﻿N1X
Owner's Manual


Playing Back Songs
This instrument can play back Songs contained in internal memory or USB flash drive connected to the [USB TO DEVICE] terminal. There are two kinds of Songs that can be played back: MIDI Songs and Audio Songs. 

Song data formats that can be played
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Songs	
	MIDI Songs
	A MIDI Song contains data of your keyboard performance (such as which keys you played and how hard you played them), and is not a recording of the actual sound itself. The performance information refers to which keys are played, at what timing, and at what strength--just as in a musical score. Based on the recorded performance information, the tone generator (of the digital piano, etc.) outputs the corresponding sound. A MIDI Song uses a small amount of data capacity in comparison to audio recording.	
	Audio Songs
	An Audio Song is a recording of the performed sound itself. This data is recorded in the same way as that used in recording cassette tapes, or with voice recorders, etc. This data can be played with a portable music player, etc., allowing you to easily let other people hear your performance.
Data formats	
	SMF (Standard MIDI File) Formats 0 and 1
	One of the most common and widely compatible MIDI formats used for storing sequence data. MIDI Songs recorded in this instrument are saved as SMF Format 0.	
	WAV format (.wav)
	Audio file format commonly used by computers. This instrument can play 44.1kHz/16bit stereo WAV files. Audio Songs recorded on this instrument are saved in this format.
Extension	
	.MID	
	.WAV
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NOTE
When playing back MIDI Songs containing Voices that are incompatible with this instrument such as XG and GM Songs, the Voices may not sound as intended on the original. In addition, Song data of MIDI channels 3 to 16 cannot be played back, since this instrument can recognize only MIDI channels 1 and 2. This is why you should only play back Songs which have data of only MIDI channels 1 to 2, to which the piano performance is assigned.


Compatible Songs

Song Category List (XX indicates numerals.)
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Song Category		Song Number	Description
d.XX	Voice Demo Song (MIDI Song)	d.01 to d.15	Each Song effectively demonstrates each of this instrument's Voices (page 18).
P.XX	Preset Song (MIDI Song)	P.01 to P.10	10 Preset Songs in the instrument. Refer to the Preset Song List on page 44.
A.XX*	Audio Song in USB flash drive	A.00 to A.99	User Songs which have been recorded with this instrument (page 28)
C.XX**		C.00 to C.99**	External Songs, commercially available or which have been recorded on a computer, etc. 
S.XX*	MIDI Song in USB flash drive	S.00 to S.99	User Songs which have been recorded with this instrument (page 28)
F.XX**		F.00 to F.99**	External Songs, commercially available or which have been recorded on a computer, etc.
U.XX	MIDI Song in internal memory of this instrument	U.01 to U.10	User Songs which have been recorded to internal memory of the instrument (page 28) 
		L.00 to L.99**	External Songs (commercially available or which have been recorded on a computer, etc.) transferred from a computer to this instrument. For information on connecting this instrument to a computer, refer to page 38.
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*	Shown only when USB flash drive is connected.
**	When data does not exist, the Song number is not displayed.

User Songs and External Songs
Songs recorded by this instrument are called "User Songs" while Songs created in other ways or on other instruments are called "External Songs." In USB flash drive, Songs in the USER FILES folder are handled as User Songs while Songs in a location other than the USER FILES folder are handled as External Songs. When you record a Song to USB flash drive, a USER FILES folder is created automatically and the resulting User Song will be saved in this folder. 


Playing Back Songs

To play back a Song on a USB flash drive:
Read "About USB Devices" (page 31), then connect the USB flash drive to the [USB TO DEVICE] terminal, and follow the instructions below.

1	While holding down [DEMO/SONG], press [plus] to select the desired Song Category (page 25). 

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NOTE
The Song Categories will appear on the display in the following order:
d.XX -> P.XX -> (A.XX) -> (C.XX) -> (S.XX) -> (F.XX) -> U.XX -> d.XX etc.
"A.XX", "C.XX", "S.XX" and "F.XX" are shown only when a USB flash drive is connected. C.XX and F.XX are not displayed when data does not exist.

2	Press [plus] or [minus] to select the specific Song number (see "Song Category List" on page 25), or "*.rd" (random) or "*.AL"(all).

NOTE
During playback of a Demo Song, "*.rd" or "*.AL" cannot be selected.

Song number	Plays back only the selected Song. 
*.rd	Plays back the Songs of this type continuously in random order.
*.AL	Plays back all the Songs of this type continuously in sequential order.
The asterisk (*) indicates "P", "A", "C", "S", "F" or "U" designation in the display.

NOTE
Song indications such as "F.00" and "C.00" may not appear immediately depending on the amount of the folders in the USB flash drive. 

NOTE
This instrument can select or play Songs saved to only the first, second, or third hierarchical folder level. For details, refer to page 32.

3	Press [Play/Pause] to start playback.
During playback, the current measure number (for MIDI Songs) or playing time (for Audio Songs) is shown on the display.

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MIDI Song
Current measure number
Audio Song
Playing time
Indicates minutes. In case of 10 minutes or more, only the lowest digit is shown.
Indicates seconds.

For information on operations such as Pause, Rewind, Fast Forward, etc., refer to "Playback-related Operations" on page 27.

NOTE
During Demo Song playback, the current measure number is not shown on the display. 
During playback of a MIDI Song, the Voice of the keyboard performance is automatically set to the Voice of the MIDI Song. When you stop playback, the Voice of the keyboard performance will be restored to the Voice last selected.
If you select the Voice "Celesta" (page 17) and then start playback of a MIDI Song, your keyboard performance will sound one octave higher than usual during playback of the MIDI Song.
The metronome can be used during playback. It will automatically stop when playback is stopped.
When playing back External Songs on a USB flash drive, actual playback is done in numerical or alphabetical order, according to the Song titles.

4	Press [DEMO/SONG] to stop playback.
If a specific Song number is selected in Step 2, playback stops automatically when the end of the Song is reached.

Playback-related Operations

Adjusting the tempo (MIDI Song) or playback speed (Audio Song)
You can change the playback tempo of a MIDI Song. You can also adjust the playback speed of an Audio Song during its playback.
While holding down [METRONOME], press [plus] / [minus] or C sharp 5/B4 key to increase or decrease the value. To reset the value to default, press [plus] and [minus] simultaneously while holding down [METRONOME]. For details, refer to page 20.

MIDI Song
Setting range: 5 to 500 beats per minute
Default setting: Depends on the selected Song

Audio Song
Setting range: 75% to 125%
Default setting: 100%

Adjusting the volume (only for Audio Song)
The volume level of this instrument may be markedly different from that of commercially available Audio Song or one recorded on another device. To adjust the volume of the Audio Song, press one of the C1 to G2 keys while holding down [DEMO/SONG].

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Lowest key (A minus 1)
min.
max. 
D sharp 2 (Default)
The higher the key, the greater the volume. 

Setting range: 1 to 20
Default setting: 16

Pause
During playback, press [Play/Pause] to pause playback. The display will also pause and the [Play/Pause] lamp will flash. Pressing it again resumes Song playback from the current position.

Rewind/Fast forward
During playback, press [minus] or [plus] to move back or forth through the measures. Pressing one of these buttons once moves one measure back/forward for MIDI Songs, or one second for Audio Songs.

NOTE
During playback of a Demo Song, Rewind/Fast Forward operations or returning to the Song top cannot be done.

Returning to the Song Top
During playback, press [minus] and [plus] simultaneously to jump to the top of the Song.

Setting the Character Code 
If the Song cannot be called up, you may need to select the appropriate Character Code from the following two settings. 

International 
For playing back Songs with names using western European characters (including umlaut or diacritic marks). To select this, turn on the power while holding down the 
A minus 1 and A sharp minus 1 keys. 

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Lowest key (A minus 1)

Japanese 
For playing back Songs with names using Japanese characters. To select this, turn on the power while holding down the A minus 1 and B minus 1 keys. 

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Lowest key (A minus 1)

Setting range: JA (Japanese) / Int (International)
Default setting: Int


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