Yamaha MOX8 manual

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    MOX6/MOX8 Remote Editor Owner’ s Manual MOX6/MOX8 Remote Editor Owner’ s Manual Contents Special Notices .............. .............. .............. .............. .............. .... 1 What is the MO X6/MO X8 Remot e Editor? .............. .............. .... 2 Data struct ure of the MO X6/MO X8 Remote Edit or ............ ....... 2 Operation[...]

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    What is the MO X6/MO X8 Remot e Editor? MO X6/MO X8 Remot e Edit or Owner’s Man ual 2 What is the MOX6/MOX8 Remote Editor? MOX6/MOX8 Remote Edit or is a convenient tool which let s you edit/cr eate Contr ol T empla tes for the MOX6/ MOX8 Music Synthesizer . These Contr ol T emplates let you assign the appr opria te functions for your favorite VST[...]

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    Operation flo w from st ar ting the application to closing it MO X6/MO X8 Remot e Edit or Owner’s Man ual 3 Operation flow fr om star ting the application to closing it The MOX6/MOX8 Re mote Editor is a so ftware contained in the MOX6/M OX8 Remote T ools. Afte r installing the MOX6/MOX8 Remote Editor and r elated appl ications by following the In[...]

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    Operation flo w from st ar ting the application to closing it MO X6/MO X8 Remot e Edit or Owner’s Man ual 4 After transfer has been successfully completed, the Edit window appears. n If dat a transf er in the A uto Sync win dow f ails ev en when the MO X6/MO X8 and comput er ar e connect ed prop erly , mak e sure t o set the MIDI In/Out paramet e[...]

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    Operation flo w from st ar ting the application to closing it MO X6/MO X8 Remot e Edit or Owner’s Man ual 5 4. C lick [OK] to start the Scan operation. The VSTi plug-ins register ed to the specified DA W software will be scanned and t he information necessary for editing will be obtained. After the scanning is completed, the pr evious display wil[...]

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    MO X6/MO X8 Remot e Editor Windo ws: Edit windo w MO X6/MO X8 Remot e Edit or Owner’s Man ual 6 MOX6/MOX8 Remote Editor Windows The MOX6/MOX8 Remot e Editor consists of two windo ws: Edit and Library . The Edit window le ts you edit the settings of the se lected Contr ol T emplate while t he Library window lets you import or copy Contr ol T empla[...]

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    MO X6/MO X8 Remot e Editor Windo ws: Edit windo w MO X6/MO X8 Remot e Edit or Owner’s Man ual 7 6 / m a r k Shows the Editing status of the Control T emplate or Bank. The mark indicates that the current Contr ol T emplate has been modified but not yet stored . This indic ator disappears if you click the 4 [Stor e] button and then execute the T em[...]

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    MO X6/MO X8 Remot e Editor Windo ws: Edit windo w MO X6/MO X8 Remot e Edit or Owner’s Man ual 8 ) -2 CC (Control Change) section Assigns the functio n to the Function Assignment box selected in the 9 Edit section. The settin g here is available when th e Remote/CC butt on is set to “CC.” Clicking “CC” at the left of this section also sets[...]

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    MO X6/MO X8 Remot e Edit or Windows: Libr ar y windo w MO X6/MO X8 Remot e Edit or Owner’s Man ual 9 Library w indo w Clicking the Library butt on on the Edit window op ens the Librar y window . 1 Contr ol T emplate L ist in the Fil e Displays a list of the Control T emplates saved in the File. Select a target Control T emplate in this list and a[...]

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    MO X6/MO X8 Remot e Editor W indows: [F ile] menu MO X6/MO X8 Remot e Edit or Owner’s Man ual 10 6 [Cancel] but ton Click this button to cancel editing for the Curr ent Bank and call up the Edit window . 7 Previ ew Shows the settings of the Control T emplate selected in the Control T emplate List. [F ile] menu New Creates and opens a new Bank fil[...]

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    MO X6/MO X8 Remot e Editor W indows: [F ile] menu MO X6/MO X8 Remot e Edit or Owner’s Man ual 11 Set up Selects the MIDI port of the MOX6/MOX 8 and the DA W software. Selecting this menu calls up the following window . Set the parameters as necessar y , then click [OK]. •M I D I P o r t “Y amah a MOX6/MOX8” is automati cally selected when t[...]

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    MO X6/MO X8 Remot e Editor W indows: [Edit] menu MO X6/MO X8 Remot e Edit or Owner’s Man ual 12 [E dit ] m enu Copy Copies the selected data to the clipboard. Pa s te Pastes the data on the clipboard to the specified location. Initialize T emplate Resets all settings of the selected T emplate in the Current Bank to the initial default values. Res[...]

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    T roubleshooting MO X6/MO X8 Remot e Edit or Owner’s Man ual 13 T r oubleshooting Even when I c lick the triangular b u t t on at the right of VS Ti Se lect/Input box in the Ed it w indow , the VSTi plug-ins r egister ed to the D A W sof twar e are not shown as e x pected. • The MOX6/MOX8 Remote Editor may not pr operly r ecognize the VSTi regi[...]

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    T roubleshooting MO X6/MO X8 Remot e Edit or Owner’s Man ual 14 On the D A W sof t w are other than Cubase, th e set parameter s ar e not controlled. • The Remote control functions are available only for Cu base. Set the Remote/CC buttons ( page 7 ) to “CC.” • Make sure to select a parameter except to “Cubase” on the Daw Sele ct displ[...]