Joue Music Instruments Play User manual

User Manua
Version 1.0.0 - November 202
by Joué Music Instrument

Congratulations, you are now the proud owner of a Joué Play
The Joué Play is a unique digital instrument, thanks to its unparralled expressiveness,
it provides a similar feeling as if you were playing on traditional instruments. It has
been thought and conceived with the purpose of making musical practice accessible
and easy for both beginners and musicians and make them rediscover the joys of
playing music
The Joué Play is composed of a Play Board, made from French wood and metal,
equipped with pressure-sensitive sensors, on which Play Pads made of silicon are
placed. Each pad has an associated range of sounds that provides the user a
bordeless creative field
With Joué Play’s official app, record your tracks, explore various sounds and
experiment with sound effects, and share your music with the community of players
This manual will review in detail the use of the Joué Play and its application. Demo
sessions are available on the app, we recommend that you take a look at them to
discover all the possibilites the instruments offer to you. You will also find in this
guide some usage recommendations that we strongly advise you to follow and to
prevent any further malfunctioning
ideo tutorials are also available on our Youtube channel to guide you in your
musical journey with the Joué Play
Have a good musical time in the company of your Joué Play
The Joué Tea

Summar
I - Introduction
Safety rule
Packaging conten
Equipment connectio
II - Joué Play ap
My musical creation
Organise session
Share a sessio
Create a new track
Musical creation - first step
Pick a soun
Play and recor
Tempo and metronom
Adjust tracks volum
Settings
Audio/MIDI settings
III - The Play Board and its Play Pad
Play Board 
Play Pads 
Play Piano Pad
Play Drum Pad
Play uitar Pad
Play Keys Pad
IV - Technical specication

I - Introductio
The Joué Play allows you to play a full range of sounds, fro percussions to piano, through guitar
or xylophone. The Play Board is the ain ele ent of the instru ent, you need to plug it to any
device with the Joué Play app on it, co puter, tablet or even s artphone. Alone, the Play Board
won’t ake any sound, it is the ediu on which we can place Play pads. Each pad placed on the
board will be auto atically detected by the app and you will be able to choose a sound fro a
selection of 10 sound for each pad.
Important safety rules
- Read carefully the rule
- Respect the rule
- Do not use the device near a water sourc
- Use a dry rag to clean up the devic
- Do not put the device near a source of hea
- Be careful not to bend the USB cabl
- Only use the accessories provided by the fabrican
- Un-plug the device during stor periods or for extended period of non-us
- Entrust all repairs to a qualified technician. Maintenance is required when the device has been
da aged in any wa
- No fire should be in contact of the devic
- Malfunctioning ay appear if the device is placed on a etallic support, especially if it is iro
This product generates per anent agnetic fields (> 150 T) that ight interfer with cardiac
si ulators and defibrillator i plats (ICDs).
Please aintain a distance of at least 30 c (12”) between the instru ent and any cardiac
pace aker or defibrillator i plant.
The Play Board contains agnets and RFID readers, pads contains etallic particules and RFID tags.
Tags and RFID readers enable pads to be detected auto atically by the board. We reco end not
place the Joué Play next to other agnetic devices or etallic support to avoid altering its
functions
WARNING: RFID tags in the pads ust not be progra ed with another software than the one given
by Joué Music Instru ents. Do not try to progra RFID tags with another software, it ay da age
RFID tags and co pro ise its use.

Package content
You will find upon eceipt of you o de , a box containing
- A Play Boa d (unless you o de only includes Play Pads
- Play Pads included in you o de 
- USB-C to USB-C cabl
- Apple lightning and USB-A adapte 
- A sto age cas
Equipment connection
The Joué Play has been conceived to be Plug & Play. It means you just need to plug it to any device
with the app using the USB-C to USB-C cable. If needed, you may use the Apple Lightning o
USB-A adapte 
Launch the app, place a pad on the boa d and sta t making music

The Joué Play app is available to download on Windows (8.1 and higher), Mac OS X (10.11 and
higher) and iOS (10.3 and higher) or iPad
When you launch the app, you will be asked to connect your Joué Play to the device you are using.
To do so, use the cable provided and, i needed, an adapter
II - The Joué Play ap
Once the device is plugged in, you
will have the possibility to create a
new track or continue a previous
creation. You will also ind a
selection o demo songs to
amiliarize yoursel with the
instrument and its possibilities. Video
tutorials are also available on our
Youtube channel to help you practice
your skills.
My music creations

Organ ze your sess on
On the main screen of the app (My music creation), accessible from the “Joué” button at the top
left corner of the app, several actions are possible for each previously created session. You will have
the possibility to rename, duplicate, delete or share each session
Share a sess o
Two sharing options will show up when you click on the “sharing” button. You will have the
possibility to export your creation in an audio format, by doing so, each track of your song will be
summed into one and only master track. You will also have the possibility to share your Joué
project, so any user of the app will be able to open your session, alter it or add an element or two
and then collaborate with you directly from the app.
If you want to start a new project,
click on “Create a new track”,
then, if it has not been done
before, place a pad on your board
to start playing music.
Mus cal creat on - your rst steps
The Joué Play has been conceived
with the purpose of making
musical practice as simple as
possible, and it’s also the case for
its app. You just need to place a
pad on your board to create a
track, anytime.
Create a new track

For each pad, a selection of sounds
will be available. Once you have
placed a pad on your board, a
default preset will be selected, just
click on the instrument icon to
change the sound of your pad. For
each pad, 10 sounds will be
available, you can experiment with
associated effects and make them
more unique.
Play and recor
On the middle of the screen, two buttons will be available
- Play: plays what has been previously recorde
- Rec: record a loo
When you click on the “Rec” button, there will be a 4 beat countdown before the begginng of the
recording. 1, 2, 3 ,4, GO .
You can erase or undo a recording by clicking the “go back” arrow or the cross under each
instrument after a recording. he undo function will erase or restore the last recording. he erase
function will delete all recording of the selected track
In order to help you play in rhythm, you can use the metronome so you
will hear a click on each beat. Simply click on the metronome button to
activate this sound.
You can also adjust the speed of your track, its tempo, by clicking the
tempo button. By default, tempo is set at 120 BPM, it can be changed
anytime. If you already have recorded tracks, their speed will change too.
Pick a sound
Tempo and metronome

By clicking the volume button on the
bottom left corner of the app, you will be
able to adjust the volume of each track
individually
The master track is the sum of all the tracks.
If you reduce the master track volume level,
the global volume of your music will be
reduced
You can access the setting menu from the setting button at
the left top corner of the app. From this menu you can
- Change the length of the loop (“bar”). By default, a new
session will be 4 bars long. One bar equals 4 beats and each
beat is counted by the metronome. For example, when we say
“3, 4” before starting to play or when a drummer gives
chopsticks strokes we are counting beats
- Set the volume of the mentronome sound
- Prevent recording by activating the “play only” functio
- See the credits of the ap
Adjust tracks volume
Settings

Audio/MI I setting
On a computer or a mac, another setting will be available, the audio/MIDI setting. More complex,
we recommend that you keep default settings on that section. This menu allows you to control
several audio settings such as
- Audio device type : The type of audio interface you are using. If you have an external audio
interface you can select it here
- Output : The audio output used, if you are using monitors for example select them here
- Active output channel : If multiple audio channels are available, you can activate or deactivate
them here
- Sample rate : The sample rate of the session, by default 48kHz
- Audio buffer size : The size of the buffer, if you have some latency or some lags, you can reduce it
here.

Discover in etail the functions of each element composing the Joué Play
Play Boar
Ma e from woo an metal, the Play Boar contains pressure-sensitive sensors (RFID). The evice
has been conceive to etect any pa s place on it automatically. Alone, the Play Boar oes not
make any soun , you nee to connect it to a evice with the Joué Play application
Play Pads
There are four Pa s available, piano, rums, keys an guitar. Each of them has its own special
features but there are as well common functions. On each pa you will fin some transport
functions ▷/⭘ allowing you to play your song or start recor ing irectly from the instrument
At the right top corner of each pa , a silicon grip allows you to change pa easily. Also, every pa
has a function to change octaves △/▽. Click on an arrow to access sharper (right) or eeper (left)
notes.
Caution, on the rum mo ule (Play Drum Pa ), the octave function has been built to change
soun banks. At this ate, there is only one soun bank by rum preset, this function is then
unavailable.
Play Piano Pa
III - The Play Board and its Play Pad
Similar to a piano, you will fin on the Play Piano Pa 25 keys that correspon to 2 octaves plus
the C note of the next octave
Effect strip : Sli e your finger on the strip from left to right to a just the effect level, by efault,
the effect is isable 
Effect bubble : Press the bubble to activate the associate effect, it will be more or less intense
epen ing on the pressure you are applying on the bubble. The effect will en whenever you
release the pressure
Each soun has its own effects, we invite you to iscover them by yourself
Some soun will allow you to make some gli e effects. Play a note an sli e your finger on the pa
without releasing the pressure to change the tonality of the soun .

The Play Drum Pad is composed of 2 identical pads, each of them has its own percussive sound.
Select a drum kit from the app and discover the 2 associated sounds of each kit.
Effect Area : enables to control two effects regarding two axis X & Y. Slide your finger on the area
to adjust the quantity of each effect. On the X axis (horizontal) add some distortion to your sound,
on the Y axis (vertical) add some reverb (persistence of sound over time) to it
Effect bubble : Press the bubble to activate the associated effect, it will be more or less intense
depending on the pressure you are applying on the bubble. The effect will end whenever you
release the pressure
Play Drum Pad
Play Guitar Pad
Joué Play’s guitar pad. It represents the 7 first frets of a guitar neck. The note on the left of the pad
represents the note you get when you play an “empty” string.
Vibrato, slide and glissando effects are available on this pad, slide your finger when you play a note the
change the tone of the sound or change the pressure you’re applying to create a vibrato effect
Effect Area : allows to control each sound effect. Adjust the intensity of the effet by sliding your finger
from bottom to top
Effect bubble : Press the bubble to activate the associated effect, it will be more or less intense depending
on the pressure you are applying on the bubble. The effect will end whenever you release the pressure.

IV - Technical specications
Materia
PEFC beechwood and metal. Silicon pads
Size
3 0 (L) x 130 (l) x 15, (H) mm
Weigh
50 
Connectivit
USB-C to USB-C or Apple Lightning or USB-A with adapter
Power suppl
No batteries, works with USB-
Sizes (pads
270 mm (L) x … mm (l
Play Keys Pad
Composed of 17 keys, the Play Keys Pad enables to play melodies or lush pads with a fixed
scale (group of notes). For the moment, the scale is E pentatonic
Effect strip : Slide your finger on the strip from left to right to adjust the effect level, by
default, the effect is disabled
Effect bubble : Press the bubble to activate the associated effect, it will be more or less intense
depending on the pressure you are applying on the bubble. The effect will end whenever you
release the pressure