User manual YAMAHA BODIBEAT STATION

[. . . ] BODiBEAT Station Owner's Manual Version 1. 3. c Contents About the BODiBEAT Station . 24 IMPORTANT Before installing the software, please read carefully the End User License Agreement (EULA) included in the CD-ROM. If after installing the software you want to read the License Agreement, you can access it anytime from the [Help] menu of the BODiBEAT Station. SPECIAL NOTICES · Copying of the commercially available musical data including but not limited to MIDI data and/or audio data is strictly prohibited except for your personal use. · The software and this owner's manual are the exclusive copyrights of Yamaha Corporation. [. . . ] This software handles Playlists in two different ways, according to their type: Standard Playlist and Smart Playlist. A Standard Playlist can be created by choosing (collecting) songs as you want. This allows you to create original compilations, effectively making your own "albums. " BODiBEAT Station Owner's Manual 12 Managing Song Data A Smart Playlist is created automatically based on rules you set up. For example, you can specify conditions such as "Year is between 2005-2007" and "Tempo is greater than 140 bpm. " The songs that match both conditions are automatically selected from the Music Library and are grouped together to create a Smart Playlist. As you add/delete song(s) in the Music Library, Smart Playlists will automatically be updated. h The Music Library features two convenient preset Smart Playlists: Walk and Jog. Songs in the Music Library are automatically assigned to the Walk or Jog Playlist depending on their tempo. By default, songs of a tempo of 115 ­ 145 bpm are assigned to the Walk Playlist and those of 145 ­ 200 bpm are assigned to Jog Playlist. As you exercise, the tempo for these playlists is updated according to the Learning Function of the device. Creating a Standard Playlist 1 Click "Music Library" from the Library List. 2 Select [New Playlist] from the [File] menu. As a new Playlist is added on the Library List, enter the desired Playlist name. 3 Click "Music Library" from the Library List again. All the songs are shown in the Library View. 4 Choose the song(s) you want to add to the Playlist from the Library View, then drag them into the Playlist created in step 2 above. The song(s) are added to the Playlist. When you want to delete song(s) from the Playlist, click the desired song in the Playlist and select [Delete] from the [Edit] menu. h You can also delete a song by right-clicking on it and selecting [Delete] from the pop-up menu. Creating a Smart Playlist 1 Click "Music Library" from the Library List. 2 Select [New Smart Playlist] from the [File] menu. The Smart Playlist dialog appears. 3 Set the desired conditions for the Smart Playlist from the dialog. To add a condition, click [+]. To delete a condition, click [-]. 4 Click [OK]. A new Smart Playlist is created and listed on the Library List. If necessary you can change the name. h You can edit the conditions of the Smart Playlist at any time by selecting [Properties. . . ] from the [File] menu or from the right-click menu on the desired Smart Playlist. BODiBEAT Station Owner's Manual 13 Managing Song Data Transferring Song Data/Playlist to the Device This operation lets you transfer song data and Playlists in the Music Library to the BODiBEAT device. The songs transferred to the device can be listened to when you exercise, or played back in the Music mode. 1 Connect the BODiBEAT device to the computer. Synchronization between the device and computer is done and song data on the computer is transferred to the device. n If the BODiBEAT device has already been connected, select [Sync. . . ] from the [File] menu to synchronize. You can also transfer data of specific songs by dragging the desired one in the PC application Music Library to the BODiBEAT "Music Library" in the Library List. n For details about synchronization, refer to page 18. n When the BODiBEAT device does not have enough free space, a dialog will appear prompting you to continue transferring. If you check "Randomly select songs to be transferred, " the different songs will be transferred to the BODiBEAT device each time. CAUTION Never disconnect the USB cable while data is being transferred. Doing so may cause loss of data or damage to the device. Removing the BODiBEAT device from the computer After transferring song data, you can remove the device from the computer safely with the following procedure. n If you are using Windows 7, refer to the attached file for the procedure. Double-click the paperclip icon on the left to open the attached file. 1 Double-click "Safely Remove Hardware" icon on the Windows task bar. The Safely Remove Hardware dialog appears. 2 Confirm that the "Display device component" is checkmarked, select "Yamaha BODiBEAT USB Device, " then click [Stop]. The "Stop a Hardware device" dialog appears. 3 Click [OK]. 4 Disconnect the USB cable from the computer. BODiBEAT Station Owner's Manual 14 Managing Song Data Editing the Song Information The information for each song is displayed on the Library View. You can edit the desired item by selecting [Properties. . . ] from the [File] menu. n Changes made here for the BODiBEAT Station are valid only on this software and the BODiBEAT device itself. n If the song file which has been imported to the BODiBEAT Station is removed from the original location, the song is shown in red on the Library View and you cannot play/edit it. Editing the Song Tempo If the tempo (detected automatically when the song is imported) is not appropriate, you can re-analyze the tempo by the following operation. 1 Select the desired song to edit from the Library View. 2 Select [Properties. . . ] from the [File] menu. The Properties dialog opens and the information of the song is shown. 3 Click the [Edit Tempo. . . ] button. The Edit Tempo dialog opens. 4 Click the [Start] button. Song playback begins. 5 Click the [Tap here] button four times or more in time with the rhythm of the song. The song tempo detected based on your clicks is shown in the "New Tempo Estimate" field on the dialog. 6 Click [OK] to close the Edit Tempo dialog. Then click [OK] again in the Properties dialog. The dialog closes and the song is re-analyzed. After analyzing, the detected tempo is shown on the Library View. n If you directly edit the "bpm" value in the Audio Item Properties dialog, the tempo value shown in the Library View will be changed, but tempo analysis will not be performed. BODiBEAT Station Owner's Manual 15 Managing Song Data Viewing a Tempo Map This shows the tempo distribution for all songs in Music Library. 1 Select [Music Tempo Map. . . ] from the [Advanced] menu. The Tempo Statistics dialog opens and the tempo graph is shown. [. . . ] Print the items shown in the Library View. 4 (If necessary) click [Page Setup. . . ] to change the settings for paper feeding, color, etc. For details on these settings, refer to the manual of your printer. 5 Click [OK]. Printing will start. BODiBEAT Station Owner's Manual 20 Transfer the Library to Another Computer Transfer the Library to Another Computer If you have two or more computers, or if you get a new computer, you can save the library as a file and use it on the other computer. CAUTION When you connect the BODiBEAT device to a new computer and associate with it, the data on the BODiBEAT device will be lost. Before connecting the BODiBEAT device with a new computer, make sure you have connected your BODiBEAT device with the current computer and imported its data to the BODiBEAT Station. Saving all libraries in one file 1 Select [Export Library. . . ] from the [File] menu. The file save dialog appears. Specify the destination to save and enter the file name. 2 Click [Save]. All libraries in the software are saved as a file. n The song files are not included in the exported file. n The saved file is encrypted so that an error message may be appear when you try to open the file. [. . . ]