User manual M-AUDIO KEYSTATION 88E

[. . . ] The Keystation line offers 49-, 61- and 88-note velocity-sensitive USB keyboards designed to easily integrate with your PC or Macintosh computer. The Keystation 61es and 88es offer semi-weighted keys that give you the feel of a piano in a compact, affordable MIDI controller. Ideal for a multitude of music creation and education applications, the Keystation line offers modulation and pitch bend wheels, plus assignable buttons and a slider for hands-on control. Though the Keystation line is class compliant and features true plug-and-play operation under Windows XP and Mac OS X, we recommend that you spend a few minutes reviewing this manual to learn about proper operation, advanced functionality, and programmability. [. . . ] The keyboard can then be used to play notes again. The following diagram shows what each key on the keyboard represents in Edit Mode: In addition to setting an octave shift, the two octave "+" and "-" buttons discussed earlier in the manual under the section "Octave Buttons" can also be used to control one of five MIDI functions. In the diagram above, you will see that the first 6 black keys are labeled "DATA = ________. " These keys are used to select the function of the octave buttons. Some of the functions that these keys can be used for cannot send out a value less than 0. When used to control these functions, both lights above the buttons will remain on, regardless of the current setting of that function. To select an alternate function: < Press the Advanced Functions button, putting the keyboard into Edit Mode. < Press the black key that represents the function you want. Edit Mode will finish as soon as you have selected the function and you will be able to play notes again. The five available alternate functions of the octave buttons are described below: The Octave "+" And "-" Keys Another method of shifting the Keystation octaves is with the use of the keys labeled octave "+" and "-. " After the Advanced Function button has been pressed, placing the keyboard in Edit Mode, pressing these keys will shift the keyboard's pitch up or down one or more octaves (one for each time pressed). The default octave shift designation is "0" and will be the octave setting each time you power up the keyboard. The lights above the octave buttons indicate that 0 octave shift is set when both are on. To assign the "+" and "-" keys to control the octave: < Press the Advanced Functions button to get the keyboard into Edit Mode. < Press the black key above C1 (named C# 1) , representing DATA = OCTAVE. Edit Mode will finish as soon as C# 1 has been pressed. There is also a method of performing a quick octave change, which can be useful when using the octave buttons to control another MIDI function. This is accomplished as follows: < Press the Advanced Functions button to put the keyboard in Edit Mode. < Press the black key below B2 (Bb2)--in Edit Mode, this key functions as "OCTAVE +", increasing the octave by 1 (you may press it again to increase the octave by 2, and so on). < Press the black key above F2 (F# 2)--in Edit Mode, this key functions as "OCTAVE -", decreasing the octave by 1 (you may press it again to decrease the octave by 2, and so on), OR, you can press the black key above G2 (named G# 2)--in Edit Mode, this key functions as "OCTAVE 0" to reset the octave shift to 0. < When you have chosen your octave shift press C5, representing "ENTER, " to leave Edit Mode. In some cases it may be useful to reduce or increase the pitch by a number of semitones rather than an entire octave. [. . . ] So if you want the sustain pedal to be off when it is not depressed, make sure the pedal is not depressed when you power up. When I press a key, there is a delay before I hear any sound. Latency with MIDI signals is due to the software application you are using. The software then completes a large number of complex calculations in order to produce the sound you hear­all this takes time. [. . . ]