User manual M-AUDIO EKEYS 49

[. . . ] Evolution eKeys 49 Keyboard User Manual Evolution eKeys 49 Keyboard User Manual EVOLUTION e-Keys49 Tested To Comply With FCC Standards FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE Modifications not authorized by the manufacturer may void users authority to operate this device. Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. [. . . ] Make sure the eKeys 49 is selected as the MIDI input device. If you plugged the eKeys 49 straight in to Windows XP and are not using Evolution's drivers, the eKeys 49 will be called 'USB Audio Device'. In all other cases, the eKeys 49 will be called 'USB MIDI in'. In the MIDI Outputs you should select the output with 'synth' or 'synthesis' in the name. Make sure it is the only MIDI output that is selected. Click on 'OK' to save the settings. You should now be able to hear a piano sound when you play the eKeys 49. If not, go back in to Devices and select the next MIDI output. Click to de-select the previous MIDI output and click 'OK'. Repeat this process for each MIDI output in turn until you can hear sound. 8 Evolution eKeys 49 Keyboard User Manual Evolution eKeys 49 Keyboard User Manual Reset All Controllers If you find there is an effect on a voice that you do not want, rather than having to worry about what that effect may be, you can send a 'Reset all Controllers' MIDI message to set all effects to 0. To send a 'Reset all Controllers' message: Press the 'Advanced Functions' button to get the keyboard into Edit mode. Press the Black Key above C3 (named C#3), representing RESET ALL CONTROLLERS. Edit mode will exit, and there will no longer be any effects on the voice, allowing you to start from scratch. Advanced Functions We will use Sound Studio II to learn about the advanced functions of the keyboard. If you have not done so already, install Sound Studio II from the Evolution eKeys 49 installer CD-ROM. To do this, insert the CD-ROM, click on 'Software installer' and make sure Sound Studio II is selected for installation. A MIDI sequencer can receive MIDI messages from the keyboard, but does not generate sound of it's own. Instead it is able to store the MIDI data and provide powerful editing to the MIDI data. It will then map the data received from the Keyboard to a MIDI output device. In most cases this MIDI output device will be the inbuilt MIDI synthesizer on your PC. This is called the 'MS Wavetable Synth'. If you have a special soundcard, it is better to use the MIDI synth of your soundcard. Be advised that some soundcards do not have MIDI synths however, and in this case you can use the MS wavetable synth. [. . . ] If the Octave '+' and '-' keys are selected to vary the Channel, the lights above the buttons will not change, since it is not possible to have a Channel with a negative value. Pressing both the '+' and '-' buttons together will recall Channel 1. Program Change Program changes are used to change the instrument or voice you are using. Let's change the instrument to a bass sound. [. . . ]