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Introduction
WHAT IS M-solo?
If you have played some digital pianos or digital keyboards,
maybe you will surprised with exterior of this instrument. It
has no “Tone” buttons such as “Piano” or “Strings”, and it has
numbers of unfamiliar knobs and buttons. What is this?
INSTRUMENT TYPES
is instrument has six “Instrument Types.” All the types aimed
creating” tones by yourself rather than “selecting” a tone.
TW
is is the Hammond’s legendary Tone Wheel Organ which
played from 1950’s to today. It is used at widely genre, ballad,
rock and house music.
To create the settings, operate the 9 Drawbars which assigned
each harmonic.
Vx
is is a Transistor Organ which come from UK and it has de-
cent tone.  e sound of the original model often heard on the
songs by Doors, Iron Butter y, and so on.
To create the settings, operate the 7 Drawbars which assigned
each harmonic, and 2 Drawbars which has each brightness of
tone.
Farf
is is a Transistor Organ which come from Italy and it has
colorful tone.  e sound of the original model often heard on
the 1970’s punk rock or new wave rock .
On this instrument, 9 Drawbars are assigned in place of Tablets
on the original model.
Ace
is is a Transistor Organ which come from Japan and it has
bright tone.  e sound of the original model often heard on
the Japanese songs which genre called “Group Sounds” with
Vibrato or Reverb e ects.
On this instrument, 9 Drawbars are assigned in place of Tablets
on the original model.
Ens
is is a kind of electronic instrument which used as in place
of strings ensemble in 1970’s. It is liked clear and modulated
sound, likely models are produced by plural manufacturer, and
it is used at widely genre from jazz to rock music.
On this instrument, the variation “Human Voice” is mounted
also.
Syn
e synthesizer can be making changing sound by timewise
unlike organs is grown up to polyphonic in the 1970’s.
On this instrument, each Drawbar are assigned to the param-
eter of the synthesis.  e setting can be express by 9 numbers
like the old Hammond synthesizer, “102200.
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Digital Piano
This instrument
ese Instrument Types are contrastive with Digital Pianos.
You can various playing performance by using this instrument
along with the Digital Piano.
WHERE THE NAME “M-solo” COME FROM
In between 1950’s to 1960’s, the “M series” also called “Ba-
by-B” was produced which minimized famous Tone Wheel
Organ “B-3.
e “M-solo” which has 49 notes single keyboard is named as
a successor of the M series.
FEATURE OF THE M-solo
is is a compact Drawbar Keyboard that designed for re-
al-time operation which is rarely seen in today.
There is no display, or finely parameters. The buttons and
Drawbars on the top panel are all of the current setting for
playing.
e setting can be recorded up to 3 exclusive Patch buttons.

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