where there is a lot of dust of surrounding objects Do not use the device if it has been damaged O Insert the batteries in the correct and plus and minus positions Materials used in this set Main unit white ABS Stylus handle white PE Screws Iron Stylus Stainless steel When you no longer have a use for this device dispose of it in a manner that is in keeping with the laws of your local government If you have any questions concerning this product please contact the following Email global gakken co jp when inquiring via email please state your address name telephone number and the name of your product The history of talking computers The singing computer This concept is older than you might think The story takes us back to 1961 The earliest example of this concept in action is when Bell Labs IBM7094 sang the pop standard Daisy Bell This episode was the inspiration for a scene in the 1968 science fiction film 2001 Space Odyssey where the computer HAL9000 sings this song while it is being deactivated The earliest example of a device that brought electronically synthesized voices to regular households is the gadget Speak amp Spell released in 1978 This device was a toy made for S f n f n educational purposes on which the user tried to type the correct spelling of a word spoken by the device As it was originally
7. stylus immediately after turning on your device will activate Do re mi mode in which the device sings the names of the keys you touch do re mi etc By using the upper ribbon portion of your carbon keyboard you will be able to create a smooth portamento effect over the same positions that would create a step by step chromatic effect if played on the lower portion of the keyboard There is no seam separating the upper and lower 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 The ribbon portion Fa So 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 VIBRATO Press simultaneously Adjusting the volume Shifting octaves By pressing the VOLUME buttons the triangular buttons on the right side you will be able to adjust the volume of your device The button on the top raises the volume while the one on the bottom By pressing volume up while holding the SHIFT button you can raise your pitch by 1 octave while pressing volume down will lower your pitch by 1 octave VIBRATO SHIFT VIBRATO S lowers it Press simultaneously Each time you press a button the LED wil
8. such as rock and funk These devices however are simply effects processors that process sound by using the movements of the human mouth They don t quite belong in the same category of vocal synthesizers as Vocaloid does because they do not generate singing voices on their own 4 WAHHA GO GO WAHHA GO GO a machine that laughs like a human was developed in 2009 by Maywa Denki Powered by a flywheel and bellows the device imitates the movements of human vocal cords and the opening and closing of the mouth resulting in changes in the formant voice quality and the amount of air voice volume Yoshimoto Kogyo co ltd Maywa Denki The A formant Multiple peaks can be confirmed Vocal cords Formants and the Vocoder The peak movements of a formant have a significant relationship with the vocal chords and movements of the mouth when a person uses their voice When similar sounds are produced their formants peak near the same frequencies The Vocoder is a development of audio compression technology that reproduces formants by generating them from the receiving end It uses multiple bandpass filters to detect the extent of the peak of each frequency zone Extract from recorded The birth of Vocaloid vocals of actual singers Starting with the Yamaha PLG100 SG in 1997 which mounted the formant singing sound source as a plug in board for a desktop music sound Singer library Score information modul
9. without embedded lyrical data or when playing an ex ternal MIDI keyboard Just before playing back MIDI data it is possible to select character sounds and lyrics with the main Pocket Miku unit so that these sounds and lyrics are played during playback It is also possible to select other character sounds and lyrics in the middle of playback When the device has just been powered on or when Do re mi mode is selected the following character sounds will be produced Just after start up when no character sounds or lyrics are selected n the data in the buffer for external lyrics will be retrieved When character sounds a i u e o or lyrics are selected the selected character or lyric When Do re mi mode is selected the character sounds or lyrics selected just before entering Do re mi mode When NSX 1 compatibility mode is selected the character sounds registered on the chip in the main unit will sound in order Note data that you can send from Pocket Miku to a MIDI sequencer MIDI note data is transmitted from Pocket Miku s carbon keyboard via the USB port However because there is both a chromatic keyboard portion and a portamento ribbon portion the note number of the transmitted note data is fixed at F 4 or when an octave shift has been applied 1 F 3 1 F 5 Using its own data format the device adds pitch bend data depending on the position of your stylus on the carbon keyboard The pitch bend
10. Otona no Kagaku Magazine The Singing Keyboard VIBRATO ay Illustration by iXima tibda How to use your Pocket Mik sssssssssssssesssssssnsncesssssssssssssssooossenessasnnnsssssesssusosssssssoonsseensennans G The parts of your device Step by step basics 2 Playing your device ssssssssssssusesssasssssosssescsssssnneessssssessssssssssossenesseasanentensnussnnnassasson 8 Intermediate users Controlling Pocket Miku using external devices 10 Advanced users GM sound generation effects and customizing AN Warnings Please read the following carefully before using this device If you experience any irregularities or breakdown of your device turn the power off This device requires 3 AAA alkaline batteries Using the batteries incorrectly may result immediately in the risk of heat generation rupture and leakage Please note the following If any water or other foreign substance enters the interior of the device turn the O Do not attempt to take apart a battery power off immediately O Do not attempt to short circuit the batteries Remove the batteries after each use and keep the device out of reach of children O Do not use chargeable NiCad batteries NiOx batteries or nickel batteries Do not attempt to disassemble or modify the original device Short circuiting the batteries increases the risk of melted parts and fire Weare not responsible for any damages incurred as a result of attempts to O In the unlikely e
11. and the data format they transmit and receive Since Pocket Miku is not equipped with a MIDI port a USB port is used to transmit and receive MIDI data Controlling Pocket Miku with the specialized application Using the specialized Pocket Miku application allows you to produce the sounds of a variety of characters and lyrics that are not available via the buttons on the main unit The specialized application is a web application that uses HTMLS5 This application is available on our website It may be used from any PC smart phone or tablet with a supporting browser What can you do with the specialized application My Ws Wa UIP e Replace the originally assigned a i u e and o character sounds with sounds of your choice e Replace the originally assigned preset lyrics with lyrics of your choice Display the next sound that will be produced on your computer s monitor Select character sounds that are not assigned to the buttons on your Pocket Miku in real time as you command the pitch with the carbon keyboard The button combinations VIBRATO A I U E or O are assigned with the same lyrics as the combinations SHIFT A I U E or O When adding lyrics using an external 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 For a more detailed user guide please refer to http otonanokagaku net nsx39 10
12. aracter sound table data and by extension the contents of the A to O buttons and the preset lyrics will be overwritten To restore Pocket Miku to its original condition execute either the panic command or the initialize command See page 12 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 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 ma
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14. connect the device to stereo headphones Furthermore it is possible to transmit stereo audio signals at line level to audio devices such as speakers and personal computers with line input USB port Micro B Type Speaker Control buttons Power switch When headphones are plugged into the audio out jack the speakers will not m OFF BATTERY USB produce sound EK EE E O LED VIBRATO SH O votim caxxen FLS X 39 Volume Stylus buttons 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 part on the back i AA A ch a Carbon keyboard Stickers Ga hss Pick the one you attr aay amem like and stick it on ype Batteries USB cables and headphones are not included with this product Please purchase one at an electronics retailer TE E rese yrics oe CANE nsx 39 Lyrics 1 Shift A Konnichiwa Arigatou Choocho choocho nanohanitomare nanohaniaitara sakuranitomare sakuranohanano Lyrics 2 Shift H hanakarahanahe tomareyoasobe asobeyotomare Lyrics 3 Shift U ica ere al miwatasukagiiri kasumikakumooka nioizoizuuru Lyrics 4 Shift Ene eee Lyrics 5 Shift O Irohanihoheto chirinuruwo wakayotareso tsunenaramu uenookuyama kefukoete asakiyumemishi ehimosesu n Temperature Conditions for Usage 5 35 C Maximum External Dimensions WxHxD 148mm x 30mm x Power Source AAA al
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16. designed as a toy there were limits on production costs as well as limits on T O n a oe the synthetic vocal technology of the day Thus the sound quality was not exactly top notch pa ji As we entered the 1980s the age of personal computers marked its beginning as computers became more compact In the early days of 8 bit aI G7 F personal computers builds like the Apple Il and es the PC 6001mkIISR were equipped with speech synthesis LSI on extension boards or on the main units themselves By programming them with languages such as BASIC it was possible to make them sing Later on various kinds of talking computer software were introduced into the market such as Macintosh s MacinTalk function aio i tog g and Windows SAPI Various electronic devices CLEARET such as vending machines were manufactured IBM7094 with built in speech synthesis LSI and the sound Bell Labs IBM7094 was a computer called a mainframe a massive machine embedded with lit Atunei fine techna A transistors It was used for space exploration and ballistic missile early warning systems gee an Hale rete ener aes leaps and bounds Today music that utilizes Vocaloid the synthesized singing technology developed by Yamaha is sweeping the music charts Television programs and video distribution websites use this technology for narration and even waste collection trucks use it to make announcements Synthesized voices ha
17. e there have been examples in the past of Musical notes lyrics Synthesizer Expression vocal synthesizers sold as instruments However in a aa A 2000 a project called Daisy which payed homage y y y to Daisy Bell started In 2003 they released sound gt Pi ee roca my odontels anu Score information Convert score concatenative synthesis system created by input interface information breaking down data of recorded voices into imeduciosignals fragments phonemes then adjusting and editing The construction of Vocaloid these fragments to compile a database In this way Vocaloid uses the specialized software Score Editor to input score information This made it easier than ever before to produce rich and natural vocal expressions they were able to achieve smooth vocal synthesis Vocaloid was praised for its natural vocal expression and its user friendly software It became widely acknowledged particularly by users dedicated to desktop music In 2007 Vocaloid 2 was announced In the same year the more character oriented Hatsune Miku was developed by Crypton Future Media Pocket Miku s built in eVocaloid technology VOCALOID 3 was released in 2011 Its concatenative vocal synthesis engine made even more natural vocal expressions possible and many Hatsune Miku character voices appeared in a library of singing Going beyond the boundaries of instruments and synthesize
18. gments of recorded sampled voices to synthesize vocals Vocaloid s system is basically a type of concatenative synthesis which produces more music like results This system achieves this effect by similarly connecting vocal fragments and at the same time making adjustments to each frequency zone Formant synthesis and the robot voice As for an example of a device that is closer to the concept of formant synthesis the Vocoder is a device that is familiar to many in the music world The idea for this device was originally formed in the late 1920s at Bell Labs At the time it was used as a voice compression technology for sending a clear voice transmission through a telegraph cable s small bandwidth The technology was used mainly for purposes of military communication due to the limitation of cost reduction with the technology at the time as well as the fact that this was the period encompassing World War Il 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 processor called a talk box which uses the structure of the human mouth itself as a physical filter has become very popular in musical genres
19. kaline batteries x 3 sold separately ora 100mm USB power source Specifications and appearance are subject to change without Connection Port OUTPUT 3 5mm Stereo any prior notice Thank you for your understanding USB Micro B Step by step basics buning There are 2 ways to power your Pocket Miku either by using regular batteries or by using a USB power source 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 OFF BATTERY USB your device is on Using a USB cable to power your device A USB cable is not included with this product Please purchase one at an electronics retailer Connect the Micro B type connector end of the USB cable the end you would plug into a smart phone into the USB port on the top edge of the device Connect the other end the A type connector into the device that will serve as your power supply Put the power switch in the USB position The LED will light up along with a voice announcing that your device is on mm i OFF BATTERY USB Even if your device is plugged in via USB if your switch is turned to BATTERY the device will use your batteries as a power source depleting them in the process Even if batteries are installed in your device if your switch is turned to USB and your device is no
20. keyboard enabling it to produce desired character sounds in real time By using MIDI System Exclusive data to assign numbers that correspond to each character sound as shown on this table it is possible to create MIDI data with embedded lyrics ie FO 43 79 09 11 0A 00 XX F7 insert a hexadecimal character number from the character table in place of XX and then insert this just before the desired note data when NSX 1 compatible mode is off Number Sound Remarks Number Sound Remarks Number Sound Remarks Pocket Miku the Singing Keyboard Released on April 15 2014 Publisher Toru Tsuchiya Editor Tetsuro Ito Publishing Office Gakken Education Publishing Co Ltd 7141 8413 2 11 8 Nishi Gotanda Shinagawa ku Tokyo Sales Agency Gakken Marketing Co Ltd 7141 8415 2 11 8 Nishi Gotanda Shinagawa ku Tokyo Design Editor Toshiyuki Nishimura Otona no Kagaku Editorial Department polymoog ELEKTEL Circuit Program Design Michinobu Uda Uda Denshi Voice Database Development Hiroyuki Ito Wataru Sasaki Kimitaka Nishio Yu Suami Takaaki Suzuki Yuji Takatsuka Hiroshi Yoshida Daiki Egawa Naoki Adachi Crypon Future Media INC Development Cooperation Hiroaki Matsubara Junya Ura Yukio Tada Yoshiya Kawai Yamaha Corporation Prototype Development Masamitsu Nagaoka Unit Design CaptainMi
21. l respond by briefly lighting up DMS VIAA a T Playing in a i u e and o mode The 5 A to O buttons arranged on a curve allow you to produce Ma WS Wa Ou AW the sounds a i u e and o in real time as you play 2 There may be a slight delay before the actual sound changes after a button is O A SH VOLUME i pressed Playing in preset mode By pressing any of the buttons A to O while holding down the SHIFT button you can select preset lyrics see page 6 By touching the carbon keyboard with your Press simultaneously stylus the first character of the lyrics will av TE play and by removing the stylus it will proceed to the next character of the lyrics ow To return to the beginning of the lyrics the button used to select the lyrics must be pressed 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 Applying a pitch bend By holding VIBRATO and pressing volume up while running your stylus along the carbon keyboard your pitch will be raised by a half tone for as long as
22. ms 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 recorde
23. ny 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 Itis 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 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
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25. rs this creation swept the charts and flooded cities with stunning visuals Hatsune Miku is considered to be the first virtual idol to be recognized world wide She sparked a social phenomenon in which she stands center stage voices stocked with vocal fragments Meanwhile sound chips used in hardware such as those that produce ring tones in cell phones have become widespread and continue to develop Pocket Miku is equipped with the newest of such chips the Yamaha 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 editors Illustration by KEI beforehand with this modification Pocket Miku is the first product in the world that enables you to perform real time on Vocaloid Pocket Miku is battery operated with a built in speaker By simply sliding your stylus across the carbon keyboard Hatsune Miku will sing for you anywhere Go ahead and try it out VOCALOID is a registered trademark of the Yamaha Corporation eVocaloid is a trademark of the Yamaha Corporation How to use your Pocket Miku The parts of your device Audio out jack 3 5mmstereo Mini It is possible to
26. t plugged in via USB the power will remain off Entering and exiting stand by mode power saving mode When the power switch is turned to BATTERY and the power is on after 5 minutes of no activity the device will enter stand by mode and the LED will begin to flash at one second intervals When a USB cable is plugged into the device stand by mode will not be activated regardless of the position of your power switch In stand by mode the device s electricity consumption will be reduced to a fifth of the usual level from about 100mA to 20mA The device will continue to consume battery power although at a 8 VOLUME slower rate Please turn off your device when you will not use it for a long period of time To exit stand by mode and return the device to normal operation press any of the buttons on the front of the device or touch the carbon keyboard with the stylus When exiting stand by mode the device s response to the use of the button or the stylus may lag slightly Step by step basics Gite our ctautia To play your device remove the stylus from the back of your device and touch the desired positions on the carbon keyboard using the metal tip To put the stylus away place it in the designated space on the back of your device so that the metal tip points away from the device Be careful that you do not bend the base of the stylus when doing so Playing in Do re mi mode Touching the keyboard with your
27. tal 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 ona 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 15 Pocket Miku default character table Pocket Miku comes equipped with unique character table information It is built to quickly respond to any performance commands from the buttons or the carbon
28. the buttons are pressed Pressing volume down will lower the pitch by a half tone Press simultaneously By pressing the VIBRATO button while touching the carbon keyboard with your stylus you can apply vibrato a pulsating change of pitch to your sound ib oe A Ov D VIBRATO SH oer De Intermediate users Controlling Pocket Miku using external devices Connect the Micro B type connector end of the USB cable the end you would plug into a smart phone into the USB port on the top Computer edge of the device Connect the other end the A type connector into your computer OFF BATTERY USB eeecee eeeoeesd e eeoeee eeeeeoee e eeoeeveeee eeooeeee e eeoeceee e eoesee eeeocee VIBRATO SHIFT caren LS X 39 Although it is possible to connect the device to smart phones and tablets that are equipped with a type A USB port the ability to exchange MIDI data depends on the type of device and the device s OS It is possible to send and receive data through the USB cable even when the power switch is set to the BATTERY position It is not possible to exchange digital audio data via the USB connection 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 requirements of hardware such as MIDI interfaces
29. tware 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 fundamen
30. usly of the device and then restores all of the settings to factory condition To execute initialize command press and hold SHIFT for several seconds while holding both the volume up and volume down buttons simultaneously When the command is being executed a voice will count down 3 2 1 When the execution is complete a confirmation sound jyan will be heard If you release the buttons during the countdown the action will be canceled Executing initialize command will erase any memory saved on Pocket Miku that was created by the specialized application or the System Exclusive 12 If your device is out of tune Execute tuning command and calibrate the carbon keyboard To ensure that the notes and characters that Pocket Miku sings are consistent an internal program monitors the electrical conditions of the carbon keyboard while the device is on However many factors such as scratches and stains on the carbon keyboard the condition of the power source and moisture in the atmosphere may cause instability in the pitch and pronunciation You may also find that the pitches produced while playing in do re mi mode do not match the corresponding position on the keyboard Execute tuning command to fix this condition Tuning command reexamines the voltage condition of the carbon keyboard and corrects its positions to their corresponding pitches To VIBRATO execute tuning command
31. ve become a regular part of our daily life Formant synthesis and concatenative synthesis Attempts to synthesize voices using machines date back hundreds of years and undocumented attempts may date back even further In 18th Speak amp Spell The iPhone s Siri Originally designed as a toy for Smart phones such as the iPhone century Austria an article was published about a educational purposes the Speak amp are considered to be one of the machine that used bellows to produce vowels and Spell still retains popularity as a devices we are most familiar gadget instrument with its unique with today They also incorporate consonants robot like sound synthesized voice technology Most of the talking computers that were developed in later years were in direct keeping 3 with the same fundamental idea This is the idea that by analyzing the structure and tone quality of the human voice we can then attempt to simulate it As a representative example let s look at formant synthesis Formants are the spectral peaks of the sound spectrum the distribution of the volume of each frequency band of the voice The idea is that you can simulate human pronunciation the vocal cords and the movement of the mouth by supplying these peak movements to a basic sound source Concatenative synthesis is another method that spread quickly due to the shrinking costs of digital technology This method involves linking fra
32. vent that leaked fluids from the battery come in contact with disassemble or modify the device your eye wash the eye immediately with large amounts of water and contact a Due to a risk of fire electrical shock and damage to the device do not use near physician In cases where the fluid has come in contact with your skin or clothes water ie the bath or shower under rainy weather etc wash immediately Do not use this device with wet hands O Do not attempt to charge or disassemble the batteries Rupture and leakage of Do not put any water or foreign substances into the device batteries may result in fires and or injuries Do not place any objects that contain liquids on top of the device O Do not apply heat to the batteries or expose them to flames Do not play the device at a loud volume for extended periods of time Continuing O Do not use a combination of used and new batteries to use the device at loud volumes may cause deafness If you experience a decline O Keep batteries out of reach of small children In the unlikely event that a battery is in your hearing ability or a buzzing in your ears contact a physician swallowed contact a physician immediately Do not expose the device to direct sunlight or use the device near a heating unit or O Remove the batteries after using the device When kept in the device for long anywhere with high temperatures periods of time the batteries may leak resulting in the risk of fire and the
33. you ve checked all of the above and your device still doesn t work there is a possibility that an error has occurred while commands were being transmitted from the main device or external device to Pocket Miku s sound generator There is also a possibility that Pocket Miku s settings were unintentionally 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 then pressing the A button A beeping sound will be heard confirming that the command has been executed VIBRATO SH The buttons won t work the characters won t change the effects won t work V To restore your device to factory settings execute initialize command This condition may occur when using the specialized application or System V P Exclusive to customize the sounds and functions registered to the buttons It VIBRATO S VOLUME may also occur when Pocket Miku s setting are overwritten due to unintended data received from an external device Execute initialize command to fix this condition Initialize command erases the contents of the internal flash memory Press simultaneo
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